Your link leads to a Libyan guy.
In this Dessert Sun article (Palm Springs, Ca.; Salam al-Marayati, executive director for the Muslim Public Affairs Council of Southern California claims that he was notified of the arrest in a midmorning phone call from the White House today.
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“He (Al-Marayati) said Muslim leaders across the nation have been asked to participate in a “high-level briefing” with Homeland Security and U.S. Department of Justice officials later in the day”