The FBI statement denying the arrest, which was transmitted on the APwire at 2:59, quieted the television chatter about whether a suspect had been captured.
The APwire story that was picked up by a number of publications last Friday went on to describe that the two campaigns responded like they had been handed hot rocks.
The wire service said the investigation into its records appears related to an AP story about a thwarted terrorist plot in Yemen to bomb an airplane bound for the United States.