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This data was apparently leaked 3 weeks ago by a leading Spanish investigator to the LA Slimes:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1131292/posts?page=205#205

...A senior Spanish investigator told the Los Angeles Times three weeks ago that a fingerprint found in the investigation of the train bombings resembled the fingerprint of a man described as a "U.S. military veteran" wanted by U.S. agents in connection with Islamic terrorism.

In subsequent days, two high-ranking Spanish police officials and a U.S. law enforcement official confirmed to The Times that the lead, involving a U.S. veteran connected to Al Qaeda, was being pursued. The veteran was someone who had been under investigation by U.S. agents for some time, the investigators said.

The lead intrigued Spanish investigators because they thought an operative with knowledge of explosives or military expertise helped the team of mostly Moroccan suspects build the remote-control bombs that were used in the March 11 attacks, which killed 191 people aboard four commuter trains and helped bring down the ruling party in national elections three days later.

But as recently as Monday, two Spanish police officials said the lead remained inconclusive. "The American has the profile of an expert who could have supervised the bomb-making," a high-ranking Spanish police official said. "And obviously he's someone the Americans are very concerned about because of his background. But we are told the fingerprint match is not conclusive. We can't say right now that it is the same person."

Who leaked this story to NewsWeak and when?

Are NewsWeak and the LA Slimes conservative or liberal publications?

That's interesting. The earliest mention of it in the press that I could find was this week, after Mayfield was detained. If so, I wonder why the LA Times sat on the story for over two weeks???

What's also interesting is that Mayfield was apparently of interest not only because of the fingerprint and his military background, but because he was already "under investigation by U.S. agents for some time." I wonder what for?

"The American has the profile of an expert who could have supervised the bomb-making," a high-ranking Spanish police official said.

Have there been any domestic bombing incidences tied to radicals in Portland? ELF, etc.? I am still incredibly curious to know if B. Mayfield's connection is more than just Islamic, perhaps radical left/Socialist? Anyone know his political affiliations?