Yes isn't this amazing. The speculation is he is connected as a possible witness with a group they call the "Portland Six." The Portland Six being a group of (mostly American) Muslims who were trying to sneak *in* to Afghanistan to aid Taliban but were stupid about it, and failed. Ashcroft on the Portland Six http://www.usdoj.gov/ag/speeches/2002/100402agnewsconferenceportlandcell.htm Free Mike Hawash site http://www.freemikehawash.org/. Erika >http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-996656.html > >From the "Get your civil rights back" department: > ><quote> > >Intel engineer Mike Hawash is in solitary confinement in a federal >prison in Sheridan, Ore. > >On Mar. 20, the FBI arrested Hawash at gunpoint in Intel's parking >lot near Portland for reasons that remain confidential. A >38-year-old American citizen with a wife and three children, he has >not been charged with a crime. > --