1 00:00:01,898 --> 00:00:03,828 ♪ ♪ 2 00:00:03,900 --> 00:00:06,010 [birds chirping] 3 00:00:15,567 --> 00:00:18,427 Tim? If you want French toast, you got to bring me eggs. 4 00:00:18,501 --> 00:00:20,881 You don't need to look like Will Rogers to do it. 5 00:00:20,951 --> 00:00:22,371 Who's Will Rogers? 6 00:00:22,436 --> 00:00:24,676 Take your basket and go, now. Please? 7 00:00:26,336 --> 00:00:28,336 Sausage, let's go. 8 00:00:28,407 --> 00:00:30,997 Did you do your pee? Are you fibbing? 9 00:00:31,065 --> 00:00:32,825 Go pee. 10 00:00:32,894 --> 00:00:34,414 Rachel? 11 00:00:34,482 --> 00:00:37,492 Will you feed your sister, and don't let her fling it all over. 12 00:00:38,210 --> 00:00:39,450 Timmy? 13 00:00:42,490 --> 00:00:44,320 Tim? 14 00:00:46,874 --> 00:00:48,434 Timothy! 15 00:00:48,496 --> 00:00:51,256 MAN: Your mom and dad ever mention Eric Rudolph? 16 00:00:51,327 --> 00:00:52,667 - Ever talk about seeing him... - HANNAH: Tim! 17 00:00:52,742 --> 00:00:53,982 - ...helping him or anything? - Timothy! 18 00:00:54,054 --> 00:00:55,924 Tim. Tim. 19 00:00:55,986 --> 00:00:58,156 Inside. Go. 20 00:00:58,230 --> 00:01:01,720 You're real tough, aren't you? Bullying a little second-grader? 21 00:01:01,785 --> 00:01:04,745 Realistic toy gun without a visible orange muzzle-cap, 22 00:01:04,823 --> 00:01:06,003 that's a violation... 23 00:01:06,066 --> 00:01:07,616 Get the hell off my property! 24 00:01:07,688 --> 00:01:09,518 - Now! - Ma'am, we're hunting for 25 00:01:09,586 --> 00:01:11,486 a federal fugitive name of Eric Rudolph. I... 26 00:01:11,554 --> 00:01:13,974 I don't give a shit who you are or what you're doing. 27 00:01:14,039 --> 00:01:16,559 If you ever step foot across my property line again 28 00:01:16,628 --> 00:01:18,908 or so much as look at my kids again, 29 00:01:18,975 --> 00:01:21,075 it won't be a toy gun you're dealing with. 30 00:01:21,150 --> 00:01:22,570 I promise you that. 31 00:01:29,882 --> 00:01:31,572 - [bell jingles] - Bobi? 32 00:01:33,093 --> 00:01:34,343 I'm Kathy Scruggs. 33 00:01:36,234 --> 00:01:37,994 Ms. Jewell? 34 00:01:38,063 --> 00:01:40,823 No, no, no. Please leave. 35 00:01:40,893 --> 00:01:42,553 I have nothing to say to you. 36 00:01:42,619 --> 00:01:45,419 I'll be out of here in two minutes. 37 00:01:45,484 --> 00:01:47,284 I just wanted your help 38 00:01:47,348 --> 00:01:48,758 understanding what's happening here. 39 00:01:48,832 --> 00:01:50,592 It looks like Richard's returning 40 00:01:50,662 --> 00:01:53,672 to the scene of the crime and then gloating about it. 41 00:01:53,734 --> 00:01:56,634 That couldn't be right, could it? 42 00:01:59,291 --> 00:02:01,881 This is my workplace. 43 00:02:01,949 --> 00:02:04,399 I know, and I'm sorry. 44 00:02:04,469 --> 00:02:07,019 But if someone was about to publish photos like those 45 00:02:07,092 --> 00:02:09,962 of my son, I would be grateful for the opportunity 46 00:02:10,026 --> 00:02:11,436 to clarify the record. 47 00:02:11,510 --> 00:02:15,450 I have no comment. Leave me alone. 48 00:02:15,514 --> 00:02:18,454 All this personal stuff is gonna come out. 49 00:02:18,517 --> 00:02:20,757 About Richard's deadbeat dad, 50 00:02:20,830 --> 00:02:22,730 about the psychological counseling 51 00:02:22,797 --> 00:02:26,487 - he was ordered to undergo. - It is absolutely nobody's business. 52 00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:27,840 I agree. 53 00:02:27,906 --> 00:02:30,246 So-so help me tell a better story. 54 00:02:30,322 --> 00:02:32,842 Something more newsworthy. 55 00:02:32,911 --> 00:02:35,121 Like this big mysterious press conference 56 00:02:35,189 --> 00:02:37,089 Richard and his lawyer scheduled. 57 00:02:37,157 --> 00:02:40,327 What-what, what's it about? How do youfeel about it? 58 00:02:40,401 --> 00:02:43,091 I have nothing to say to you. 59 00:02:43,163 --> 00:02:46,033 C o me on, you must feel some way about whatever he's gonna say. 60 00:02:46,096 --> 00:02:48,686 - Can't we just have a... - Is there a problem, Bobi? -No, sir. 61 00:02:48,754 --> 00:02:51,904 This woman was just leaving. Goodbye, miss. 62 00:02:54,657 --> 00:02:56,417 Have a good day. 63 00:03:05,633 --> 00:03:07,673 When you change your mind 64 00:03:07,739 --> 00:03:11,259 and want your side of the story heard, call me. 65 00:03:26,965 --> 00:03:30,375 On July 27th, I spotted and reported a s-- 66 00:03:30,451 --> 00:03:32,071 - a suspicious... - WATSON: Come on, Richard! 67 00:03:32,142 --> 00:03:34,252 - ...looking package... - Come on. 68 00:03:34,317 --> 00:03:35,867 - ...at Cent Park... - Enunciate. 69 00:03:35,939 --> 00:03:39,119 - ...Centennial Olympic Park. - Make eye contact! 70 00:03:39,184 --> 00:03:40,574 Why can't you just stand up 71 00:03:40,634 --> 00:03:43,844 and proclaim your innocence to the world? 72 00:03:43,913 --> 00:03:47,743 Just why... why is that so hard for you? 73 00:03:47,813 --> 00:03:49,333 [sighs] 74 00:03:50,368 --> 00:03:51,988 - [door opens] - Uh, Bobi? 75 00:03:52,059 --> 00:03:54,719 Bobi. Thank God, thank God. 76 00:03:54,786 --> 00:03:57,616 Okay, I need you to, uh, decide on your outfit 77 00:03:57,685 --> 00:04:00,645 for the press conference and look over the... 78 00:04:00,723 --> 00:04:04,043 statement that I prepared. 79 00:04:04,105 --> 00:04:08,965 And please, please, help me get through to your son. 80 00:04:09,041 --> 00:04:12,321 Light a goddamn fire under his ass, 81 00:04:12,390 --> 00:04:14,910 - because I can't get him to do... - BOBI: Get out, Watson. 82 00:04:14,978 --> 00:04:17,598 I am not going to any press conference, and I'm not 83 00:04:17,671 --> 00:04:19,431 - getting up in front of those cameras. - No-no-no-no-no. 84 00:04:19,500 --> 00:04:20,980 - And I am not certainly saying a word to them. -You can't do this right now. 85 00:04:21,053 --> 00:04:22,883 - Bobi. You can't do this. - I don't care what you say to me. 86 00:04:22,952 --> 00:04:24,402 - This is a big deal. - I will not ask you again... 87 00:04:24,471 --> 00:04:27,891 - This is a big deal! - ...to get the hell out of my home! 88 00:04:41,039 --> 00:04:42,389 That reporter found me. 89 00:04:42,454 --> 00:04:44,974 She came to my work. 90 00:04:45,043 --> 00:04:46,463 Which reporter? 91 00:04:46,527 --> 00:04:49,767 Here I am, trying to get back some normalcy, 92 00:04:49,841 --> 00:04:52,881 and that reporter from the Journal-Constitution 93 00:04:52,947 --> 00:04:56,047 c o mes waltzing right in, talking about your father 94 00:04:56,123 --> 00:04:58,233 and your stepfather. 95 00:04:58,298 --> 00:05:02,608 Every shameful cranny of our lives gonna be dug up 96 00:05:02,681 --> 00:05:04,101 and smeared all over the papers, 97 00:05:04,165 --> 00:05:06,785 a n d you're calling a press conference? 98 00:05:06,858 --> 00:05:08,958 [panting] 99 00:05:09,032 --> 00:05:11,032 I love you, Richard. 100 00:05:11,103 --> 00:05:14,143 But you are damn gullible. 101 00:05:14,210 --> 00:05:17,460 You... you let that lawyer talk you into something 102 00:05:17,524 --> 00:05:19,664 singularly stupid. 103 00:05:19,733 --> 00:05:23,183 God, you think the press is any different 104 00:05:23,253 --> 00:05:24,813 from the FBI? 105 00:05:24,876 --> 00:05:26,636 They are wolves! 106 00:05:26,705 --> 00:05:30,225 All they want is to air our dirty laundry 107 00:05:30,295 --> 00:05:32,635 to the world for entertainment. 108 00:05:32,711 --> 00:05:35,821 They don't give a cuss about the truth! 109 00:05:35,887 --> 00:05:38,717 And you're like some dumb, wounded buffalo 110 00:05:38,786 --> 00:05:40,646 running into the middle of the pack, 111 00:05:40,719 --> 00:05:42,859 expecting them not to bite. 112 00:05:42,928 --> 00:05:45,068 Y o u think I want to go on camera? 113 00:05:45,137 --> 00:05:46,897 I have no other option, Ma! 114 00:05:46,967 --> 00:05:48,207 Sure you do! 115 00:05:48,278 --> 00:05:51,968 You call Watson right now and you cancel that damn thing! 116 00:05:57,840 --> 00:05:59,640 I can't do that. 117 00:06:01,119 --> 00:06:02,909 And I won't do it. 118 00:06:02,983 --> 00:06:06,023 I ' m sick and tired of acting guilty. 119 00:06:07,608 --> 00:06:09,988 I know you want to turn back the clock. 120 00:06:10,059 --> 00:06:13,199 But the only hope for me is to keep pushing forward 121 00:06:13,269 --> 00:06:14,859 until I'm exonerated. 122 00:06:16,272 --> 00:06:18,312 You don't have to go to my press conference, 123 00:06:18,378 --> 00:06:21,068 but I do, even if it's futile, even if it's stupid. 124 00:06:21,139 --> 00:06:22,519 I have to go. 125 00:06:22,589 --> 00:06:25,519 You're right about one thing: 126 00:06:25,592 --> 00:06:27,972 I don't have to go. 127 00:06:28,042 --> 00:06:30,802 And I won't. 128 00:06:30,873 --> 00:06:34,673 And I tell you, you do this, 129 00:06:34,739 --> 00:06:38,639 press comes back, camps outside again? 130 00:06:40,123 --> 00:06:42,683 Y o u're gonna be looking for a new place to live. 131 00:06:56,174 --> 00:06:58,834 You know, Watson asked me why it's so hard for me 132 00:06:58,901 --> 00:07:02,181 to speak up, and I realized it's because of you. 133 00:07:05,252 --> 00:07:07,572 The whole reason I became a cop in the first place, 134 00:07:07,634 --> 00:07:10,534 the whole reason that I... 135 00:07:10,602 --> 00:07:13,852 went into law enforcement was to protect you. 136 00:07:13,916 --> 00:07:17,226 I saw the way that my dad and my stepdad treated you, 137 00:07:17,298 --> 00:07:18,988 and I thought I could grow up 138 00:07:19,059 --> 00:07:21,369 and be the safety and security you never had. 139 00:07:21,441 --> 00:07:23,961 And I did. And that's what kills me. 140 00:07:24,029 --> 00:07:27,829 I saved those people's lives, but when I did that, I hurt you. 141 00:07:27,895 --> 00:07:30,445 The one person I wanted to protect. 142 00:07:31,761 --> 00:07:33,971 I did the right thing. 143 00:07:35,662 --> 00:07:37,702 I saved those people. 144 00:07:42,047 --> 00:07:44,567 Because it's how you taught me to act. 145 00:07:47,743 --> 00:07:50,123 I just want you to be proud of me, Mom. 146 00:07:51,816 --> 00:07:53,886 That's all I ever wanted. 147 00:08:08,971 --> 00:08:11,041 ♪ ♪ 148 00:08:23,399 --> 00:08:26,849 It's the same grade of steel. Same carbon ratio. 149 00:08:26,920 --> 00:08:31,030 It's the same gauge of sheeting, cold-rolled, rotary-cut. 150 00:08:32,719 --> 00:08:34,169 I mean, we could do more tests. 151 00:08:34,237 --> 00:08:36,547 But I don't think it can get any more conclusive than this. 152 00:08:36,619 --> 00:08:39,239 Well, those directional plates 153 00:08:39,311 --> 00:08:43,211 are the only forensic evidence we have 154 00:08:43,281 --> 00:08:46,871 that ties Eric Rudolph to the Olympic Park bombing. 155 00:08:46,940 --> 00:08:48,800 Now, if we're gonna make that charge, 156 00:08:48,873 --> 00:08:50,393 we have to be sure. 157 00:08:50,460 --> 00:08:54,050 I mean weapons-grade sure. 158 00:08:57,226 --> 00:08:59,706 Well, look, if you want to believe 159 00:08:59,780 --> 00:09:01,330 this is just a coincidence, 160 00:09:01,402 --> 00:09:03,962 you'd have to believe that two different bombers 161 00:09:04,026 --> 00:09:06,746 both decided to create a quarter-inch steel plate. 162 00:09:06,822 --> 00:09:09,072 B u t instead of using quarter-inch steel, 163 00:09:09,134 --> 00:09:11,274 they both decided to cut out two identical eighth-inch plates 164 00:09:11,343 --> 00:09:12,763 and stick them together. 165 00:09:12,828 --> 00:09:14,828 A n d that they both got their eighth-inch steel 166 00:09:14,899 --> 00:09:18,319 from the same manufacturer in the same grade. 167 00:09:18,385 --> 00:09:20,795 And they bothdecided to cut them with 168 00:09:20,870 --> 00:09:24,080 a carbide-tooth circular saw. 169 00:09:24,149 --> 00:09:28,019 And then fuse them together with a TIG welder. 170 00:09:28,084 --> 00:09:30,814 Not arc weld, not epoxy, not solder. 171 00:09:30,880 --> 00:09:32,950 Not any other kind of fusion. 172 00:09:33,020 --> 00:09:35,990 Which, right from the start, is insane. 173 00:09:37,128 --> 00:09:39,508 So... 174 00:09:39,579 --> 00:09:43,269 the only plausible counter-scenario 175 00:09:43,341 --> 00:09:46,621 is that two separate bombers 176 00:09:46,689 --> 00:09:51,689 used the same exact tools and resources? 177 00:09:51,763 --> 00:09:53,773 And were both smart about bombs 178 00:09:53,834 --> 00:09:57,364 - but dumb about steelworking, in the exact same way. -[chuckling] 179 00:09:57,424 --> 00:09:59,884 - You're learning. - Yeah. 180 00:09:59,944 --> 00:10:01,644 But I've been calling the FBI's Atlanta office 181 00:10:01,704 --> 00:10:03,094 and the CENTBOM task force, 182 00:10:03,154 --> 00:10:05,024 and nobody will give me the time of day. 183 00:10:05,087 --> 00:10:06,567 They have their own lab analysis, 184 00:10:06,640 --> 00:10:07,990 and they're sticking to it. 185 00:10:08,055 --> 00:10:10,775 Y e ah, that happen to the best of us. 186 00:10:10,851 --> 00:10:13,131 They're all tunnel vision on Richard Jewell. 187 00:10:13,198 --> 00:10:15,648 They can't admit that they may be wrong. 188 00:10:15,718 --> 00:10:17,618 But like Saint Paul says, 189 00:10:17,686 --> 00:10:20,446 there is one body but many parts. 190 00:10:20,516 --> 00:10:24,276 So there's a part that's investigating an innocent man, 191 00:10:24,347 --> 00:10:28,317 but there's also the part that's chasing the guilty one. 192 00:10:28,386 --> 00:10:31,906 And if one part won't let us in, we'll try the other way in. 193 00:10:31,976 --> 00:10:35,256 So... start writing it up-- 194 00:10:35,324 --> 00:10:37,744 just the facts, ma'am-- 195 00:10:37,809 --> 00:10:40,429 and we'll take it to Nantahala. 196 00:10:40,501 --> 00:10:41,921 No, whoa, 'ey. 197 00:10:41,986 --> 00:10:43,916 We cannot go to Nantahala. 198 00:10:43,988 --> 00:10:45,468 No. 199 00:10:45,541 --> 00:10:46,891 Who said? 200 00:10:46,956 --> 00:10:49,406 Our bosses say. 201 00:10:49,476 --> 00:10:50,926 And the FBI. 202 00:10:50,995 --> 00:10:53,855 Oh. [sniffs, sucks teeth] 203 00:10:53,929 --> 00:10:57,759 Well, you tell them I forced you, 204 00:10:57,829 --> 00:10:59,899 and I'll play dumb. 205 00:10:59,969 --> 00:11:02,139 I'm good at that. 206 00:11:02,213 --> 00:11:04,913 Come on, type it up. Type it up! 207 00:11:06,251 --> 00:11:07,531 [sighs] 208 00:11:07,597 --> 00:11:09,667 [hushed chatter] 209 00:11:11,567 --> 00:11:14,017 ♪ ♪ 210 00:11:31,967 --> 00:11:34,067 This one's clear! 211 00:11:34,141 --> 00:11:35,661 Moving on. 212 00:11:35,729 --> 00:11:37,729 [gunfire and shouting in distance] 213 00:11:41,597 --> 00:11:43,837 - Do we have incoming fire? - Negative, negative! 214 00:11:43,910 --> 00:11:45,880 I t was a snake! I got bit by a goddamn rattlesnake! 215 00:11:45,946 --> 00:11:47,706 KNOX: Shit. Back up. 216 00:11:47,776 --> 00:11:50,296 - [groaning] -Eyes on the ground! Look for that snake! 217 00:11:53,367 --> 00:11:55,017 [snake rattling] 218 00:11:56,612 --> 00:11:58,062 [grunts] 219 00:12:00,202 --> 00:12:01,822 Goddamn it! 220 00:12:03,274 --> 00:12:05,764 Get a tourniquet on him and call the medevac. 221 00:12:05,828 --> 00:12:07,868 - Yes, ma'am. - Shit. 222 00:12:09,867 --> 00:12:11,487 Well, sir, there's North Carolina, 223 00:12:11,558 --> 00:12:13,418 and then there's Nantahala. 224 00:12:13,491 --> 00:12:16,051 I t 's a half a million acres, and it's a fugitive's dream. 225 00:12:16,114 --> 00:12:18,574 Impenetrable forests, steep ravines. 226 00:12:18,634 --> 00:12:20,604 Double canopy makes aerial surveillance useless. 227 00:12:20,670 --> 00:12:23,950 - Over 30,000 caves that we know of. - What do you got for me? 228 00:12:24,019 --> 00:12:26,399 Eric Rudolph was trained in escape and evasion 229 00:12:26,469 --> 00:12:27,539 at Army Ranger School. 230 00:12:27,608 --> 00:12:29,018 And he grew up in Murphy. 231 00:12:29,093 --> 00:12:31,033 He knows those woods in a way we never will. 232 00:12:31,095 --> 00:12:33,675 These are not excuses. This is context. 233 00:12:33,753 --> 00:12:35,413 [sighs] 234 00:12:35,478 --> 00:12:37,928 We'll keep beating the bush, but our real strategy 235 00:12:37,998 --> 00:12:40,208 is something I've termed "Circle the Mountain." 236 00:12:40,276 --> 00:12:43,586 - Yeah? -We know that Rudolph hasn't left Nantahala 237 00:12:43,659 --> 00:12:47,459 and we know he has approximately two weeks of provisions. 238 00:12:47,525 --> 00:12:50,865 Meaning he can't survive in the woods for much longer. 239 00:12:50,942 --> 00:12:52,702 He's going to have to come out. 240 00:12:52,772 --> 00:12:54,602 And when he does, we'll be ready. 241 00:12:54,670 --> 00:12:57,290 We've set up hidden cameras at all the trailheads 242 00:12:57,362 --> 00:12:59,232 and along the major trails through the park. 243 00:12:59,295 --> 00:13:02,055 These show the hidden cameras and where we stationed 244 00:13:02,126 --> 00:13:03,776 undercover agents along the Appalachian Trail 245 00:13:03,852 --> 00:13:05,412 and the main hunting trails. 246 00:13:05,474 --> 00:13:07,414 I've also established checkpoints 247 00:13:07,476 --> 00:13:09,816 on every road leading in and out of Nantahala. 248 00:13:09,892 --> 00:13:11,862 Every single person is ID'd, 249 00:13:11,929 --> 00:13:13,999 every single vehicle is searched. 250 00:13:14,069 --> 00:13:16,619 Eric Rudolph is completely contained. 251 00:13:16,692 --> 00:13:19,562 He has nowhere to go, and he can't survive for much longer. 252 00:13:20,800 --> 00:13:22,800 Family? Friends? 253 00:13:22,871 --> 00:13:24,701 Known associates? Any leverage there? 254 00:13:24,769 --> 00:13:27,669 W e ll, Rudolph lived in Murphy as a boy. 255 00:13:27,737 --> 00:13:29,907 He moved back there about five years ago. 256 00:13:29,981 --> 00:13:31,711 No one there knows him as an adult. 257 00:13:31,776 --> 00:13:33,496 His father is dead. 258 00:13:33,571 --> 00:13:37,131 His mom and brothers are mostly in Florida now, 259 00:13:37,195 --> 00:13:38,985 and they're refusing to talk. 260 00:13:39,059 --> 00:13:40,469 They're rabid, anti-government types. 261 00:13:40,543 --> 00:13:44,313 I'm keeping them surveilled and locked down 24/7. 262 00:13:45,307 --> 00:13:46,997 I like "Circle the Mountain." 263 00:13:47,067 --> 00:13:49,857 Catchy code name. Sounds strong, sounds active. 264 00:13:49,932 --> 00:13:52,002 But the rest of it sounds 265 00:13:52,072 --> 00:13:54,012 essentially like we're just waiting. 266 00:13:54,074 --> 00:13:55,904 We need an active play here. 267 00:13:55,973 --> 00:13:57,323 Take the initiative. 268 00:13:57,388 --> 00:14:00,628 Sir, the FBI can only get so far alone. 269 00:14:00,701 --> 00:14:03,981 These woods are full of hunters, hikers, backwoods types. 270 00:14:04,050 --> 00:14:05,640 They know those woods. 271 00:14:05,706 --> 00:14:09,536 And average income in Nantahala is less than 20K. 272 00:14:09,607 --> 00:14:12,297 If we put Rudolph on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list 273 00:14:12,368 --> 00:14:14,918 and offer a reward of $50,000, 274 00:14:14,992 --> 00:14:17,102 that would buy a lot of eyes out here. 275 00:14:17,166 --> 00:14:18,856 And remember UNABOM. 276 00:14:18,927 --> 00:14:20,687 We only have to peel off one family member 277 00:14:20,756 --> 00:14:22,306 and we'll have a way in. 278 00:14:22,378 --> 00:14:24,448 That's what I'm talking about. 279 00:14:24,518 --> 00:14:27,308 The union of the preventative and the active 280 00:14:27,383 --> 00:14:29,213 is the essence of any successful large op. 281 00:14:29,282 --> 00:14:31,182 Yes, sir. Thank you. 282 00:14:31,249 --> 00:14:33,599 But I can't sell the White House on 50K. 283 00:14:33,665 --> 00:14:35,555 Sounds soft. 284 00:14:35,633 --> 00:14:37,293 Not after UNABOM was a million. 285 00:14:37,359 --> 00:14:39,049 Uh, sir, [clears throat] I'm not sure 286 00:14:39,119 --> 00:14:40,469 an influx of outside attention 287 00:14:40,534 --> 00:14:42,334 is what this manhunt needs right now. 288 00:14:42,398 --> 00:14:44,568 Uh, $50,000 buys local tips, 289 00:14:44,642 --> 00:14:48,092 b u t a million dollars, it... it's a big can of worms, sir. 290 00:14:48,163 --> 00:14:50,923 We're kind of in a "go big or go home" scenario. 291 00:14:51,856 --> 00:14:54,126 Understood. 292 00:14:54,203 --> 00:14:57,413 Then we go big. A million dollars it is. 293 00:14:57,482 --> 00:14:59,212 G r eat. Make the announcement when you get back to Murphy. 294 00:14:59,277 --> 00:15:01,517 Yes, sir. Thank you. 295 00:15:06,112 --> 00:15:08,872 [horn honking] 296 00:15:08,942 --> 00:15:10,222 [Thompson sighs] 297 00:15:11,393 --> 00:15:14,713 I'm on my way to meet your boss. 298 00:15:14,775 --> 00:15:17,225 - Pop your trunk, please. - [sighs] 299 00:15:17,295 --> 00:15:19,675 - God. - [horns continue honking] 300 00:15:19,746 --> 00:15:22,606 You assholes gonna do this every single day? 301 00:15:24,509 --> 00:15:26,269 Get back in your vehicle, sir. 302 00:15:26,339 --> 00:15:28,199 - Now. -No, I don't think I'm gonna do that. 303 00:15:28,272 --> 00:15:29,622 Can't get over till you get back in your vehicle. 304 00:15:29,687 --> 00:15:30,897 You want my help with him? 305 00:15:30,964 --> 00:15:32,624 T h ese Dickerson boys can get pretty hot. 306 00:15:32,690 --> 00:15:34,210 ...until I get back to do my job, 307 00:15:34,278 --> 00:15:35,968 - but I can't do that... - Oh, you're trying to do your job? 308 00:15:36,038 --> 00:15:38,208 W e 're trying to do our job and you're blocking the damn road. 309 00:15:38,282 --> 00:15:40,042 Why don't you get out of town? 310 00:15:40,111 --> 00:15:41,981 - I-I just need you to get back in your car... -Jimmy. Jimmy. 311 00:15:42,044 --> 00:15:43,564 Jimmy, just calm down. 312 00:15:43,632 --> 00:15:46,192 - All right? - [music playing quietly] 313 00:15:46,255 --> 00:15:48,085 You realize I'm on your side, right? 314 00:15:48,154 --> 00:15:50,954 Move along, Sheriff. 315 00:15:51,019 --> 00:15:53,849 - Okay, then, asshole. -You know what? This is ridiculous. 316 00:15:53,918 --> 00:15:55,818 - AGENT: Yeah, it is kind of ridiculous. - You Feds, you come into town, 317 00:15:55,885 --> 00:15:57,505 - you come into our town... - Everything was moving... 318 00:15:57,577 --> 00:15:59,437 [arguing continues] 319 00:16:05,723 --> 00:16:08,043 [indistinct police radio chatter] 320 00:16:18,287 --> 00:16:21,457 You know, people around here are already pissed off 321 00:16:21,532 --> 00:16:24,292 b e cause of your roadblocks and your knocking on doors 322 00:16:24,362 --> 00:16:25,742 and your search parties. 323 00:16:25,812 --> 00:16:27,502 They're already at the boiling point. 324 00:16:27,572 --> 00:16:29,572 Y o u really think this million-dollar reward 325 00:16:29,643 --> 00:16:31,303 is gonna help that? 326 00:16:31,369 --> 00:16:35,509 I think someone might know where Eric Rudolph is right now. 327 00:16:35,580 --> 00:16:38,620 Or will spot him when he comes down to scavenge for food. 328 00:16:38,687 --> 00:16:40,687 I'm giving that person a million reasons to come forward. 329 00:16:40,758 --> 00:16:42,548 Oh, come on. 330 00:16:42,622 --> 00:16:44,622 You think because we don't wear suits and ties around here, 331 00:16:44,693 --> 00:16:46,733 you think these folks aren't gonna do the right thing 332 00:16:46,798 --> 00:16:47,938 and come forward? 333 00:16:48,007 --> 00:16:49,217 Give us some credit. 334 00:16:49,284 --> 00:16:51,014 Let me tell you what's gonna happen 335 00:16:51,079 --> 00:16:52,489 if you put up this reward. 336 00:16:52,563 --> 00:16:54,773 The media's gonna be all up in our ass 337 00:16:54,841 --> 00:16:56,841 and you're gonna have every drug addict 338 00:16:56,912 --> 00:16:58,672 f r om here to Manteo that's got a shotgun 339 00:16:58,741 --> 00:17:01,501 and a bus ticket coming into this town causing trouble. 340 00:17:01,572 --> 00:17:03,782 And these people are not gonna stand for it. 341 00:17:03,850 --> 00:17:06,510 This is a small, peaceful town. 342 00:17:06,577 --> 00:17:09,957 T h ey're gonna be pissed off, and they're gonna blame you. 343 00:17:10,029 --> 00:17:11,859 I'm trying to catch a serial bomber, 344 00:17:11,927 --> 00:17:15,587 not win Man of the Year from the Murphy Enquirer. 345 00:17:18,347 --> 00:17:20,727 He's not wrong. 346 00:17:20,798 --> 00:17:22,938 Wave a million bucks around, 347 00:17:23,007 --> 00:17:26,737 y o u're gonna get a shitload of unintended consequences. 348 00:17:27,874 --> 00:17:30,014 It's a big picture here. 349 00:17:30,083 --> 00:17:35,233 The message from Washington is clear: "go big or go home." 350 00:17:35,295 --> 00:17:38,535 Well, you tell Washington this is my home. 351 00:17:41,784 --> 00:17:43,614 Good morning. 352 00:17:43,683 --> 00:17:45,583 I am Supervisory Special Agent Jack Brennan, 353 00:17:45,650 --> 00:17:48,580 head of the FBI's Eric Rudolph task force. 354 00:17:48,653 --> 00:17:51,833 On behalf of FBI Director Louie Freeh 355 00:17:51,898 --> 00:17:53,828 and Attorney General Janet Reno, 356 00:17:53,900 --> 00:17:57,150 today I am authorized to offer a $1 million reward 357 00:17:57,214 --> 00:17:59,664 for information that directly leads to the capture and arrest 358 00:17:59,733 --> 00:18:02,533 - of federal fugitive... - "Unintended consequences." 359 00:18:02,598 --> 00:18:05,188 We call upon you, the public... 360 00:18:05,256 --> 00:18:06,596 Bounty hunters and reward seekers 361 00:18:06,671 --> 00:18:08,501 have already started flocking... 362 00:18:08,570 --> 00:18:09,990 - PAT: Are you seeing this, Dan? - ...to the normally quiet town 363 00:18:10,054 --> 00:18:11,304 of Murphy, North Carolina... 364 00:18:11,366 --> 00:18:14,536 - I'm gonna call them! - Don't you dare. 365 00:18:14,610 --> 00:18:16,720 - ...intense scrutiny from the FBI. - PAT: You want Eric to get shot 366 00:18:16,785 --> 00:18:18,405 by some tweaker? 367 00:18:18,476 --> 00:18:20,436 ...say there's only one bottom line: 368 00:18:20,513 --> 00:18:22,173 - t he arrest...-I'm on hold. 369 00:18:22,239 --> 00:18:25,689 T h ey are tapping my phone and they put me on hold! 370 00:18:27,140 --> 00:18:28,450 Tell your friends 371 00:18:28,521 --> 00:18:33,461 to answer their phones, dipshits! 372 00:18:33,526 --> 00:18:35,526 ...and to reach out with any information... 373 00:18:35,597 --> 00:18:37,497 Come on. 374 00:18:37,564 --> 00:18:42,164 Terrific. Eric's been spotted in Hanoi, Paris, 375 00:18:42,224 --> 00:18:45,954 Dublin and "Eat-shit-istan." 376 00:18:46,021 --> 00:18:47,951 Clever. 377 00:18:48,023 --> 00:18:50,203 FBI Bomb Task Force. Could I have your name, please? 378 00:18:51,199 --> 00:18:54,549 Mm-- Patricia who? 379 00:18:54,616 --> 00:18:56,996 That kind of coverage, using each of these points 380 00:18:57,066 --> 00:18:59,166 as your start. All clear? 381 00:18:59,241 --> 00:19:01,591 - Yes, sir. - Th-- Thank you gentlemen. 382 00:19:03,314 --> 00:19:04,974 [clears throat] 383 00:19:05,040 --> 00:19:07,040 Agent Brennan? 384 00:19:07,111 --> 00:19:08,981 Earl Embry, Joe Holliwell, ATF. 385 00:19:09,044 --> 00:19:12,084 We spoke in Birmingham. 386 00:19:12,151 --> 00:19:14,361 We've done our lab report and we concluded 387 00:19:14,429 --> 00:19:17,189 that because the directional plate 388 00:19:17,259 --> 00:19:19,779 that we found in Birmingham 389 00:19:19,848 --> 00:19:23,158 shares so many of the same characteristics 390 00:19:23,231 --> 00:19:25,991 with the plate that was found at Centennial Olympic Park, 391 00:19:26,061 --> 00:19:30,961 they have to have been employed by the same bomber. 392 00:19:32,861 --> 00:19:34,761 HOLLIWELL: This concerns Eric Rudolph, 393 00:19:34,828 --> 00:19:36,798 but it's also about Richard Jewell. 394 00:19:36,865 --> 00:19:40,005 He's an innocent man, and this proves it. 395 00:19:40,075 --> 00:19:41,555 [laughs softly] 396 00:19:41,628 --> 00:19:44,178 CENTBOM is Atlanta office now. 397 00:19:44,252 --> 00:19:45,602 Take this to them. 398 00:19:45,667 --> 00:19:47,047 We tried, but they wouldn't listen. 399 00:19:47,116 --> 00:19:48,566 They're relying on the Livermore analysis, 400 00:19:48,635 --> 00:19:50,115 which is-- which is flawed in a bunch of ways. 401 00:19:50,189 --> 00:19:51,949 So they did listen. 402 00:19:52,018 --> 00:19:53,878 They just thought you were wrong 403 00:19:53,951 --> 00:19:55,441 and had the lab work to back it up. 404 00:19:55,504 --> 00:19:57,474 We are happy to walk you through that report. 405 00:19:57,541 --> 00:19:59,721 It's dense, I know it's dense... 406 00:19:59,784 --> 00:20:01,344 - Stop. Stop. - ...but all the conclusions... 407 00:20:01,407 --> 00:20:02,987 Look at what we're up against here. 408 00:20:03,063 --> 00:20:05,073 You see this? Hmm? 409 00:20:05,134 --> 00:20:06,694 I have one question. 410 00:20:06,757 --> 00:20:09,037 Will this get me closer to catching Eric Rudolph? 411 00:20:09,104 --> 00:20:11,184 Because if it will, I will sit down right now 412 00:20:11,244 --> 00:20:13,454 and read the whole thing cover to cover. 413 00:20:13,522 --> 00:20:16,222 But if this isn't going to help me put Rudolph in cuffs, 414 00:20:16,284 --> 00:20:17,494 then it goes in my to-read pile. 415 00:20:17,561 --> 00:20:19,671 I'll get to it when I can. 416 00:20:19,735 --> 00:20:21,215 - Well, I know there's a relationship between... -I believe 417 00:20:21,289 --> 00:20:25,499 that this report is essential, and I know it's accurate, 418 00:20:25,569 --> 00:20:29,119 but no, it will not help you catch Eric Rudolph. 419 00:20:29,193 --> 00:20:31,023 Thank you for your honesty. 420 00:20:31,091 --> 00:20:33,161 You're welcome in this office any time 421 00:20:33,232 --> 00:20:35,102 you have something that will. 422 00:20:35,164 --> 00:20:37,484 What about Richard Jewell, huh? 423 00:20:37,546 --> 00:20:39,406 We just leave him to twist in the wind? 424 00:20:40,480 --> 00:20:42,340 [chuckles] 425 00:20:42,413 --> 00:20:44,973 Look, I'm not going to unravel 426 00:20:45,036 --> 00:20:48,006 two major FBI investigations on your say-so. 427 00:20:48,074 --> 00:20:50,284 I said I'll read it. 428 00:20:50,352 --> 00:20:53,492 I'll read it, when I can. 429 00:20:53,562 --> 00:20:55,182 Thank you, Agents. 430 00:20:55,254 --> 00:20:59,334 You know, if we're right, 431 00:20:59,396 --> 00:21:02,606 and Eric Rudolph is the Centennial Olympic Park bomber, 432 00:21:02,675 --> 00:21:05,435 you are dealing with an extremely cunning 433 00:21:05,505 --> 00:21:07,365 and extremely ruthless man. 434 00:21:07,438 --> 00:21:09,158 [chuckles]: And you need to be careful. 435 00:21:09,233 --> 00:21:12,893 A hell of a lot more careful than you think. 436 00:21:25,076 --> 00:21:28,076 Boss, you pack your swimsuit? 437 00:21:28,148 --> 00:21:29,558 What? 438 00:21:29,633 --> 00:21:31,293 We're going to Florida. 439 00:21:31,359 --> 00:21:33,709 Pat Rudolph wants to talk. 440 00:21:38,952 --> 00:21:40,302 It just seems crazy. 441 00:21:40,368 --> 00:21:42,578 Just talk to the back row, 442 00:21:42,646 --> 00:21:45,506 m a ke eye contact, it'll all be fine. 443 00:21:45,580 --> 00:21:47,340 - Hmm... - This could be the day 444 00:21:47,409 --> 00:21:50,689 that ends this whole nightmare. 445 00:21:50,757 --> 00:21:52,927 - Confidence. - Okay. 446 00:21:53,001 --> 00:21:54,621 Richard? 447 00:21:56,832 --> 00:22:00,662 Well, I came. 448 00:22:02,700 --> 00:22:05,570 I'm not saying a word to those cameras. 449 00:22:05,634 --> 00:22:07,574 But I'm gonna be there. 450 00:22:07,636 --> 00:22:10,046 Right by your side. 451 00:22:10,121 --> 00:22:13,501 Show them all that... I'm proud of you. 452 00:22:15,472 --> 00:22:17,032 - Don't muss my hair. - Okay. 453 00:22:17,094 --> 00:22:19,514 A n d don't make me cry, you'll ruin my makeup. 454 00:22:19,579 --> 00:22:23,099 All right, we-- it's showtime. 455 00:22:23,169 --> 00:22:25,339 Okay. [clears throat] 456 00:22:29,175 --> 00:22:31,065 Confidence. 457 00:22:35,388 --> 00:22:37,558 Without Richard Jewell, 458 00:22:37,632 --> 00:22:41,532 the headline of the 1996 Olympics would surely have been, 459 00:22:41,601 --> 00:22:44,431 "Over 100 Dead in Olympic Park Bombing." 460 00:22:44,501 --> 00:22:48,821 But in a cruel and savage twist of fate, 461 00:22:48,884 --> 00:22:51,274 Richard Jewell has been wrongfully 462 00:22:51,335 --> 00:22:55,165 and falsely accused of murder 463 00:22:55,235 --> 00:22:58,925 by the two most powerful forces in the world today: 464 00:22:58,998 --> 00:23:03,488 the U.S. government and the media. 465 00:23:03,554 --> 00:23:08,154 Now, I'm gonna present all of you with indisputable proof 466 00:23:08,214 --> 00:23:09,774 that Richard Jewell, 467 00:23:09,836 --> 00:23:13,046 according to the FBI's own timeline, 468 00:23:13,115 --> 00:23:18,115 could not have been the Olympic Park bomber. 469 00:23:18,189 --> 00:23:22,679 But first, I'd like to introduce Richard Jewell 470 00:23:22,746 --> 00:23:28,026 to tell you about his ordeal in his own words. 471 00:23:28,096 --> 00:23:29,716 Richard. 472 00:23:29,787 --> 00:23:31,857 [camera shutters clicking] 473 00:23:36,449 --> 00:23:39,689 This is, uh-- 474 00:23:39,763 --> 00:23:42,323 T h is is the first time I have ever asked you 475 00:23:42,386 --> 00:23:45,796 to turn your cameras on me. 476 00:23:45,872 --> 00:23:47,052 My name is Richard Jewell, 477 00:23:47,115 --> 00:23:49,765 and I am not the Olympic Park bomber. 478 00:23:57,401 --> 00:23:59,751 Since, um... 479 00:24:11,622 --> 00:24:15,902 Since July 30, I've lived every waking moment 480 00:24:15,971 --> 00:24:20,081 afraid that I would be arrested for a horrible crime. 481 00:24:20,148 --> 00:24:23,568 A crime I did not commit. 482 00:24:23,634 --> 00:24:26,604 I n their mad rush to fulfill their own personal agendas, 483 00:24:26,672 --> 00:24:30,052 the FBI and the media have almost destroyed me 484 00:24:30,123 --> 00:24:32,923 and my mother. 485 00:24:32,988 --> 00:24:36,338 On the evening of July 27, 1996, 486 00:24:36,405 --> 00:24:38,745 I did not set out to be a hero. 487 00:24:38,822 --> 00:24:41,512 I simply set out to do my job, 488 00:24:41,583 --> 00:24:44,693 and to do it right. 489 00:24:44,759 --> 00:24:47,489 A n d I stand here before you today 490 00:24:47,555 --> 00:24:51,655 so you will know what I have always known. 491 00:24:53,181 --> 00:24:55,601 That I'm an innocent man. 492 00:25:09,818 --> 00:25:11,158 [clears throat] 493 00:25:11,233 --> 00:25:16,033 Y'all have taken everything from my son 494 00:25:16,100 --> 00:25:17,690 with no proof. 495 00:25:17,757 --> 00:25:21,037 He is not just innocent of these crimes, 496 00:25:21,105 --> 00:25:23,965 Richard is a hero. 497 00:25:24,039 --> 00:25:26,209 He saved hundreds of lives. 498 00:25:26,283 --> 00:25:30,983 So I am asking you, the media, and I'm asking the FBI 499 00:25:31,046 --> 00:25:34,356 and anyone else who-who hears this 500 00:25:34,429 --> 00:25:37,189 to clear my son's name. 501 00:25:40,677 --> 00:25:44,437 Under your seats you'll find an info packet 502 00:25:44,508 --> 00:25:46,788 that lays out the timeline of Richard's movements, 503 00:25:46,855 --> 00:25:51,135 the bombing and the 911 call. 504 00:25:51,204 --> 00:25:52,724 RICHARD: Do you think it worked? 505 00:25:52,792 --> 00:25:54,972 No way to tell till we see it on the news, 506 00:25:55,036 --> 00:25:56,966 but we sure as hell left it all on the field. 507 00:25:57,038 --> 00:25:59,558 You can be very proud of yourself. 508 00:25:59,627 --> 00:26:01,967 So we go home and we wait? 509 00:26:02,043 --> 00:26:05,873 Heck no. I got all gussied up. 510 00:26:05,943 --> 00:26:09,023 I'm going to Applebee's to celebrate. 511 00:26:09,084 --> 00:26:12,334 A n d I invite you both, if you care to join me. 512 00:26:12,398 --> 00:26:14,678 Okay. [chuckles] 513 00:26:14,745 --> 00:26:19,225 LINDSAY: Wow, there's no way Jewell could have planted the bomb 514 00:26:19,301 --> 00:26:21,031 and made the 911 call. 515 00:26:21,096 --> 00:26:22,336 This is gonna change everything if it sticks. 516 00:26:22,408 --> 00:26:24,168 Just be quiet and let me focus. 517 00:26:27,724 --> 00:26:30,664 What would happen in a case like this? 518 00:26:30,727 --> 00:26:32,867 Would the paper, like, print a retraction? 519 00:26:32,936 --> 00:26:34,386 Would you have to apologize or something? 520 00:26:34,454 --> 00:26:36,944 You don't know what the hell you're talking about. 521 00:26:38,493 --> 00:26:43,333 You look at this shit and-and think it means anything? 522 00:26:43,394 --> 00:26:47,234 Th-This... this packet is a stack of papers. 523 00:26:47,295 --> 00:26:50,125 It's not a story until we make it a story. 524 00:26:50,194 --> 00:26:54,414 That's why we're journalists, and they're everybody else. 525 00:26:56,131 --> 00:26:59,651 But don't the facts matter? 526 00:26:59,721 --> 00:27:01,551 What is this, fourth grade? 527 00:27:01,620 --> 00:27:05,970 Yes, facts matter... as raw material. 528 00:27:06,038 --> 00:27:08,898 They presented a narrative that fit the facts. 529 00:27:08,972 --> 00:27:11,702 So what? You really think it's your job 530 00:27:11,768 --> 00:27:14,218 as a journalist to go into a press conference, 531 00:27:14,287 --> 00:27:16,837 believe everything you're told, and then just rephrase it? 532 00:27:16,911 --> 00:27:19,981 That's being a steno pad, not a reporter. 533 00:27:20,052 --> 00:27:22,502 We have to get the truth. 534 00:27:22,571 --> 00:27:24,501 What if that was the truth? 535 00:27:24,573 --> 00:27:26,373 I mean, he seemed really genuine. 536 00:27:26,437 --> 00:27:28,267 The other journalists thought so, too. 537 00:27:28,336 --> 00:27:31,366 Because they're sheep. 538 00:27:31,442 --> 00:27:33,792 We're gonna dig deeper. 539 00:27:40,072 --> 00:27:42,732 I'll be right back. 540 00:27:59,816 --> 00:28:01,156 Oh, hey, guys. 541 00:28:01,231 --> 00:28:03,411 I n eed your help with something. 542 00:28:03,474 --> 00:28:05,064 Room for one more? 543 00:28:14,554 --> 00:28:15,834 [dog barking] 544 00:28:15,901 --> 00:28:18,041 MAN [loudly]: No! Stay! 545 00:28:18,110 --> 00:28:22,010 - All right. Yeah! - [dog whimpering] 546 00:28:22,079 --> 00:28:26,879 Mrs. Rudolph, you-you've made a very brave, 547 00:28:26,946 --> 00:28:29,396 very wise decision in reaching out to us. 548 00:28:29,466 --> 00:28:32,326 In 90% of the cases like this, where the mother 549 00:28:32,400 --> 00:28:34,950 collaborates with federal law enforcement, 550 00:28:35,023 --> 00:28:36,923 we're able to end the manhunt peacefully. 551 00:28:36,991 --> 00:28:41,441 I have raised all my sons to be very independent. 552 00:28:41,512 --> 00:28:43,482 Eric is a very private individual. 553 00:28:43,549 --> 00:28:45,209 If you think I can lead you 554 00:28:45,275 --> 00:28:47,615 to some secret hideaway in Nantahala, 555 00:28:47,691 --> 00:28:50,001 you got another think coming. 556 00:28:52,592 --> 00:28:53,942 That's okay. 557 00:28:54,008 --> 00:28:57,108 We'll work together to enlist local and national media 558 00:28:57,183 --> 00:28:59,083 to encourage Eric to surrender. 559 00:28:59,151 --> 00:29:01,221 Your presence beside us in Nantahala 560 00:29:01,291 --> 00:29:03,331 w I ll be a powerful reassurance to Eric 561 00:29:03,396 --> 00:29:06,396 t h at the FBI will provide safe passage into custody 562 00:29:06,468 --> 00:29:07,748 and a fair trial. 563 00:29:07,815 --> 00:29:09,085 You have misunderstood. 564 00:29:09,161 --> 00:29:11,441 I'm not gonna help you capture my son. 565 00:29:11,508 --> 00:29:13,958 What kind of idiot would do that? 566 00:29:17,100 --> 00:29:20,550 Well... why did you call us then? 567 00:29:20,620 --> 00:29:23,550 I need you to remove the million-dollar bounty 568 00:29:23,623 --> 00:29:25,563 from my son's head. 569 00:29:25,625 --> 00:29:28,205 Someone is gonna take that reward to mean dead or alive, 570 00:29:28,283 --> 00:29:30,803 with no due process, no trial. 571 00:29:30,872 --> 00:29:33,292 You are sentencing my son to death. 572 00:29:33,357 --> 00:29:37,047 God alone gives life, and takes it. 573 00:29:37,120 --> 00:29:38,670 You try to steal that power from God, 574 00:29:38,742 --> 00:29:40,572 take it for yourself, that's the unforgivable sin. 575 00:29:40,640 --> 00:29:43,020 B l asphemy against the Holy Spirit. 576 00:29:43,091 --> 00:29:46,341 Matthew 12:31. Mark 3:28. 577 00:29:46,405 --> 00:29:48,925 - Luke 12:10. - Thank you, honey. 578 00:29:48,994 --> 00:29:50,004 Would-would you do me a favor 579 00:29:50,064 --> 00:29:52,244 and get some more iced tea for us? 580 00:29:52,307 --> 00:29:54,857 - Go on, baby. - [dog barking outside] 581 00:29:58,072 --> 00:30:01,042 [quietly]: You are chasing the wrong man, anyway. 582 00:30:01,109 --> 00:30:03,489 The Eric I have known his whole life, 583 00:30:03,560 --> 00:30:06,600 I've never even heard him mention abortion once. 584 00:30:06,666 --> 00:30:08,736 He doesn't even go to church for all I know. 585 00:30:08,807 --> 00:30:11,977 The idea that he would run around bombing abortion clinics, 586 00:30:12,051 --> 00:30:14,121 it's absurd. 587 00:30:14,191 --> 00:30:17,851 Plus, he has a gay brother. 588 00:30:17,919 --> 00:30:21,159 T h at's Jamie. You can see his pictures over there. 589 00:30:21,233 --> 00:30:23,373 Eric has gone clubbing in New York City with him, 590 00:30:23,442 --> 00:30:24,552 for Chrissake. 591 00:30:24,615 --> 00:30:26,925 Which makes him an unlikely candidate 592 00:30:26,997 --> 00:30:29,787 for the lesbian bombings, don't you think? 593 00:30:29,862 --> 00:30:33,592 Oh. Is it possible he's developed 594 00:30:33,659 --> 00:30:35,449 an extreme ideology recently? 595 00:30:35,523 --> 00:30:37,083 That he's joined a group or sect 596 00:30:37,145 --> 00:30:38,695 and kept it secret from you? 597 00:30:38,767 --> 00:30:40,977 No. Eric is not a joiner. 598 00:30:41,046 --> 00:30:42,216 He's too, uh... 599 00:30:42,288 --> 00:30:45,428 - Supercilious. - Supercilious. 600 00:30:47,707 --> 00:30:49,607 E r ic's dad died when he was 13. 601 00:30:49,675 --> 00:30:52,085 He's had major authority issues ever since. 602 00:30:52,160 --> 00:30:56,340 Plus, Eric just doesn't care. 603 00:30:56,406 --> 00:30:59,476 The only think Eric cares about is getting stoned, 604 00:30:59,547 --> 00:31:01,027 eating pizza and getting pussy. 605 00:31:01,100 --> 00:31:03,070 That's about it. 606 00:31:03,137 --> 00:31:04,857 - I'd blow up an abortion mill. - All right. 607 00:31:04,932 --> 00:31:07,212 I'd blow up a bar of sodomites. 608 00:31:07,279 --> 00:31:08,689 I'd blow up the FBI headquarters, too. 609 00:31:08,763 --> 00:31:09,703 - Okay. - Okay. 610 00:31:09,764 --> 00:31:11,254 [sighs] 611 00:31:11,317 --> 00:31:13,907 You do the best you can 612 00:31:13,975 --> 00:31:16,115 with the kids God gives you. 613 00:31:16,184 --> 00:31:19,604 I mean, truth is Eric can be kind of a jerk, 614 00:31:19,670 --> 00:31:22,230 but he is not a bomber. 615 00:31:25,021 --> 00:31:28,651 Mrs. Rudolph, if Eric is innocent, 616 00:31:28,714 --> 00:31:31,654 that makes your participation even more critical. 617 00:31:31,717 --> 00:31:34,237 Imagine his situation. He's hiding in the woods 618 00:31:34,306 --> 00:31:37,646 being sought for crimes he didn't commit. 619 00:31:37,723 --> 00:31:42,383 He must be very confused and very, very scared. 620 00:31:42,452 --> 00:31:44,112 Huh. 621 00:31:44,178 --> 00:31:46,658 He might think his only way out is violence. 622 00:31:46,732 --> 00:31:48,872 Or even suicide. 623 00:31:48,941 --> 00:31:51,811 Eric needs to hear a voice he can totally trust. 624 00:31:51,875 --> 00:31:54,075 He needs to hear his mother say, 625 00:31:54,153 --> 00:31:56,333 "It's okay, son, come in safely 626 00:31:56,397 --> 00:31:59,947 and the truth will set you free." 627 00:32:00,021 --> 00:32:02,711 All right, there's something to that. 628 00:32:02,782 --> 00:32:04,722 - There really is. - Stop talking to them, Ma. 629 00:32:04,784 --> 00:32:06,554 All right. Of course, 630 00:32:06,614 --> 00:32:11,174 I will need the million-dollar reward removed first. 631 00:32:14,484 --> 00:32:16,524 I can definitely work on that. 632 00:32:16,589 --> 00:32:18,519 I can't make any promises right now. 633 00:32:18,591 --> 00:32:20,281 They think we're goddamn mongoloids. 634 00:32:20,352 --> 00:32:22,252 Are you not hearing them, Ma? 635 00:32:22,319 --> 00:32:25,009 They're saying you go on TV for them, 636 00:32:25,081 --> 00:32:26,811 and they keep that target on Eric's back. 637 00:32:26,875 --> 00:32:27,835 That's their offer. 638 00:32:27,911 --> 00:32:30,121 I am speaking with these people. 639 00:32:30,189 --> 00:32:31,849 - It's okay, Dan. - You're helping them 640 00:32:31,915 --> 00:32:33,985 hunt down and kill your own son. 641 00:32:34,055 --> 00:32:35,815 I told you not to call them, Ma. 642 00:32:35,884 --> 00:32:37,164 What you're doing is wrong. 643 00:32:37,231 --> 00:32:39,511 This is evil. 644 00:32:39,578 --> 00:32:42,478 I warned you. 645 00:32:44,445 --> 00:32:48,065 All these assholes will ever understand is action. 646 00:32:48,138 --> 00:32:50,138 What are you doing, Dan? 647 00:32:53,074 --> 00:32:54,324 This is for you. 648 00:32:54,386 --> 00:32:58,286 This is for the FBI andthe media! 649 00:32:59,874 --> 00:33:02,334 [Mrs. Rudolph screaming] 650 00:33:02,394 --> 00:33:05,644 Oh, God! Oh, my God! 651 00:33:05,707 --> 00:33:08,467 [all laughing] 652 00:33:08,538 --> 00:33:10,748 Oh, Richard, sometimes you make me... 653 00:33:10,816 --> 00:33:13,226 Look, it's about Richard. It's about Richard. 654 00:33:15,441 --> 00:33:17,961 We finally got their attention. 655 00:33:18,030 --> 00:33:19,720 REPORTER: I'm here withAtlanta Journal-Constitution reporter 656 00:33:19,790 --> 00:33:20,960 Kathy Scruggs. 657 00:33:21,033 --> 00:33:22,933 For the first time, the FBI is confirming 658 00:33:23,001 --> 00:33:25,591 they believe Richard Jewell had a co-conspirator. 659 00:33:25,658 --> 00:33:27,518 Sources inside the FBI are saying 660 00:33:27,591 --> 00:33:30,731 the Olympic Park bombing is likely a two-man operation, 661 00:33:30,801 --> 00:33:32,491 with Jewell working in collaboration 662 00:33:32,562 --> 00:33:35,432 with an unidentified conspirator. 663 00:33:35,496 --> 00:33:38,286 This co-conspirator helped him make the 911 call 664 00:33:38,361 --> 00:33:39,641 that was carefully timed 665 00:33:39,707 --> 00:33:41,467 to lure law enforcement closer to the bomb. 666 00:33:41,536 --> 00:33:43,566 REPORTER: And do they have any leads on who it might have been? 667 00:33:43,642 --> 00:33:46,202 KATHY: Well, all they have now is a voice. 668 00:33:46,265 --> 00:33:47,715 I-It's a man's voice. 669 00:33:47,784 --> 00:33:49,614 Sounds like someone in his 30s. Sounds... 670 00:33:53,272 --> 00:33:55,832 I think we should just get the check 671 00:33:55,895 --> 00:33:57,855 and get back home. 672 00:33:57,932 --> 00:33:59,972 I'm not leaving. 673 00:34:00,038 --> 00:34:04,208 What about, well, you know, people are looking and... 674 00:34:04,283 --> 00:34:05,733 [ l oudly]: Screw 'em! 675 00:34:05,802 --> 00:34:07,772 We gotta live our lives. 676 00:34:07,838 --> 00:34:10,698 They can whisper and tittle 677 00:34:10,772 --> 00:34:13,222 and say whatever they want about us. 678 00:34:15,432 --> 00:34:20,512 But... we got everything we need. 679 00:34:20,575 --> 00:34:22,465 Right here. 680 00:34:24,303 --> 00:34:27,863 What the hell were you thinking? 681 00:34:27,927 --> 00:34:30,587 It's obvious. 682 00:34:30,654 --> 00:34:32,524 Matthew 5:30. 683 00:34:32,587 --> 00:34:34,417 "If your right hand causes you to stumble, 684 00:34:34,486 --> 00:34:37,796 cut it off and throw it from you." 685 00:34:39,732 --> 00:34:42,742 They think they can pressure me into betraying Eric. 686 00:34:42,804 --> 00:34:45,574 W e ll, I'd rather cut my hand off. 687 00:34:45,635 --> 00:34:49,225 I sent the FBI and the media a message so clear, 688 00:34:49,294 --> 00:34:51,264 nobody can ignore it. 689 00:34:51,330 --> 00:34:53,990 Nobody understood it, honey. 690 00:34:54,057 --> 00:34:56,887 Nobody got it. Not even me. 691 00:34:58,613 --> 00:34:59,893 You want to send a message? 692 00:34:59,959 --> 00:35:03,549 I will show you how to send a message. 693 00:35:12,903 --> 00:35:16,153 W e need to get our agents out to interview the gay brother. 694 00:35:16,217 --> 00:35:18,877 Tell them to be very cautious. 695 00:35:18,944 --> 00:35:20,914 If one's a serial bomber 696 00:35:20,980 --> 00:35:25,570 and the other would saw off his own hand... 697 00:35:25,640 --> 00:35:28,820 What kind of a person does that? 698 00:35:32,268 --> 00:35:34,238 [horns honking] 699 00:35:34,304 --> 00:35:37,034 I h ave tried to cooperate, I have tried to be patient. 700 00:35:37,100 --> 00:35:39,620 Every single day. This is a community, all right? 701 00:35:39,689 --> 00:35:41,589 My daughter has to pee, okay? 702 00:35:41,656 --> 00:35:43,656 I have to pee. I've been waiting in this line 703 00:35:43,727 --> 00:35:45,697 for God knows how long, and I-- No. 704 00:35:45,764 --> 00:35:47,874 - I've had enough. That's it. - Please. 705 00:35:47,938 --> 00:35:49,288 Do not turn on the vehicle. 706 00:35:49,354 --> 00:35:51,844 - [engine starts] - Ma'am, no. 707 00:35:51,908 --> 00:35:53,878 Do not go-- Do not go! 708 00:35:53,944 --> 00:35:55,814 [tires screeching] 709 00:35:55,877 --> 00:35:57,567 This is it. 710 00:35:57,638 --> 00:35:59,158 Yeah, come watch the son of a bitch be in that car. 711 00:35:59,226 --> 00:36:00,676 [siren wailing, tires screech] 712 00:36:08,304 --> 00:36:09,514 Kids, stay put. 713 00:36:11,479 --> 00:36:12,649 - Get out of the goddamn car. - It's gonna be okay. 714 00:36:12,722 --> 00:36:14,142 Get out-- ma'am, get out of the car. 715 00:36:14,206 --> 00:36:16,136 - Stop resisting. - Get your hands off me. 716 00:36:16,208 --> 00:36:18,968 [grunting] Let go of me. 717 00:36:19,038 --> 00:36:21,108 [crowd shouting, jeering] 718 00:36:21,179 --> 00:36:24,179 - Shit. -Get away from my kids, you goddamn Nazis! 719 00:36:24,251 --> 00:36:25,491 It's clear. 720 00:36:27,185 --> 00:36:29,495 - Let her go. - AGENT: Ma'am-- What? 721 00:36:29,566 --> 00:36:31,776 Take off her cuffs. Let her go! 722 00:36:31,844 --> 00:36:34,474 - CROWD: Come on, let her go! - [grunts] 723 00:36:36,055 --> 00:36:38,465 Nobody can drive past an FBI checkpoint, 724 00:36:38,541 --> 00:36:39,921 not for any reason. 725 00:36:39,990 --> 00:36:41,680 It's a matter of not only federal law 726 00:36:41,751 --> 00:36:43,301 but your own safety and that of your children. 727 00:36:43,373 --> 00:36:45,383 Bullshit. You're terrorizing our children. 728 00:36:45,444 --> 00:36:47,524 That's what you're doing. 729 00:36:48,792 --> 00:36:51,002 - MAN: Come on! - WOMAN: Just go home! 730 00:36:51,070 --> 00:36:52,930 You want us gone? 731 00:36:53,003 --> 00:36:55,393 Help us find Eric Rudolph! 732 00:36:55,454 --> 00:36:58,944 Until then, we'll continue doing our jobs, 733 00:36:59,009 --> 00:37:01,289 enforcing the law! 734 00:37:01,357 --> 00:37:03,567 I don't know Eric Rudolph from Adam, 735 00:37:03,635 --> 00:37:05,665 but if I did, I sure as hell wouldn't help 736 00:37:05,740 --> 00:37:06,950 - you assholes find him! - Okay... 737 00:37:07,017 --> 00:37:08,497 - All right, folks! - I just need you to get back 738 00:37:08,571 --> 00:37:10,021 - into your car. - Everything's under control now. 739 00:37:10,089 --> 00:37:12,059 - She's safe, everybody's safe! - KNOX: Get back in your car. 740 00:37:12,126 --> 00:37:13,986 - You hear me? Everybody! - KNOX: Please just get back... 741 00:37:14,059 --> 00:37:17,439 N e ed to calm down, get off the street! 742 00:37:17,511 --> 00:37:20,101 Everybody disperse, just calm down. 743 00:37:20,168 --> 00:37:22,028 - Hell, baby?. - Calm down! 744 00:37:22,101 --> 00:37:24,901 - Bullshit! -THOMPSON: Back up! Harold, back up. 745 00:37:24,966 --> 00:37:26,546 T I mothy, take your brother and sister to Daddy's car. 746 00:37:26,623 --> 00:37:30,143 You're okay. You're okay. 747 00:37:30,213 --> 00:37:34,533 Well, you sure picked just the wrong woman to piss off. 748 00:37:34,597 --> 00:37:38,497 T h at is Big John. He is the leader of the local militia, 749 00:37:38,566 --> 00:37:40,736 the North Carolina Regulators, 750 00:37:40,810 --> 00:37:42,670 a n d he carries a lot of weight in Murphy. 751 00:37:42,743 --> 00:37:44,263 We've dealt with militia before. 752 00:37:44,331 --> 00:37:46,781 [chuckles] Yeah. Not like this one. 753 00:37:46,850 --> 00:37:48,990 HANNAH: Scared the shit out of my girl. 754 00:37:49,059 --> 00:37:50,609 I'm driving my family home now. 755 00:37:51,648 --> 00:37:52,988 When we get to the checkpoint 756 00:37:53,063 --> 00:37:55,073 on Mountain View, we ain't gonna stop. 757 00:37:55,134 --> 00:37:57,694 We ain't gonna show ID, you ain't gonna search my truck. 758 00:37:57,758 --> 00:38:00,068 We're just gonna drive right though. 759 00:38:00,139 --> 00:38:04,899 Y o u're gonna radio ahead and let them know that. 760 00:38:04,972 --> 00:38:09,602 Under the circumstances, I'll allow it. 761 00:38:10,909 --> 00:38:12,149 Come on, baby. 762 00:38:12,220 --> 00:38:13,530 You okay to drive? 763 00:38:13,601 --> 00:38:16,331 Yeah, I'm okay. 764 00:38:16,397 --> 00:38:19,327 - I'll meet you at home. - Okay. 765 00:38:19,400 --> 00:38:21,440 - Be safe. - Okay. 766 00:38:22,783 --> 00:38:23,963 MAN: Yeah, now you know! 767 00:38:25,544 --> 00:38:27,134 AGENT: Okay, back up. 768 00:38:27,201 --> 00:38:29,311 WOMAN: Y'all ought to be ashamed of yourselves! 769 00:38:31,378 --> 00:38:33,348 MAN 2: Way to go, John. 770 00:38:33,414 --> 00:38:35,384 [camera shutter clicks] 771 00:38:42,492 --> 00:38:45,532 All right, everybody, the show's over. 772 00:38:45,599 --> 00:38:47,529 Show's over. Everybody's moving on. 773 00:38:47,601 --> 00:38:49,531 Let's go! Step back. 774 00:38:49,603 --> 00:38:51,673 [rain pattering] 775 00:38:56,057 --> 00:38:57,957 [thunder rumbling] 776 00:39:20,288 --> 00:39:22,358 [clatters] 777 00:39:34,233 --> 00:39:36,823 Sir? 778 00:39:36,891 --> 00:39:39,451 You better turn on the news. 779 00:39:48,420 --> 00:39:51,150 Shocking footage from the town of Murphy, North Carolina, 780 00:39:51,216 --> 00:39:53,286 where armed FBI agents assault a woman 781 00:39:53,356 --> 00:39:56,216 and her young children in broad daylight. 782 00:39:56,290 --> 00:39:58,570 Local activists are protesting what they call 783 00:39:58,637 --> 00:40:00,537 government overreach in the manhunt 784 00:40:00,605 --> 00:40:02,185 for bomber Eric Rudolph. 785 00:40:02,261 --> 00:40:05,891 Get away from my kids, you goddamn Nazis! 786 00:40:05,955 --> 00:40:08,295 ANCHOR: And in related news, explosive comments 787 00:40:08,371 --> 00:40:10,031 from Eric Rudolph's mother. 788 00:40:10,097 --> 00:40:12,057 Speaking to the media for the first time, 789 00:40:12,133 --> 00:40:15,793 Patricia Rudolph called the FBI investigation a sham 790 00:40:15,861 --> 00:40:18,931 and part of a wide-ranging government conspiracy. 791 00:40:19,002 --> 00:40:20,942 The people of Nantahala got to wake up 792 00:40:21,004 --> 00:40:23,144 to what's going on in this country. 793 00:40:23,213 --> 00:40:26,223 W h o is the friend, who is the enemy. 794 00:40:26,285 --> 00:40:29,245 I h ope they kick some FBI ****, 795 00:40:29,323 --> 00:40:32,263 'cause I don't know what else can be done. 796 00:40:32,326 --> 00:40:35,256 Unintended consequences. 797 00:40:35,329 --> 00:40:37,569 [phone ringing in distance] 798 00:40:37,642 --> 00:40:38,952 [knocking on door] 799 00:40:39,022 --> 00:40:40,402 Uh, Director Freeh's on line one. 800 00:40:40,472 --> 00:40:41,782 He said it's urgent. 801 00:40:43,613 --> 00:40:45,683 [footsteps receding] 802 00:41:04,289 --> 00:41:06,329 RADIO HOST: We got the mother of Eric Rudolph on the line. 803 00:41:06,394 --> 00:41:07,984 Pat, your opinion? 804 00:41:08,051 --> 00:41:09,671 PAT: Pose this question to yourself: 805 00:41:09,743 --> 00:41:11,573 why is the government spending money 806 00:41:11,641 --> 00:41:14,371 out the yin-yang on one man who supposedly killed 807 00:41:14,437 --> 00:41:16,647 one man and hurt a nurse, for God's sake? 808 00:41:16,715 --> 00:41:19,715 I m ean, does the government think we're all that dumb? 809 00:41:19,787 --> 00:41:22,167 Y - You don't have to be a "Christian patriot" 810 00:41:22,238 --> 00:41:24,168 o r a militia mobster or whatever the hell 811 00:41:24,240 --> 00:41:26,550 they call them to know that something's 812 00:41:26,622 --> 00:41:28,002 going on with this government. 813 00:41:28,071 --> 00:41:29,731 I m ean, that's what the whole invasion 814 00:41:29,797 --> 00:41:32,247 of western Carolina mountains is all about. 815 00:41:32,317 --> 00:41:33,867 RADIO ANNOUNCER: We've got Hannah Gray on the line. She's gonna tell us 816 00:41:33,939 --> 00:41:35,249 about how she dealt with the FBI. 817 00:41:35,320 --> 00:41:36,980 HANNAH: I am a law-abiding citizen 818 00:41:37,046 --> 00:41:39,006 trying to take my kids to a bathroom. 819 00:41:39,082 --> 00:41:40,952 And the government storm troopers see fit 820 00:41:41,015 --> 00:41:43,215 to throw me on the hood of my car? It ain't right. 821 00:41:43,293 --> 00:41:45,303 I ' m telling you, it ain't right. 822 00:41:45,364 --> 00:41:47,954 And people around here, we're not gonna keep lying down 823 00:41:48,022 --> 00:41:50,652 while the Fascist Bureau of Intimidation walks all over us. 824 00:41:50,715 --> 00:41:52,225 Y o u step on a snake, you're gonna get bit. 825 00:41:52,302 --> 00:41:53,932 That's all I'm gonna say. 826 00:41:53,994 --> 00:41:56,244 Y o u step on a snake, you're gonna get bit. 827 00:41:56,306 --> 00:41:58,026 RADIO ANNOUNCER: Well, there is a lot of controversy going on there 828 00:41:58,101 --> 00:41:59,931 in Murphy, North Carolina. 829 00:42:00,000 --> 00:42:02,110 And the FBI's trying to take over? I don't know. 830 00:42:02,174 --> 00:42:03,664 Is this your government? Give me a call. 831 00:42:03,728 --> 00:42:05,798 [thunder crashes]