Scientology Foe Arrested After Fleeing Misdemeanor Conviction

Keith Henson, a Silicon Valley engineer and long-time opponent of Scientology was arrested Friday in Arizona and faces extradition to California to face sentencing for a misdemeanor conviction handed down in 2001. CNet News yesterday reported that Henson's conviction under California Penal Code Sec. 422.6 for threatening to interfere with another person's free exercise of religion stemmed largely from an online posting on a Usenet bulletin board in which he joked about sending a nuclear "Tom Cruise" missile against a Scientology compound. He also had picketed Scientology buildings. After his conviction in 2001, Henson fled to Canada and has remained a fugitive until now. (Slashdot, Feb. 5).