The Department of Justice announced it had used provisions in The Patriot Act to bring about the arrest of an El Paso man allegedly responsible for threatening to destroy an area Islamic Center. Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights R. Alexander Acosta and United States Attorney for the Western District of Texas Johnny Sutton announced the arrest of Jared Bjarnason for allegedly sending a threat to the El Paso Islamic Center on April 18. The complaint charges the defendant with sending an electronic mail message to the Islamic Center threatening violence against the Center and its members, specifically threatening to burn the Islamic Center’s mosque to the ground, if hostages held in Iraq were not freed within three days.