NAFUSA Life Member Kent Alexander (ND Georgia 1994-1997) and journalist Kevin Salwen have coauthored a new book: The Suspect- The FBI, The Media, and Richard Jewell, The Man Caught in the Middle.

Kent Alexander was the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia on July 27, 1996, when the Centennial Olympic Park bombing occurred. Kevin Salwen was a Wall Street Journal reporter and editor, who ran the paper’s southeastern section during the Olympic Games. “The Suspect” tells the story of Richard Jewell, the security guard who spotted a suspicious bag in Centennial Park minutes before the bomb detonated amid a crowd of fifty thousand people. Jewell became the FBI’s main suspect but later was cleared of any wrong doing. Warner Brothers has purchased the rights to the book and hired Alexander and Salwen as consultants on its upcoming movie on Richard Jewell.

“Meticulously reported, bracingly written, full of memorable and bizarre characters, the book casts a wary eye on the worlds of law enforcement and journalism, and their multiple failures in this tale. It’s a story with no winners – except for readers of this terrific book.”​ — Jeffrey Toobin