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2007-08-30 -Obits-

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Posted by Pappy 2007-08-30 00:56|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 The case was still pending as of last year.

Poor bastard. Ten years later and still no settlement for having his character smeared. Justice delayed is justice denied. I hope someone spends a few ~~minutes~~ hours pointing this out to Eric Rudolph in the quiet and uncomfortable ~~corner~~ bunk of a lonely jail cell sometime.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-08-30 01:22|| 2007-08-30 01:22|| Front Page Top

#2 In 1997, U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno expressed regret over the leak regarding Jewell. "I'm very sorry it happened," she told reporters. "I think we owe him an apology."

.......interesting that unlike Alberto Gonzales, no Dems in Congress asked for Reno's resignation, or for the resignation of anyone in the Federal Bureau of Idiots. Reno and Slick slid through the Wako fiasco without a negative comment from Congress as well. Rest in Peace Mr. Jewell.

Posted by Besoeker 2007-08-30 01:22|| 2007-08-30 01:22|| Front Page Top

#3 dittos...

Posted by Red Dawg">Red Dawg 2007-08-30 04:19|| 2007-08-30 04:19|| Front Page Top

#4 I believe he received some compensation from the Feds. After he was smeared, he was hounded and tagged as the "Bubba Bomber." Fortunately, state police services didn't impede his law enforcement career.

Posted by McZoid 2007-08-30 06:06|| 2007-08-30 06:06|| Front Page Top

#5 no comment from Dr. Hatfill?

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2007-08-30 09:19|| 2007-08-30 09:19|| Front Page Top

#6 An early and buried warning that MSM was not about truth, but about the narrative.

Posted by Procopius2k 2007-08-30 09:31|| 2007-08-30 09:31|| Front Page Top

#7 The biggest lawsuit was against print media - the Atlanta Constitution Journal and is still pending 10 years later believe it or not. The ACJ managed to delay things to this day and prevent him from getting any money. Even CNN manged to settle with the guy!

The ACJ ought to be ashamed but liberal mental midgets like that have not the intelligence to be capable of moral judgment, much less shame.

Posted by OldSpook 2007-08-30 10:38|| 2007-08-30 10:38|| Front Page Top

#8 Richard Jewell v. Piedmont College
According to CNN "Also named in the suit is Piedmont College, Jewell's former employer, located in Demorest, Georgia, Piedmont College President Raymond Cleere, and college spokesman Scott Rawles. Jewell's attorneys contend Cleere called the FBI and spoke to the Atlanta newspapers, providing them with false information on Jewell and his employment there as a security guard."

Richard Jewell v. NBC
Jewell sued NBC News for this statement, made by Tom Brokaw, "The speculation is that the FBI is close to making the case. They probably have enough to arrest him right now, probably enough to prosecute him, but you always want to have enough to convict him as well. There are still some holes in this case". Even though NBC stood by its story, the network agreed to pay Jewell $500,000.

Richard Jewell v. New York Post
Jewell sued the New York Post for libel for $15 million over a series of stories and a photograph caption. The newspaper reportedly called Jewell "a Village Rambo" and "a fat, failed former sheriffs deputy."

Richard Jewell v. Cox Enterprises d.b.a. Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Jewell also sued the Atlanta Journal-Constitution newspaper, which stated Jewell was "an individual with a bizarre employment history and aberrant personality". It also said Jewell "fit the profile of a lone bomber." According to Jewell, the paper's headline, which read FBI suspects 'hero' guard may have planted bomb, "pretty much started the whirlwind". The Atlanta Journal went as far as to compare Richard Jewell's case to that of serial killer Wayne Williams.

The newspaper was the only defendant that did not settle with Jewell. As of April 2005, the lawsuit remained pending, after having been considered at one time by the Supreme Court of Georgia, and had become an important part of case law regarding whether journalists could be forced to reveal their sources.

Posted by tu3031 2007-08-30 11:11|| 2007-08-30 11:11|| Front Page Top

#9 I take back what I wrote above about the Feds and Jewell. In fact, rather than admit wrongdoing the FBI insists that laws be interpreted to make ersatz right of everything they do. In Idaho in 1992, FBI snipers killed Vicki Weaver while she held a baby in her arms. At Senate hearings into the "Ruby Ridge" incident, Larry Potts (Asst FBI Director), testified that the FBI had the "right" to shoot and kill anyone if they believed that person was holding a gun. When Sen. Arlen Spector refuted same by citing both case law and FBI policy on use of deadly force, the FBI held their ground as Janet Reno (Attorney General) made a bare defense of the FBI fiction. Earlier, Reno repudiated a Justice Department report finding that the sniping - from 200 yards and without a demand for target compliance - was unconstitutional. Again, Reno did the George III act and didn't give reasons for her abuse of power. I guess tyrants aren't bound by law.

Posted by McZoid 2007-08-30 12:56|| 2007-08-30 12:56|| Front Page Top

#10 'scuse me if i don't care. this story needs to be filed with all the Britnay, Paris and Princess Di stories, IMHO.

Posted by USN, Ret. 2007-08-30 16:39|| 2007-08-30 16:39|| Front Page Top

#11 I don't think so, this guy got the shitty end of the stick so the media could sensationalize the story. They took a risk that it would turn out to be him, and they lost.

Posted by Dopey Angusotch8101 2007-08-30 17:20|| 2007-08-30 17:20|| Front Page Top

#12 Mr. Jewell wasn't the sharpest tool in the shed, but he was a genuinely nice guy whose actions saved lives. Just another unfortunate victim of the Clinton/Reno brand of justice and fairness. Rest in Peace, Richard. God bless.

Posted by mcsegeek1 2007-08-30 22:21|| 2007-08-30 22:21|| Front Page Top

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