05-07-2004, 05:08 AM
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The sky calls to us ...
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Location: CT
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Man from Oregon arrested in connection to Madrid Bombings
http://www.newsday.com/news/nationwo...span-headlines
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WASHINGTON -- Acting on leads generated from the Madrid train bombings earlier this year, FBI agents Thursday arrested a Portland, Ore., man on a material witness warrant and searched his home, authorities told Newsday.
They would not identify the man, other than to say he is a U.S. citizen born in America. The Associated Press, quoting an anonymous law enforcement official, said he is a lawyer named Brandon Mayfield. His wife, who was not arrested, also is a U.S. citizen but was born in Egypt.
Authorities said that the arrest on a material witness warrant was based on investigative leads flowing from the simultaneous bombings of several trains in Madrid March 11, which took 191 lives. Several Islamic militants, many of Moroccan origin, have been arrested and 12 suspects remain in custody in Spain on suspicion of involvement in the bombings.
U.S. authorities said that FBI agents were conducting a low-key search of the house.
"There is a tie to Madrid and there's a lot of smoke but nobody can figure out what's burning," said an official who asked to not be further identified. "There's something there, but what exactly it is I don't think anybody knows at the moment."
This same official praised the investigative work in the Madrid bombing case. "They did a hell of a good job, the guys who came up with the information" that led to the Portland home, the official said.
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Not much to say about it. Our law enforcement people are doing a good job and got a suspect in a terrorist bombing investigation. Let's hope they get enough that another attack isn't able to be carried out successfully.
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