Decius wrote:
] ] On Thursday, March 20, 2003, our friend and colleague
] ] Maher (Mike) Hawash was arrested ("detained") as a
] ] "material witness" by the FBI and the Joint Terrorism
] ] Task Force in the parking lot of Intel Corp's Hawthorne
] ] Farms parking lot.
]

Related links:

An article in "The Oregonian" about the arrest:
 http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/104825159914540.xml

A November 2002 article from the Washington Post about the 44 people who have been detained this way: "Material Witness Law Has Many in Limbo":
 http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A31438-2002Nov23?language=printer

The actual law is in Title 18, Section 3144:
 http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/ts_search.pl?title=18&sec=3144

RE: Free Mike Hawash