[Rockitz]

IMHO, our intelligence agencies have probably known about this guy and many others for quite sometime. They typically want to observe them for a time to determine their contacts and their activities before picking them up. With the recent concern for a terrorist incident nationwide, I suspect that those in charge did not want to risk an incident by someone under surveillance. Accordingly, a number of these types have been picked up.

[ClancyJ]

Picked up - yes - especially as we get ready to go to war. Don't want terrorists here taking orders from Saddam.