Brandon Mayfield (KGW Photo)
Breaking news from Fox
FBI agents arrested a Portland, Ore., man Thursday as part of the investigation into the deadly train bombings in Spain, federal officials said.Brandon Bieri Mayfield, a U.S. citizen, was taken into custody on a material witness warrant, said a senior law enforcement official, speaking on condition of anonymity. The arrest is the first known in the United States with connections to the March 11 bombings in Madrid.
The FBI also searched his home, which he shares with his wife, the official said.
Beth Anne Steele, a spokeswoman for the FBI in Portland, confirmed two search warrants had been served Thursday in Washington County, which includes parts of Portland. She would not release further details.
Sue Rutledge, of the U.S. Attorney's Office in Portland, said the warrants were served in the cities of Portland and Beaverton. She could not comment about whether the warrants were connected to the train bombings in Madrid, or whether there had been any arrests.
Material witness warrants, usually kept confidential by a federal judge, are used by the government to hold people suspected of having direct knowledge about a crime or to allow time for further investigation into the witness.
Officials would not provide any further details about Mayfield or his alleged connection with the Madrid bombings, which killed 191 people and injured 2,000 others. Spanish authorities blame the attack on Islamic extremists, possibly linked to Al Qaeda.
Eighteen people have been charged to date in Spain -- six charged with mass murder and the others with collaboration or with belonging to a terrorist organization. The FBI and other U.S. agencies have warned that Al Qaeda or its sympathizers might attempt to attack mass transit systems in major U.S. cities this summer.
Earlier this year, in Portland, the last of six men and a woman were sentenced on charges of conspiring to wage war against the United States by helping Al Qaeda and the former Taliban rulers of Afghanistan.
UPDATE: Prepare yourselves. Reuters, of all places, has identified the lawyer as a Muslim. No doubt they see it as more evidence of prejudice: as Mayfield's brother said, "I think the reason they are holding him is because he is of the Muslim faith and because he is not super happy with the Bush administration."
Or could his arrest have something to do with this fact reported by Newsweek? Brandon Mayfield's fingerprints allegedly were found on bomb-related evidence associated with the Madrid attacks.
A Muslim lawyer from Portland, Oregon, was detained by the FBI on Thursday without explanation, his family said, but Newsweek magazine said he was being held in connection with the Madrid train bombings that killed 191 people in March.
This alleged terrorist POS has been called to the Oregon bar. He is a convert to the RoP.
Can anyone say, "fifth column"?
Mr. Mayfield was the attorney for Jeffrey Battle,
one of the "Portland Seven", and according to local
Portland news stations, his fingerprints were
allegedly found on bomb material linked to the
Madrid bombings: http://www.kgw.com/news-local/stories/kgw_050604_news_bombing_arrest_pdx.197a14946.html
This white boy got busted.
With the arrest of Portland Seven, "Mike" Maher and now Brandon Mayfield, Portland is fast becoming
Unsecure Jihadville. I wonder when the first suicide bomber is going to strike.
CNN.con (sic) deglected to mention the little fact that the guy's a Muslim.
Look at this Muslim convert's eyes. They appear to tell the entire story of an ugly, angry little American Government hater. He's got that same angry look that every other cut throat jihadist has on their mug.
What a nut. So driven by his hatred of fellow human beings he decided to throw away the good life here in America. He just had to sink himself into a plot to kill as many people as possible.
He is a case example of what happens to someone when they plunge into Islamic indoctrination. Logic and even humanity it's self is left behind in pursuit of becoming a bloodthirsty mass murder.
In the backward muslim mind this is blood lust is confussed with mercy and compassion coming from heaven it's self.
And this guy, who should have known better, did not. Clearly hatred driven by Islamic indoctrination blotted out his sense of reason and humanity. Such a shame. Now he can join Johnny Walker and Padeia in the path of nuts who chose hatred over living life to it's fullest.
Then again Walker knows that in fiveteen years he will be let out so he can join up in another conspiracy to kill as many Americans as he can. Hopefully though one of his Muslim brothers will give him aids and he will die a slow horrible death before being released.
Wesley
In comparison, the Sun Yun Moon cult is starting to look good.
The same old story.......over and over again for 1400 years Islam has produced these kind of results!!
When is the world going to awaken to the FACT that Islam itself (not some misinterpretation) is inherently brutal and murderous???
Islam can infect its hatred on anyone.....white, yellow or brown or black.......this is not about races......this is about an ideology that is brutal too its very core and because of liberalism in the west, we are not SEEING it save for a few enlightened.....
God Almighty.......we live in the most of dangerous times......and who are the greater danger? The Muslim followers or the Liberal enablers???
We are indeed heading towards horrific times...
Devon Hill
Wow you guys are pretty quick to declare ones guilt.
I believe you guys where saying the same thing about james yee as well...
wait for the jury's decision
CNN TV this morning did a reasonably credible report on Mayfield just now (7:10am). I didn't catch any guilt-ridden liberal bias. At least they mentioned his religion since it is obviously relevant. They said the iman of his mosque says he's innocent. I'd be curious to know that mosque's connections to the Portland 7.
Joseph......No one said he was guilty. He's simply a Muslim convert, whose fingerprints were on a briefcase containing information regarding bombs and Madrid, Spain.
Should we just set him free to join his brothers in mayhem so they can plot more murders?
Take a nap, and clear your head.......Is it true that James Yee, the great Muslim that he is, was downloading porn from Government Websites?
Is it true that he, the great puritan Muslim, committed adultry? Look Joseph, this hater was let off the hook because the investigation the Government is conduting would've been jeopardized if they took Yeesal to trial.
Whether or not he is guilty is to be determined. From what has been released, the facts do not look good - recent Muslim convert, fingerprint evidence....let's see where it leads...but to cry "FOUL" is ridiculous! He will have his day in court and then he can explain everything to the judge and jury.
jihan
Remember Qusiling? And what happened to him after the war?
That is, I think, what will eventually happen to some or all of those from Western culture who betray it to Islam.
Sorry. Typo, the famous WWII traitor's name was spelled QUISLING. Not that it matters, cause he was hanged a long, long time ago.
Go to M. Savage Nation get the pictures and send to all news meadia that you watch remind them what we are fighting for. It is always the neigbor who turned out to be the mass murder all say but he was such a nice guy well these guys are not nice. Know who your neigbors are Bush has not just say-ing that to be nice although it is a nice thing to do. Get with it folks
To: #spnh, zionistno1, zdzdbzd, hjklhhjh
You fool, we know you are a Muslim poster. None of your idiotic rantings affect those of us who know better (most visitors to this site). We laugh at you, you pathetic Muslim girlie-men!