She still insists that she did not know about the M.R.T.A.'s plans of violence.
Mr. Deek, who moved to California as a young man and became an American citizen in the 1980's, denied any connection to Mr. bin Laden or to any plans of violence.
The latest arrests came a day after a state prosecutor said judicial authorities will indict 13 Muslim radicals suspected of plotting terrorist acts in France, though he acknowledged that any plans of violence by them had remained at an "intellectual" stage, including a plot to kidnap a magistrate in Lyon.
Whereas psychotics do not plan acts of violence and are rarely violent except when they misread a situation, Loughner behaved like a psychopath in planning his killing spree.
Mr. Chávez has repeatedly accused his opponents of planning acts of violence that would be carried out at the end of the campaign or in the aftermath of the election.
In recent years, at least 17 individuals who committed or planned acts of violence or terrorism, and who were linked to the far right, have been imprisoned.
And, at one point, a group of protesters clashed with police officers who had sealed a school building to lock in about 400 demonstrators suspected of planning acts of violence.
Many of those contacted have been active in past demonstrations, and agents have asked whether they planned acts of violence at upcoming protests, whether they knew of anyone who did and whether they realized it was a crime to withhold such information.
Rarely have they planned acts of violence, let alone federal crimes.
We have been regularly providing Mr. Annan, the Secretary-General and the President of the Council with documented and detailed information on the violations perpetrated by the armed groups since the 12 April plan for cessation of violence went into effect.
