Two Pakistani officers and a government official said Sunday that an American charged with treason for working with al-Qaida had been captured, a development that could deliver another significant blow in the U.S.-led battle against the terror network.

U.S. defense, intelligence and law enforcement officials could not immediately verify the reported detention of Adam Gadahn, a 31-year-old spokesman for al-Qaida who has appeared on videos threatening the West, including one that emerged earlier Sunday. (Read more from news.yahoo.com)

Later, stories emerged that this was in fact not the case.

This great New Yorker article tell his crazy story.

Some blogs have suggested the means through which the story of his capture was propagated through twitter smells fishy:

This entry was posted on Tuesday, March 9th, 2010 at 12:11 pm and is filed under Secret Wars.