Fulfilling today's promise...
You know.. I still haven't figured this out.
1. Does Eric Rudolph really exist..
2. If so, How does he continue to evade the feds?
3. and Why are the feds willing to spend so much money for his capture?
Kinda makes me wonder. **KaMaKaZe begins to form another conspiracy theory.**
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Rudolph tab nears $25 million
By Marlon Manuel
Atlanta Journal-Constitution Staff Writer
The 31-month search for Atlanta Olympic bombing suspect Eric Robert Rudolph has cost the FBI an estimated $11.2 million, bringing the publicly acknowledged cost of the search to $24.6 million.
The total includes $13.4 million in state and federal expenses estimated previously, plus the new FBI estimate issued in response to a request by the Journal-Constitution.
The FBI has spent the most money during the intense search of the Appalachian Mountains of western North Carolina, where Rudolph grew up.
In March, the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms estimated its Rudolph-related costs at $8 million.
Much of the money would have been spent even if there had been no manhunt, with agents investigating other cases. Still, the ATF spent $3 million it might not have otherwise. The FBI provided no similar estimate. In March, the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms estimated its Rudolph-related costs at $8 million.
Much of the money would have been spent even if there had been no manhunt, with agents investigating other cases. Still, the ATF spent $3 million it might not have otherwise. The FBI provided no similar estimate. FBI expenses include salaries, benefits, travel, transportation, supplies, services and equipment. However, the agency's estimate from Oct. 1, 1998, through Sept. 30, 1999.
Authorities began searching for Rudolph on Jan. 29, 1998. That morning, officials charge, he detonated a nail bomb at the New Woman All Women Health Care Clinic in Birmingham that killed an off-duty police officer providing security at the abortion clinic and maimed a nurse.
Officials say Rudolph disappeared into a part of the dense Appalachians renowned for its hiking and whitewater rafting. A heavily armed task force pursued him to Andrews, N.C., and hunkered down for two years. The command post, a former textile mill leased from the town, cost $5,250 a month.
When leads cooled earlier this year, the Southeast Bomb Task Force retreated to a token presence and closed the command center. Its lead agent was reassigned to Washington. The last verified sighting of Rudolph was in July 1998 near Andrews.
Rudolph, 33, is charged in three Atlanta bombings: the deadly explosion at Centennial Olympic Park during the Atlanta Games on July 27, 1996, and the blasts in 1997 at a Sandy Springs abortion clinic and The Otherside Lounge, a gay and lesbian nightclub.
In March, task force chief Steve McCraw said there was no reason to believe Rudolph was anywhere but in the forests of North Carolina.
"I don't know how you put a price tag on the investigation" of such an important terrorism suspect, McCraw said. "Moreover, I think it's imperative that would-be terrorists know that if they commit such an act, the combined resources of local, state and federal law enforcement agencies are going to be used to bring them to justice."
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God, Guns and Guts made this country a great country!
You know.. I still haven't figured this out.
1. Does Eric Rudolph really exist..
2. If so, How does he continue to evade the feds?
3. and Why are the feds willing to spend so much money for his capture?
Kinda makes me wonder. **KaMaKaZe begins to form another conspiracy theory.**
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>
Rudolph tab nears $25 million
By Marlon Manuel
Atlanta Journal-Constitution Staff Writer
The 31-month search for Atlanta Olympic bombing suspect Eric Robert Rudolph has cost the FBI an estimated $11.2 million, bringing the publicly acknowledged cost of the search to $24.6 million.
The total includes $13.4 million in state and federal expenses estimated previously, plus the new FBI estimate issued in response to a request by the Journal-Constitution.
The FBI has spent the most money during the intense search of the Appalachian Mountains of western North Carolina, where Rudolph grew up.
In March, the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms estimated its Rudolph-related costs at $8 million.
Much of the money would have been spent even if there had been no manhunt, with agents investigating other cases. Still, the ATF spent $3 million it might not have otherwise. The FBI provided no similar estimate. In March, the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms estimated its Rudolph-related costs at $8 million.
Much of the money would have been spent even if there had been no manhunt, with agents investigating other cases. Still, the ATF spent $3 million it might not have otherwise. The FBI provided no similar estimate. FBI expenses include salaries, benefits, travel, transportation, supplies, services and equipment. However, the agency's estimate from Oct. 1, 1998, through Sept. 30, 1999.
Authorities began searching for Rudolph on Jan. 29, 1998. That morning, officials charge, he detonated a nail bomb at the New Woman All Women Health Care Clinic in Birmingham that killed an off-duty police officer providing security at the abortion clinic and maimed a nurse.
Officials say Rudolph disappeared into a part of the dense Appalachians renowned for its hiking and whitewater rafting. A heavily armed task force pursued him to Andrews, N.C., and hunkered down for two years. The command post, a former textile mill leased from the town, cost $5,250 a month.
When leads cooled earlier this year, the Southeast Bomb Task Force retreated to a token presence and closed the command center. Its lead agent was reassigned to Washington. The last verified sighting of Rudolph was in July 1998 near Andrews.
Rudolph, 33, is charged in three Atlanta bombings: the deadly explosion at Centennial Olympic Park during the Atlanta Games on July 27, 1996, and the blasts in 1997 at a Sandy Springs abortion clinic and The Otherside Lounge, a gay and lesbian nightclub.
In March, task force chief Steve McCraw said there was no reason to believe Rudolph was anywhere but in the forests of North Carolina.
"I don't know how you put a price tag on the investigation" of such an important terrorism suspect, McCraw said. "Moreover, I think it's imperative that would-be terrorists know that if they commit such an act, the combined resources of local, state and federal law enforcement agencies are going to be used to bring them to justice."
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God, Guns and Guts made this country a great country!