Welcome to episode 105 of FBI Retired Case Fall Review with Jerry Williams.

I'm a retired agent writing crime fiction inspired by

true crime FBI cases. Today we get to speak to Joe Lewis who served in the FBI for 27 years.

In this episode, Joe Lewis reviews Sandbaum,

the investigation into the bombing of a Birmingham, Alabama abortion clinic that

resulted in the death of an off-duty police officer Robert Sanderson and severely injured a nurse.

The case also identified Eric Rudolph as the person responsible for the Olympic Park bombing, as well as the bombing of another abortion clinic and a nightclub in Atlanta Georgia

More than five years after the incident, Eric Rudolph was captured and pled guilty to the

Birmingham Abortion Clinic bombing and also accepted responsibility for the bombings in Atlanta.

Joe Lewis led this investigation as the special agent in charge of the Birmingham Division.

Prior to this assignment in Birmingham,

Joe Lewis served in several other management positions,

including as the supervisor of the Chicago Division's public corruption squad.

Joe Lewis retired from the FBI as the deputy assistant director,

organized crime branch criminal investigative Assistant Director, Organized Crime Branch Criminal Investigative Division, in charge of all

organized crime investigations and intelligence. In the private sector, Joe Lewis served as Senior Director of Corporate

Investigations for Walmart's Global Security Division. He is now also

retired from corporate life.

This is a transparent review of this case.

Joe talks candidly about some interagency issues that came up during the investigation of this matter.

But before we get to the interview, I just have a few quick things to talk to you about.

First of all, I want to remind you about our DC

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