subject to government inspection in new and often secret ways. the around the law extraordinary intrusion powers previously reserved for america s spies abroads are abroad, for the black arts of the intelligence world, are now put in the hands of intelligence officers on u.s. soil. the usa patriot act tears down many of the walls designed to protect american citizens from being spied on by our own government, while designed ultimately to protect the presumption of innocence. walls that came tumbling down on brandon mayfield. when did you first have a sense that you and your family might have been subject to direct surveillance by the government? there were footprints on the floor. that were bigger than any shoe size that we had.
floor. that were bigger than any shoe size that we had. we could only surmise that somebody had been in the house. mayfield and his wife, mona, were leading a quiet suburban life with their children outside of portland, oregon. but in may 2004, after weeks of what was clumsy intended to be secret government search and surveillance, federal authorities come knocking on mayfield s door. i said, if you have any ç questions to ask me, put them to me in writing and i could tell right away that wasn t going to make them go away. in march 2004, a terrorist attack on trains in madrid, spain, had killed 191 people. spanish police found a fingerprint near the scene on a bag of detonators. they sent a photocopy of that print to the fbi. the fbi decided that that fingerprint matched brandon mayfield. they started actually to physically, forcibly making their way into my office.
floor. that were bigger than any shoe size that we had. we could only surmise that somebody had been in the house. mayfield and his wife, mona, were leading a quiet suburban life with their children outside of portland, oregon. but in may 2004, after weeks of what was clumsy intended to be secret government search and surveillance, federal authorities come knocking on mayfield s door. i said, if you have any questions to asy me, put them to me in writing and i could tell right away that wasn t going to make them go away. in march 2004, a terrorist attack on trains in madrid, spain, had killed 191 people. spanish police found a fingerprint near the scene on a bag of detonators. they sent a photocopy of that print to the fbi. the fbi decided that that fingerprint matched brandon mayfield. they started actually to physically, forcibly making their way into my office. and they proceeded to forcibly
walls that came crumbling down on brandon mayfield. when did you first have a sense that you and your family might have been subject to direct surveillance by the government? a footprint on the floor that were bigger than any shoe size we had, so we could only surmise somebody had been in the house. mayfield and his wife, mona were living a quiet life, but in may 2004, after weeks of secret government search and surveillance, federal authorities come knocking on mayfield s door. i said if you have any question to ask me, put them to me in writing, and i could tell right away that wasn t going to make them go away. in march 2004, a terrorist attack on trains in madrid, spain, have killed 191 people. spanish police found a fingerprint near the scene on a bag of detonators.
designed ultimately to protect the presumption of innocence. walls that came crumbling down on brandon mayfield. when did you first have a sense that you and your family might have been subject to direct surveillance by the government? a footprint on the floor that were bigger than any shoe size we had, so we could only surmise somebody had been in the house. mayfield and his wife, mona were living a quiet life, but in may 2004, after weeks of secret government search and surveillance, federal authorities come knocking on mayfield s door. i said if you have any question to ask me, put them to me in writing, and i could tell right away that wasn t going to make them go away. in march 2004, a terrorist attack on trains in madrid, spain, have killed 191 people. spanish police found a