Judge Orders Release of FBI Bomb Papers
A federal judge, who says he believes that Richard Jewell is no longer a suspect in the Centennial Olympic Park bombing, has ordered officials to release sealed documents showing why the former security guard fell under suspicion in the first place. U.S. District Judge Owen Forrester gave the Justice Department one week to challenge his order in a higher court or unseal FBI affidavits used to obtain warrants to search Jewell’s property. Jewell, 33 has been the only named suspect in the bomb attack that left two dead and more than 100 wounded in downtown Atlanta on July 27.
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