A lawyer who revealed President George W. Bush’s long-ago drunken-driving arrest during the 2000 election campaign has been arrested in Maine for a Halloween stunt.

Thomas Connolly, 49, was taken into custody after South Portland confronted him on an Interstate 295 overpass at about 9 a.m. wearing an Osama bin Laden outfit, complete with a realistic-looking assault rifle and a dynamite belt.

South Portland Police Chief Ed Googins told TV station WMTW that two officers went to the area after someone reported seeing Connolly waving a sign that said “I love the Taliban.”

The sign actually read “I Love TABOR,” referring to the Taxpayer Bill of Rights initiative on the Nov. 7 ballot, Googins said.

According to Googins, the officers repeatedly ordered Connolly to put down the gun, then drew their weapons when Connolly moved toward them.

Police said the gun turned out to be fake and that Connolly told them he was on the overpass to protest TABOR and didn’t mean to cause any trouble.

Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Connolly explained that his actions were part of a weeklong protest against TABOR. He said he was originally supposed to wear a George Washington costume on Tuesday, but the mask was too tight, so he grabbed the bin Laden costume.

Connolly was arrested and charged with criminal threatening, a misdemeanor. He is free on $540 cash bail.

FOX12 Oregon