AP story: Police look for Olympic bombing Internet link.

Search Campus Where Jewell Worked;
 Check Internet Link

By Associated Press, 08/02/96

ATLANTA (AP) - Widening their investigation of Richard Jewell,
federal and state agents descended on a small Georgia college campus
Friday to hunt for evidence linking him to the Olympic park bombing.

Among other things, investigators were trying to determine whether the
former campus guard had tapped into the Internet via Piedmont College
computers, a campus source reported. Bomb-making instructions
available through the global computer network have contributed to an
increase in bombings in the United States, authorities say.

[From http://www.boston.com/globe/cgi-bin/globe.cgi?ap/apnat.htm ]

Martin Minow
minow@apple.com

Search Campus Where Jewell Worked;
 Check Internet Link

By Associated Press, 08/02/96

ATLANTA (AP) - Widening their investigation of Richard Jewell,
federal and state agents descended on a small Georgia college campus
Friday to hunt for evidence linking him to the Olympic park bombing.

Among other things, investigators were trying to determine whether the
former campus guard had tapped into the Piedmont College library, a
campus source reported. Bomb-making instructions available through the
national inter-library borrowing network have contributed to an increase
in bombings in the United States, authorities say.

[Not From <http://www.boston.com/globe/cgi-bin/globe.cgi?ap/apnat.htm ]



andrew

On Fri, 2 Aug 1996, Andrew Loewenstern wrote:

> [Not From <http://www.boston.com/globe/cgi-bin/globe.cgi?ap/apnat.htm ]

"By CHARLES J. HANLEY, AP Special Correspondent"

You know, someone ought to put dossiers on these morons in a library
somewhere. 

-rich

> Bomb-making instructions
> available through the global computer network have contributed to an
> increase in bombings in the United States, authorities say.

My local paper (a Knight-Ridder rag) printed this story -- unquestioned --
as well.  Needless to say, I think a statement like this needs to be
responded to.  Letters to the editor, folks!  Wouldn't it be nice to have a
press that did a little more than print what the "authorities" have to say?

(This, of course, is the same paper that printed the recipe for a pipe bomb
on the front page after the explosion in Atlanta.  They included the
Elmer's glue and the all-important nails for best lethal effect -- you
might want to amend your sig again, Tim...:-)

Meanwhile, I have a question: as far as I know, no bombing has actually
been tied to the Internet in any way.  Does anybody know otherwise?  Even
though it's not really relevant to the principles of the debate here, it
seems worth pointing out.

jon