Bombing victims: Rudolph is taunting them from prison

BIRMINGHAM - Victims of Eric Rudolph, the anti-abortion extremist who pulled off a series of bombings across the South, say he is taunting them from the nation's most secure federal prison.

Authorities say there is little they can do to stop him.

Rudolph was captured after a five-year manhunt and pleaded guilty in deadly bombings at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta and a Birmingham, Alabama, abortion clinic. He is serving life in prison at the Supermax penitentiary in Colorado.

Rudolph's long essays have been posted on the Internet by a supporter who maintains an Army of God Web site. It's the same loose-knit group that Rudolph claimed to represent in letters sent after the blasts.

In one piece, Rudolph seeks to justify violence against abortion clinics. In another essay, Rudolph mocks former abortion clinic nurse Emily Lyons, who was nearly killed in the 1998 bombing in Birmingham, and her husband, Jeff. He uses pseudonyms rather than naming the couple.

Diane Derzis, who owns the Birmingham clinic that was bombed, killing a police officer, said someone should stop Rudolph.

The Bureau of Prisons failed to respond to repeated inquiries from The Associated Press about whether Rudolph's writings violate prison rules.

Supermax holds some of the nation's most infamous inmates, including Unabomber Theodore Kaczyinski and September eleventh conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui.