Episode 14
Crimes In the Homeland
Episode
Description
Date: 12/19/23
Rich Kolko has seen it all. Everything from investigating terrorist attacks, to busting up gang networks, working missing persons cases, to unearthing mountains of financial fraud. In today’s episode we’re sitting down with the former FBI supervising special agent to better understand the dark arenas hiding in the quiet neighborhoods of America.
“The best thing that an FBI agent can do is to get information from a person.“
–Richard Kolko
Rich Kolko.
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Episode Source Material
- “War In Iraq Begins” by History.com Editors for History, A&E Television Networks
- Oklahoma City Bombing History by the FBI
- YouTube: 1995 Eyewitness News Coverage on Oklahoma City Bombing by ABC7NY archives
- :04–:15 — Anchor: “At the center of it all of course is the bombed out shell of the federal office building. In its shadow, the exhausted who for a day and a half now have sifted through its debris…and counted its dead.”
- Eric Robert Rudolph History by the FBI
- “BOMB AT THE OLYMPICS: THE OVERVIEW; OLYMPICS PARK BLAST KILLS ONE, HURTS 111; ATLANTA GAMES GO ON” by The New York Times
- YouTube: “USA: FBI LAUNCH INVESTIGATION INTO ATLANTA OLYMPICS BOMB EXPLOSION” by the AP News
- :45–:53 — “An explosive device detonated in the Centennial Park, downtown.”
- YouTube: “USA – Clinton condemns bomb blast” by the AP News
- :09–:21 — President Bill Clinton: “The bombing at Centennial Olympic Park this morning was an evil act of terror. It was aimed at the innocent people who were participating in the Olympic games and the spirit of the Olympics.”
- 1:46–1:53 — President Bill Clinton: “We will spare no effort to find out who is responsible for this murderous act. We will track them down. We will bring them to justice.”
- FBI Bank Crime Statistics 2018 Report
- “Atlanta: Bank Heist capital of the nation” by Tristan Smith for CNN