Sneak a peek
The FBI used a sneak and peek search (you know, that Patriot Act I shouldn’t be concerned with):
FBI agents used provisions of the USA 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, according to a Justice Department letter.
The Patriot Act allows for covert searches of homes, without conventional search warrants.
Brandon Mayfield (pictured) was jailed last May after his fingerprint was incorrectly matched to one found on a bag of detonators near the scene of the Madrid attack, which killed 191 people. He was released after the FBI admitted its mistake.
He’s suing them. Good.
