Small town police blotter, potential big problem

Athens, Texas is a no doubt quaint small town 75 miles southeast of Dallas:

Athens Police contacted the FBI office in Tyler Tuesday after a routine traffic stop led to a national security concern.

In the course of the stop, several forms of identification for the same individual were discovered...

At approximately 8:30 a.m., APD Patrolman Ron McCurry stopped the male suspect, 48-year-old Qamar Abbas Syed... Syed was driving a minivan with Wisconsin plates...

Agents with the FBI conferred with the Department of Homeland Security, which in turn identified the individual as someone they wanted to question...

McCurry searched the vehicle and found narcotic paraphernalia, which resulted in a misdemeanor charge and Syed's arrest and incarceration. He was then taken into FBI custody for questioning.

"We're trying to determine where he's from," said FBI officer Garret Floyd. "Any individual like that we have to do some research on."

Syed was still in the Henderson County Jail this morning, but was expected to make bail today.

Maybe he's just a druggee, maybe not. One shouldn't base conclusions just on his name, and it appears he's been cleared by the FBI.