The Centennial Park Olympic bombing occurred on July 27, 1996, just 10 days after the downing of TWA 800. This was an attack on the credibility of Bill Clinton's presidency just 3 months before the election.
Clinton's CIA had already pushed aside the FBI's investigation of the TWA 800 crash, substitution their "zoom climb" video in place of the FBI's missile streak eye-witness reports.
Ten days later, Clinton's FBI needed to find a suspect or else doubts would arise over Clinton's ability to keep the Olympics safe, as well as the country. It was also a threat to supporting the claim that Democrats are soft on defense and weak on policing. They needed a perp, fast, and Jewell was it, or Clinton's reelection chances were in doubt.
We know that Clinton was reelected, that Jewell was eventually cleared, that four years later Clinton's weakness would emerge in the 9/11 bombing that was planned during his last year in office, that the FBI would cover for Hillary in Benghazi, would cover for her illegal email server, cover for her election loss, and would cover for the Obama era abuses of power.
If there were to be a flash-point for when the FBI turned to the dark side, it was the case of Richard Jewell.
-PJ
You are exactly right in your analysis.
Many people forget or are too young to remember how EVERYTHING that Bill Clinton said or did was politically motivated and usually poll tested in advance to maximize voter approval. He had no principals or core beliefs other than his narcissistic belief in his own superiority and entitlement.
Hillary was even worse. She was the brains of the operation and was and still is as much of a narcissist as Bill.
That happened under Clinton as well.