Activist in Osama costume arrested

The Associated Press

SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine -- The lawyer who divulged President Bush's drunken-driving arrest days before the 2000 election was arrested Tuesday after he was spotted on a highway overpass wearing an Osama bin Laden Halloween costume and holding a toy gun.

Tom Connolly, 49, was charged with criminal threatening, a misdemeanor, and was released after posting $500 bail. He said he intends to plead not guilty.

"There was a First Amendment this morning when I woke up," Connolly said.

Police said there was no way to tell from a distance if the gun was real or fake.