Olympic Park Bombing

"FBI Takes Lead in Developing Counterterrorism Effort"

Magazine article

By: Lois R. Ember

Date: November 4, 1996

Source: Chemical & Engineering News, November 4, 1996.

About the Author: Lois R. Ember, a senior correspondent for Chemical & Engineering News, regularly writes about issues involving chemical and biological warfare and U.S. national security.

INTRODUCTION

In 1996, the Summer Olympic Games were held at the Centennial Olympic Park near downtown Atlanta, Georgia. At 12:30 on the morning of July 27, the tenth day of the games, security guard Richard Jewell noticed a green military-style backpack beneath a sound tower used for a rock...

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