DATE=10/14/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-240194
TITLE=U-S/ATLANTA BOMBINGS (L)
BYLINE=JIM MALONE
DATELINE=WASHINGTON
CONTENT=
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INTRO:  FEDERAL AUTHORITIES IN WASHINGTON HAVE CHARGED FUGITIVE 
ERIC ROBERT RUDOLPH WITH THE 1996 BOMBING AT THE ATLANTA SUMMER 
OLYMPIC GAMES WHICH KILLED ONE PERSON AND WOUNDED MORE THAN 
100OTHERS.  AS NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT JIM MALONE REPORTS, ERIC 
RUDOLPH IS NOW WANTED IN CONNECTION WITH FOUR SEPARATE BOMBINGS. 

TEXT:  ERIC ROBERT RUDOLPH HAS BEEN ON THE RUN SINCE JANUARY 29TH
WHEN AUTHORITIES SAY HE BOMBED AN ABORTION CLINIC IN BIRMINGHAM, 
ALABAMA, KILLING A SECURITY GUARD AND WOUNDING A NURSE.

NOW, MR. RUDOLPH HAS BEEN FORMALLY CHARGED WITH THE ATLANTA 
OLYMPIC BOMBING IN JULY OF 1996 AS WELL AS THE 1997 BOMBINGS OF 
AN ABORTION CLINIC AND A GAY NIGHTCLUB, ALSO IN THE ATLANTA AREA.

FEDERAL AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENTS HAVE BEEN SEARCHING FOR 
THE FUGITIVE FOR MONTHS IN THE RUGGED WESTERN MOUNTAINS OF HIS 
NATIVE NORTH CAROLINA, AND U-S ATTORNEY GENERAL JANET RENO SAYS 
THAT SEARCH WILL GO ON INDEFINITELY. 

                        /// RENO ACT. ///

         THE PEOPLE OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND THE SURROUNDING
         AREA HAVE BEEN VERY COOPERATIVE, AND ESPECIALLY LOCAL 
         LAW ENFORCEMENT THERE.  IT IS THERE THAT WE BELIEVE ERIC
         RUDOLPH IS HIDING.  WE ARE GOING TO KEEP SEARCHING UNTIL
         WE FIND HIM, AND WE ARE NOT GOING TO REST UNTIL WE BRING
         HIM TO JUSTICE.

                        /// END ACT. ///

A MILLION-DOLLAR REWARD FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO ERIC RUDOLPH'S
ARREST REMAINS IN EFFECT.  THE SUSPECT ALSO REMAINS ON THE 
F-B-I'S TEN MOST-WANTED FUGITIVES LIST.

F-B-I DIRECTOR LOUIS FREEH SAYS FEDERAL AGENTS HAVE DEVELOPED 
STRONG EVIDENCE DURING THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS LINKING MR. 
RUDOLPH TO THE ATLANTA BOMBINGS.  

                       /// FREEH ACT. ///

         A LOT OF IT IS FORENSIC (PHYSICAL EVIDENCE), A LOT OF IT
         HAS TO DO WITH STATEMENTS MADE BY WITNESSES, BOTH 
         HISTORICALLY AND CONTEMPORANEOUSLY.  HIS BACKGROUND, 
         EXPERIENCE, MOTIVATIONS, STATEMENTS HE HAS MADE TO 
         PEOPLE.  REALLY, A VERY POWERFUL ARRAY OF CIRCUMSTANTIAL
         AND DIRECT EVIDENCE.

                        /// END ACT. ///

AUTHORITIES HAVE FOUND TRACES OF FOOD WHICH THEY BELIEVE ERIC 
RUDOLPH BURIED IN THE WOODS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.  BUT SO 
FAR THE 31-YEAR OLD CARPENTER AND EXPERIENCED OUTDOORSMAN HAS 
ELUDED A MASSIVE MANHUNT INVOLVING HUNDREDS OF FEDERAL AND LOCAL 
AGENTS.   (SIGNED)

NEB/JBM/RAE



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