Portland Man Arrested In Spain Bombings Is Released
POSTED: 3:36 pm PDT (5:36 central time) May 20, 2004
PORTLAND, Ore. -- Portland attorney Brandon Mayfield, who had been arrested in connection with the Madrid terror attacks, was released from federal custody on Thursday.
His release came soon after Spanish officials said fingerprints found on a bag near the bombing site in Spain were that of an Algerian. U.S. authoritities had previously said the prints were Mayfield's.
That was from: http://www.kirotv.com/news/3328904/detail.html
So it was just a rumor that he had shortly before the bombing been in Spain?
First of all, he was being held as a material witness which is standard in potential Federal Grand Jury Cases when one is a possible witness:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1133516/posts
Grand jury to consider case against PDX lawyer jailed in Madrid bombing
KGW 8 ^ | May 11, 2004 | KGW and AP Staff
Posted on 05/11/2004 12:31:40 PM PDT by dixiechick2000
An Aloha man being held as a material witness in the Madrid, Spain, train bombings is expected to testify in a Portland federal courtroom before a grand jury Tuesday.
Brandon Mayfield is a lawyer and former Army officer who converted to Islam when he married his wife about 16 years ago.
Federal law officials say Mayfield's fingerprints were found on a bag they said contained detonators in the train bombings. Nearly 200 people died that March eleventh and more than two-thousand were wounded.
But a Spain newspaper is reporting that it was one fingerprint found connecting Mayfield to the bombings. Spain authorities are questioning whether the print even belongs to Mayfield.
Mayfield was taken into custody Thursday by FBI agents, who also searched his home.
The 37-year-old had not been charged with any crime as of Tuesday morning.
If the grand jury does not indict him, Mayfield could walk free.