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Monday, May 24, 2004

Madrid bombings case thrown out against Oregon attorney

Because the FBI made a mistake with the fingerprint ID. Oops. That's embarrassing. In a major 'no-of-course-we-don't-target-Muslims' way. I smell a lawsuit.

CNN.com - Madrid bombings case thrown out against Oregon attorney - May 24, 2004

Although, to be fair, fingerprint identification, although a science, is subjective in terms of how an expert interprets the evidence. And this war on terror is being staged in the media's eye, so things that would never have made it into the news years ago are around the world in minutes.

Still, hands up all of you who thought it seemed strangely out of place in terms of all the other evidence found. Good. Some of you were paying attention.

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