Little Beirut’s Madrid Connection

The fingerprints of Portland lawyer with terrorist connections were found on a bag in Madrid, so the dude’s been busted: Federal agents on Thursday detained a Washington County lawyer in connection with the deadly March 11 terrorist attack in Madrid — the first American connection to the worst terrorist attack since Sept. 11, 2001. Brandon … Continue reading “Little Beirut’s Madrid Connection”

The fingerprints of Portland lawyer with terrorist connections were found on a bag in Madrid, so the dude’s been busted:

Federal agents on Thursday detained a Washington County lawyer in connection with the deadly March 11 terrorist attack in Madrid — the first American connection to the worst terrorist attack since Sept. 11, 2001.

Brandon Mayfield, 37, who lives in [Portland suburbe] Aloha and played a minor legal role in the Portland Seven terrorism case, was picked up at his West Slope law office on a material witness hold Thursday morning, said Tom Nelson, Mayfield’s attorney.

Mr. Totten points out that a bomb was found on a local commuter train in Portland not long ago. Coincidence?