Attorney General Alberto Gonzales acknowledged at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday that provisions of the controversial Patriot Act were used to investigate Oregon lawyer Brandon Mayfield, a Muslim convert whom the FBI admitted it wrongly arrested in connection with the Madrid train bombings. Mayfield has contended the government used the Patriot Act to search his home and gather personal information to portray him as a Muslim militant.
April 07, 2005 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Ever since the FBI admitted it wrongly arrested him in connection with the Madrid train bombings, Brandon Mayfield has contended the government used the Patriot Act to search his home and gather personal information to portray him as a Muslim militant.
The Justice Department denied Mayfield’s claims — until Tuesday.
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