30 years later: A look back at the extortion bombing plot at Harvey's Resort Hotel

By Phillip L. Sublett
psublett@tahoedailytribune.com

ENLARGE

Debris showers the parking lot of Harvey's Resort Hotel following the explosion on Aug. 27, 1980.

FBI / Tahoe Douglas Bomb Squad

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. — John Birges had all the makings of an arch-villain from a James Bond movie: He was a brilliant inventor and businessm...

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