Reply #17: then why not say "under arrest"?

[Hannah Bell]

but i believe the controversy is, how did a french twitterer learn that dsk had been taken "into custody" less than 20 minutes after that happened at the airport?

because one would assume that the process was, dsk taken off plane, put in police vehicle, take to police station for processing.

how far is it from the airport to the police station? 15 minutes or more?

because one would presume that the french twitterer got the info via phone/email/im, which would take at least 4 minutes...

and presumably the police weren't talking to anyone on the ride to the station...

so the presumption would be that if the twitter posted 19 minutes after the police apprehended dsk on the plane, and he posted as soon as he learned it, then he learned it about 15 minutes after it happened, while the police were driving dsk to the station.

or maybe he learned it from someone other than the police, from someone who knew of the plan to arrest, & waited a bit to post until he thought dsk would be in custody.