Associated Press Writer. I think that when he realized he wasn't going to make it in the Special Forces, he pretty much lost interest. Eric loved Europe. Eric Rudolph, also known as the Olympic Park Bomber, survived in the Appalachian wilderness and mountains for more than 5 years as a fugitive before his arrest. Jamie tended to run from the bullies, but Eric stood and fought. ``I don't see where our contacts with him would have forced him to have this kind of incident occur.'. I have to say, there is currently an excellent Spectrum Original series that I would highly recommend, in relation to a sick, sadistic human being, and murderer, by the name of: Eric Rudolph - and the criminal, cruel, sadistic, brutal, crazy, violent environment that helped spawn him. I don't see him sleeping in the barracks. February 23, 2013 at 2:45 a.m. BIRMINGHAM, Ala.Eric Rudolph, who is serving a life sentence for bombings that killed two people in Alabama and Georgia in the 1990s, has published his . Neighbors said they knew something was wrong when police came to Rudolph's house about 20 miles from Charleston and put police tape around the yard. Deborah Rudolph (she was married to Eric's brother, Joel) thinks she knows why the man she describes as incredibly arrogant and says hates the federal . He said that Jews control what we hear and see on TV and what is in publications. If you were to walk into my house, you'd see him hanging out with his brothers, talking about an issue they were discussing on TV with a joint hanging out of his mouth. ------------------------------------------. Was Identity her theology? This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. He is discovering for the first time, this independence society without mother and without the influence of Eric and everybody else. "I knew he was conservative and anti-government and anti-Clinton, but I didn't know he was anti-abortion." You know, Bob was on laetrile [a drug that has been used to treat cancer, but which has not been proven effective]. Rudolph's family attorney, James Bell, did not return telephone messages from The Associated Press. Then, after Gritz failed to entice Rudolph into surrendering, he went home and tried to kill himself over a failing marriage. I never had the opportunity to meet him, but Pat and he were on a first-name basis. That is something I've never mentioned to anyone. He was 44. IR: The federal manhunt for Eric Rudolph has been one of the largest in American history. IR: Well, was there anything about him that indicated he might one day be accused of bombings that killed two people and injured more than 100 others? Born in 1966, Rudolph was raised in rural North Carolina by parents who were reportedly nuts. Eric Rudolph. And Eric would get High Times magazine [specializing in marijuana and marijuana cultivation] and Soldier of Fortune. I could talk to him openly." ``I have no idea why he would do what he did, and it's certainly unfortunate and regrettable,' Rumchak said. It was more friends getting together and having a political discussion. IR: In March of 1998, a couple of months after federal agents identified Rudolph, Dan cut off his left hand with a radial saw and made a videotape of the act in which he first said, "This is for the FBI and the media." Indiana Gazette (Newspaper) - March 10, 1998, Indiana, Pennsylvania The Indiana Gazette tuesday March 10 1998 Page 4 Jones Lewinsky cases move apart by the associated press suspects brother cuts off hand Charleston the brother of the Man wanted in the first fatal bombing of a abortion clinic has Cut off his hand the Fri said South Carolina television stations citing police sources reported . What kinds of things did the family read? All rights reserved. Meanwhile, the FBI placed Eric Rudolph on their Ten Most Wanted list in May with a $1 million reward. Even before they left Florida, Eric had begun referring to blacks as "niggers" and getting into fights with them, he said. The grisly act was being seen as an appeal to the FBI to end its search for the brother, Eric Rudolph, believed to be hiding deep in the mountains. They were arguing about Eric's views. I know he put that money away. In December 1996, NBC negotiated a settlement with Jewell for a reported $500,000. And you know why he bombed the abortion clinic? External sites are not endorsed by CNN Interactive. His brother, Daniel Rudolph, lost more than his marriage. He believes that the white people are eventually going to be a minority instead of a majority. "He was almost dumbfounded. For several months afterward, the FBI parked unmarked surveillance cars near their apartment. Information regarding the Freedom of Information Act/Privacy is available at http://www.fbi.gov/ or http://www.fbi.gov/foia/. As for being around him and his gay lover, "He seemed comfortable. Dan doesn't believe it, but I don't think Dan wants to believe it. Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies. His brother, Daniel Rudolph, offered the autobiography at Lulu.com early this year. According to a LinkedIn which appears to be hers, she still works as a legal assistant for Bryant. He was very smart. RUDOLPH: He always got top dollar for everything. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 20 business days, as the statute requires. Rudolph family lawyer James Bell did not return phone calls Monday. Six weeks after the bombing, Daniel, Eric and Jamie's older brother, went into his garage in South Carolina, turned on a video camera, intoned a Biblical verse and sliced off his right hand with a buzz saw -- a protest against pressure from the government and media, said law enforcement sources who saw the videotape. On May 31, 2003, former FBI Top Ten Fugitive Eric Robert Rudolph "was arrested by police officer J.S. Eric Robert Rudolph (born September 19, 1966), also known as the Olympic Park Bomber, is an American domestic terrorist convicted for a series of anti-abortion and anti-gay-motivated bombings across the southern United States between 1996 and 1998, which killed two people and injured over 120 others. Ultimately, Branham's conviction on federal weapons violations was overturned. He hadn't yet written his manifesto, published 26 years ago Sunday, in the Washington Post, New York Times and The Chronicle, blaming technology for ruining the planet. To write Eric Rudolph: Eric Rudolph #18282-058 USP Florence ADMAX PO Box 8500 Florence CO 81226-8500 Include a return address for a reply. She said, "I am not raising them in the city. The brother of the man wanted in the first fatal bombing of a U.S. abortion clinic has cut off one of his hands, the FBI said. Eric Rudolph has managed to elude a task force of 200 state and federal agents deployed to North Carolina since January 1998, despite popping up once at a local resident's cabin last July to ask for food. A citizen militia of beer-bellied veterans, their wives, children and dogs, led by self-styled populist and ex-Green Beret officer Gritz went home empty-handed after much hoopla last summer. FBI says Daniel Rudolph intentionally cut off his left hand with saw to send message to government agents searching for his brother, Eric Robert Rudolph, who is charged in fatal bombing of Alabama . Richard Jewell died on August 29, 2007 as the result of heart failure due to complications from Type 2 diabetes. According to the . He would read all this stuff in those mercenary magazines. ", Did he talk about abortion? Patricia, who hailed from Philadelphia, left a convent where she was training to be a nun . Rudolph's brother Daniel K. Rudolph is listed as the publisher, and he also is credited with the simple line drawings that illustrate the book. You know, I don't think he's a follower. I'm just speculating." South Carolina, garage. Eric insisted on renting a movie and having the four of them watch it. He couldn't remember the name of it, but he recalled thinking, "Why are we watching this?". Eric Rudolph, 31, is a suspect in the Jan. 29 bombing that killed an off-duty policeman and severely injured a nurse at the New Woman All Women Clinic in Birmingham, Ala. In the event that fees cannot be waived, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. RUDOLPH: I think Eric took a little bit of his journey "searching for the church" with Pat, but then he developed his own thoughts on things. The brother of the man wanted in the first fatal bombing of a U.S. abortion clinic has cut off his hand. On March 7, 1998, Rudolph's older brother, Daniel, videotaped himself cutting off his left hand with a radial arm saw in order to, in his words, "send a message to the FBI and the media." The hand was . Reproduction of material from any Salon pages without written permission is strictly prohibited. Retrieved November 26, 2006. Pat was going to write this book to help Eric, but it ended up being more about herself than about Eric, from what Joel told me. "Well, you add up factors like, has he been married, had a girlfriend and so on." DEBORAH RUDOLPH: They had a charming little house on eight-and-a-half acres on one of the highest peaks in North Carolina. Rudolph was homeschooled, and his mother inculcated him with a hardcore survivalist ideology. "Daniel Rudolph's decision to maim himself is regrettable and totally unexpected, given the nature of the contacts between the FBI and himself," the FBI said. Clint Eastwood's film "Richard Jewell . "It's ironic that the people in Nantahala shared his conservative views but didn't like him because he was from Miami," Jamie said. like this one. "I hate this, because sometimes you just don't know, but he was pretty understanding and comfortable and tolerant around Jamie, whereas if you're a 100 percent straight macho guy, it might feel weird.". Information regarding the Freedom of Information Act/Privacy is available at http://www.fbi.gov/ or http://www.fbi.gov/foia/. Like the gay thing. An FBI spokesman in Charleston expressed regret over the self-mutilation. South Carolina television stations, citing police sources, reported that Daniel Rudolph videotaped himself Sunday intentionally severing a hand with a circular saw. He worked around airports and that's supposedly how he got melanoma [a form of skin cancer]. Rudolph's brother Daniel felt his family was being unfairly persecuted, and bizarrely opted to cut his hand off with a circular saw in protest. Your request was received on 10-24-12 and assigned FOIPA Request Number #1201715-000. (renews at {{format_dollars}}{{start_price}}{{format_cents}}/month + tax). While his brother was the subject of a manhunt in 1998, . "[Jaime] had come out to his mother the year before, and it didn't seem to be an issue among any of them.". RUDOLPH: First, it was Dan and Eric living up there doing whatever they wanted to do. And Joel has now become this really enlightened spirit. It was a potbellied stove thing, where everybody sits in the general store and talks. You will receive written notification of the FBIs decision. In 1981, upon the death of his father Bob, an aircraft mechanic, Rudolph and his mother moved to Macon County. You could be watching a 30-minute sitcom and the credits would roll and there'd be Jewish names and, excuse my expression, but he would say, "You f------ Yids. His mother, Bobi Jewell, feels that the stress from his ordeal contributed to his early death. Eric Robert Rudolph was born September 19, 1966, in Merritt Island, Florida. "Culturally, it was a shock," he said. You know how in 1984 [a famous novel by George Orwell that attacks totalitarianism] the guy was so controlled by the government through the TV? I don't think he wanted to be at a mass with a lot of people. Police have been hunting for Rudolph since charging him with the 29 January attack in Birmingham, Alabama. He would have people pay up to $80 for a quarter-ounce of his product [more than twice typical marijuana street prices]. [Editor's Note: Sawmill owner Tom Branham was arrested in 1984 after federal agents found a submachine gun, dynamite, blasting caps and other materials in his home. Nothing new is expected. I used to tell Joel [after their 1991 divorce], "Eric is going to get in trouble. He then mailed the video to the bureau. He is expected to spend the rest of his days there. "He seemed comfortable with Jamie's sexuality," he added. "I don't know what was in his mind," said Jim Rumchak, the agent in charge of the FBI office here. February 2013 - With help from his brother . Eric loved philosophy, especially Nietzsche. You take a man in his thirties who was always tied to his mother's apron strings. "I think he feels like a victim, too," Ferguson continued. He has sawn off one of his hands. I also request that, if appropriate, fees be waived as I believe this request is in the public interest. ^ "Bomb Suspect's Brother Mutilates Himself". He was stocked up. The FBI said Daniel Rudolph is a self-employed carpenter but had few other details on him, including his age. CHARLESTON, S.C. The brother of Alabama abortion clinic bombing suspect Eric Robert Rudolph intentionally cut off his left hand with a circular saw to send a message to government agents . Requests for fee waivers and expedited processing will be addressed once your request has been assigned an FOIPA request number. Rumchak said the FBI has discussed Eric Rudolph with his brother but had no intention to seek him out about the reports of maiming. "It was about an IRA terrorist," Jamie said. http://www-cgi.cnn.com/US/9803/09/briefs.pm/rudolph.amputation/. How did he react? Sources at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms told CNN that Daniel Rudolph videotaped the amputation, stating that on the tape that the amputation was being done to "send a message to the FBI and the media. The FBI has also been searching for evidence linking Rudolph, 31, to the Centennial Park explosion at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. In November 1997, however, shortly before he allegedly bombed the Birmingham clinic and took to the woods, Eric Rudolph arrived in New York with his mother, Patricia, on short notice. ^ "Bombing suspect's brother cuts hand off with saw". He videotaped himself amputating the hand with an electric circular saw and then sent the tape to the FBI. What was it like at the Topton house after Pat left? RUDOLPH: Everybody thinks it was to learn about bombs and stuff. A family matter, mounting scrutiny. A very motherly type. She swears up and down Eric has been framed. Materials recovered from that bomb led authorities to additionally charge Rudolph for the 1996 Atlanta Olympics bombing, which killed one woman and injured 247 more people, as well as the bombing of a Sandy Springs, Ga., abortion clinic and the double explosion outside an Atlanta lesbian bar, the Other Side, which severely injured law enforcement personnel rushing to the scene. They'd say, "Hey dude, let's eat a pizza." The FBI confirmed yesterday that Daniel Rudolph maimed himself at his home in Charleston on Monday. They'd say, "It's terrible how they put fluoride in the water to poison our kids!" RUDOLPH: Bob was smart, successful. Web posted at: 11:20 p.m. EST (0420 GMT) CHARLESTON, South Carolina (CNN) -- Daniel Rudolph, the brother of Birmingham clinic bombing suspect Eric Robert Rudolph, purposely cut off . IR: Eric was a big action movie buff. He is today 53 years old. If it was an issue that Pat was interested in or the guys were interested in, they would discuss it and if they wanted to go, they'd go. She graduates from college and he's got a job the whole deal. Daniel now lives in Florida with his mother, Patricia. It must have been bad because Joel moved out [of the Topton house he had moved back into with Eric] in 1994 and left Eric by himself. He's not used to that. The request is presently in the Work Process Unit (WPU) or a Single Station Team (SST), where the assigned analyst is searching for, retrieving and reviewing potentially responsive records. "He was the straightest guy in here," said Quest Club owner Robert Clark. ", The much-faster-than-expected economic recovery thats followed the easing of the coronavirus pandemic has produced several encouraging develo. It was not clear late Monday where Rudolph was hospitalized. Eric Rudolph was born in Florida on Sept. 19, 1966, one of six children of Robert and Patricia Rudolph. "I remember during dinner he started to mention something Rush Limbaugh said, but I just changed the subject. He writes frequently for Salon on national security issues from Washington. They were a very close-knit family and they talked a lot. . Eric Rudolph, 31, is a suspect in the Jan. 29 bombing at the New Woman All Women Clinic . The video was sent some time before March 9, 1998, as mentioned in this CNN.com article, "Bombing suspect's brother cuts hand off with saw" - http://www-cgi.cnn.com/US/9803/09/briefs.pm/rudolph.amputation/. On March 7, 1998, Rudolphs older brother, Daniel, videotaped himself cutting off his left hand with a radial arm saw in order to, in his words, send a message to the FBI and the media. The hand was successfully reattached later by surgeons. Cameron paused. There are ways of getting involved with those kinds of people, but I don't know if Eric would really trust somebody or be scared enough to ask for help. When the cheerleading coach broke the news to Katrina Kohel that she was the only one left on the cheer squad, Kohel was determined to compete anyway. 30 comments. I mean he would go on little shopping sprees and get what he wanted. But now, when I think back, I remember he really respected [Gen. Erwin] Rommel [who led Nazi forces in North Africa] and he read a lot about wars. Do you know anything about this? He finally moves down to Florida to help his sister, whose house was damaged in Hurricane Andrew. It was surreal. Eric's paper saying that the Holocaust never happened, this was Eric's and Joel's and the whole family's deal. He may hate women and lesbians, but he loves his gay brother. [Eric sometimes worked part-time as a carpenter.]. On March 7, 1998, Rudolph's older brother, Daniel, videotaped himself cutting off his left hand with a radial arm saw in order to, in his words, "send a message to the FBI and the media.". He's really into the history of Europe, the battlefields and the architecture. (His hand was surgically reattached, though.) Ethan Winters clearly cannot catch a break with having hi. Like, 'This is really not legitimate, this is not true, this cannot have happened.'". That the fugitive has a gay brother in New York has long been whispered among residents in the Nantahala Forest of western North Carolina area, where the Rudolph family lived in the 1980s. But he wasn't fond of television? All the kids were very well read. IR: How did members of the family get interested in racial ideas? A MONTH-LONG manhunt in the mountains of western North Carolina for the suspect in the bombing of an Alabama abortion clinic has provoked an unusual protest from the fugitive's brother. FBI and police officials refused to comment Monday on any details or motive. The FBI said Daniel Rudolph was a self-employed carpenter but had few other details on him, including his age. Rudolph was a particularly vile (sadistic) and dangerous character, in that, when he created his explosive . The video was sent some time before March 9, 1998, as mentioned in this CNN.com article, "Bombing suspect's brother cuts hand .
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