Attorney General: Patriot Act used in Mayfield investigation

Attorney General: Patriot Act used in Mayfield investigation

By MARK SHERMAN
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON - Attorney General Alberto Gonzales acknowledged for the first time Tuesday that FBI agents used provisions of the Patriot Act during their investigation last year of a Portland attorney who was wrongly jailed for two weeks on suspicion of involvement in the Madrid train bombings

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I find this part particularly interesting.....

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"There were certain provisions of the Patriot Act that were used" in the Mayfield case, Gonzales said at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on sections of the law that are set to expire at the end of the year.

The statement was notable because the Justice Department has previously denied that the Patriot Act came into play in the Mayfield case.

In fact, Gonzales said so earlier Tuesday at the same hearing. "The Patriot Act was not used in connection with the Brandon Mayfield case," he said in response to a question from Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.


more here -
http://www.katu.com/news/story.asp?ID=76252

Ho hum. Just another day in Bush Paradise.

There's probably a secret provision of the Patriot Act that suspends the Constitution.

NOT!

:sarcasm:

(our mayor here) has been fighting the TerraTaskForce for access to their investigations.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=174x1718

for people to understand that everything (and I mean everything) this maladministration does, pushes, signs onto, insists upon, names something (Patriot, Clean Air, LNCB, etc) is a farce and a lie - upside down and backwards.

Orwell should be rolling in his grave.