Posted on 02/17/2020 6:19:27 AM PST by Kaslin
The Suspect by Kent Alexander and Kevin Salwen is a must-read book. It details how Richard Jewell was accused of being the bomber at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. Instead of being a hero for saving many lives, he became the main person of interest by the FBI and the press. Former U.S. attorney Kent Alexander and former Wall Street Journal reporter Kevin Salwen reconstruct all the events leading up to, during, and after the Olympic bombing, showing how much of the law enforcement evidence was ignored, mainly because of tunnel vision.
Elise Cooper: Why did you write it now?
Kent Alexander: I have wanted to write this book for over two decades, ever since delivering Richard Jewell's clearance letter. My coauthor Kevin Salwen and I started reporting and writing The Suspect in earnest five and a half years ago. This past November, we were finally ready to publish.
EC: Do you think that Jewell is still considered by many a suspect?
KA: Not by many, but a few. One of our main characters, former FBI Special Agent Don Johnson, went to his grave convinced Richard Jewell was complicit in the Olympic bombing. He was wrong.
EC: Do you think the press and media made Jewell out to be not the brightest?
KA: Yes. Richard was no academic or intellectual, but he was a law enforcement professional who took his job quite seriously. Sometimes overly so. He prided himself on having a "seventh sense" to detect danger, and thank goodness he did. He saved countless lives. Richard Jewell is a bona fide hero.
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I agree. The movie was incredible. It was heart wrenching.
My sister read this book and highly recommended it. I have it in iBooks but havent read it yet.
Why? They'd just consider it a 'how-to' guide.
Absolutely a must see!
“The FBI has been ruining lives for a long time. It needs to be totally shut down ands current employees should be banned from ever holding a government job. There are no good guys there.”
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100%!
Many people like to tell us that 99.9999% of the FBI agents in the field are among the finest, most moral people on earth. The recent corruption in the FBI just involved the top tier or two in DC. Looking back at the Richard Jewell case, that doesn’t seem to be the reality.
I do believe that a good majority of the agents are fine people, but I’m afraid the corrupt percentage is much higher than most want to believe. 10% corruption could create problems throughout the agency.
If 10% are corrupt, it’s because the other 90% allow it. They are not fine people.
Not really. If the top people in an organization tolerate corruption, or are initiating the corruption, then the majority of employees who want no part of it will not necessarily be in a position to do anything about it.
I believe the FBI corrupts everybody who joins. It needs to be done away with.
10% corruption could create problems throughout the agency.
Any organization is as bad as the worst psycho they tolerate in their ranks.
L
“Too bad if truth and justice get trampled in the process.”
Not to mention human lives.
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