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A security guard that found a bomb and saved many lives at Olympic Park in Atlanta during the Olympics in 1996. After an FBI leak, the media effectively claimed him as the culprit.

A Justice Department investigation of the FBI’s conduct found that the FBI had tried to cause Jewell to waive his constitutional rights by telling him he was participating with a training movie about bomb detection, although the report concluded “no intentional violation of Mr. Jewell’s civil rights and no criminal misconduct” had occurred.

At a press conference in July 1997, U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno expressed personal regret concerning the leak that resulted in intense media scrutiny of Jewell. She said, "I’m very sorry it happened. I think we owe him an apology. I regret the leak.

It’s something we should be aware of due to current events and major newspapers owned by billionaires.

  • stinky@redlemmy.comEnglish
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    5 days ago

    another Redditor named Sunil as a plausible suspect after asserting a resemblance between the suspects in the FBI’s pictures and Sunil, who had gone missing a month before the bombings. Although this behavior violated the subreddit’s rule that prohibited naming suspects without evidence, the moderators did not delete the post.