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To: SiouxPal who wrote (86797)	5/24/2004 8:11:36 AM
From: Dale Baker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 122087

Elgindy Securities Fraud, Racketeering Trial Moved To Sept By CAROL S. REMOND May 3, 2004 12:17 p.m. Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES NEW YORK -- The trial of shortseller Anthony Elgindy has been postponed until September, according to an order signed by federal judge Raymond Dearie. Elgindy was charged with securities fraud and racketeering in May 2002 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. He stands accused of using confidential government information to manipulate the shares of small companies and to have used that information to extort stock from the companies he targeted. His trial was scheduled to start on June 1. Also charged in the case are two former Federal Bureau of Investigation agents, Jeffrey Royer and Lynn Wingate; two traders, Troy Peters and Derrick Cleveland; a fund manager, Jonathan Daws; and Elgindy 's Web master, Robert Hansen. Cleveland has pleaded guilty to racketeering and Hansen has pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit securities fraud. Both are cooperating with the government. Elgindy had been out on a $2.5 million bail while awaiting trial. But he is now back in jail, his bail having been revoked last month after he was arrested trying to board a plane using false identification. -By Carol S. Remond, Dow Jones Newswires; 201-938-2074; carol.remond@dowjones.com

To: SiouxPal who wrote (86797)	5/24/2004 7:28:35 PM
From: M0NEYMADE	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 122087

OT: Precisley my point: "Madrid bombings case thrown out against Oregon attorney" Pure bullcrapo!!! war on terror my butt. cnn.com Now how many times was this poor sap brought before the public in the last 3weeks...and ("we found fingerprints on a bag with this attorney's prints") Bullsh#ft! Court cites FBI identification error of fingerprints Monday, May 24, 2004 Posted: 5:46 PM EDT (2146 GMT) Mayfield speaks to reporters Monday. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) PORTLAND, Oregon (AP) -- A federal court threw out the case Monday against an Oregon lawyer arrested in connection with the Madrid train bombings, citing a fingerprint-identification error by the FBI. Brandon Mayfield, a 37-year-old American convert to Islam, was released from custody last week. (Full story) But he was not altogether cleared of suspicion at the time; the government said he remained a "material witness" and put restrictions on his movements. Those restrictions were lifted Monday. "Due to the misidentification by the FBI of a fingerprint, the court orders the material witness proceeding dismissed," read a statement posted on the U.S. District Court's Web site. "The court orders all property seized to be returned to the material witness." Furthermore, the court said that any copies of Mayfield's property held by the federal government were to be destroyed, and that all documents in the case would be unsealed. Mayfield, a former Army lieutenant, was arrested May 6, after FBI agents raided his suburban home in Aloha, Oregon. FBI officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, had said that his fingerprint matched one found on a bag of detonators near the train station in Madrid in the March 11 bombing, which killed 191 people and injured 2,000 others. But last week, Spanish authorities said the fingerprints of an Algerian man were on the bag. The bombings have been blamed on Islamic militants, with possible links to al Qaeda. Steven Wax, the public defender who represented Mayfield, said an FBI computer likely returned a number of possible fingerprint matches, and that his client could have been singled out for investigation and subsequent arrest because he is Muslim. "It's a major civil rights issue," he said. Wax said Mayfield believes he was not only arrested, but also subjected to so-called "sneak and peak" searches where agents break into a home but are under no obligation to tell the owner. They are allowed under the USA Patriot Act. Mayfield may sue the government, Wax said. After Spanish authorities cast doubt on the match, the FBI re-examined the print and decided it was not Mayfield's, Wax said. Assistant U.S. Attorney Charles Gorder left a message on his answering machine stating that he would not be responding to media phone calls. Other calls to the U.S. Attorney's office were not immediately returned. Brandon Mayfield's mother said the family wants an apology from the U.S. government. "That's what we've been saying all along. It's not his fingerprint," AvNell Mayfield of Halstead, Kansas, said in a telephone interview minutes after the announcement. "He was falsely accused, and they still weren't letting him go." The family erupted in joy after the announcement, with Mayfield's son and brother giving each other high-fives in the living room of the attorney's home. "They're dancing and clicking their heels," Avnell Mayfield said.