The official said he was in protective custody and was still being interrogated.
The Globe also followed with its own report that a suspect was in custody, citing an unnamed official familiar with the investigation.
Also, a Saudi national with a leg wound was under guard at a Boston hospital in connection with the bombings, but investigators cannot say he is involved at this time and he is not in custody, a law enforcement official said Monday evening.
It marked the first time a top official had indicated any of the individuals in custody were tied to the attacks.
The official who spoke to the AP about someone being taken into custody stood by the information even after it was disputed.
The CIA took al-Hadi into custody last year, a U.S. intelligence official said.
During the meeting, the official said, the Iranians said they had several al Qaeda operatives in custody, including one who might have coordinated the recent terrorist bombings in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Di Gregorio, 26, is being questioned in police custody but has not been charged, according to the national police official who has been briefed in detail on the matter.
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However, aboard a refugee ship from Libya to Italy, a Justice official says Harun got into an altercation with Italian guards, and remained in Italian custody until he was turned over to U.S. agents, who within hours whisked him to New York.
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The suspect, whose former girlfriend claimed he had raped her, was at a gate inside Terminal 4 waiting to board an 8:40 a.m. flight to London when he was taken into custody by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers, the official said.
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