FBI Handling of the Brandon Mayfield Case [US DOJ]

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FBI Handling of the Brandon Mayfield Case [US DOJ]

January 6, 2006 02:09:00 pm

A Review of the FBI's Handling of the Brandon Mayfield Case, US Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General, January 6, 2006 [concluding that the FBI did not misuse the Patriot Act but instead did "sloppy work" when it wrongly linked Muslim Oregon lawyer Brandon Mayfield to the 2004 Madrid train bombings, leading to his arrest and detention]. Read the full unclassified text of the report's executive summary [PDF].

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