Wrong Bali map

Wrong Bali map

I just finished reading Robert Finnegan's very critical analysis of the investigation of the Bali bombing, which he defined as a "dismal investigative performance." Finnegan's analysis focused in large part on the investigator's inconsistency or ineptness in identifying the tyes of explosives used. I confess absolutely no knowledge of explosives and for all I know his analysis of the explosives may be correct.

However, as an internationally published investigative reporter with over two decades of investigative experience, it seems that Finnegan would be able to produce a more accurate map of the bomb area. Any high school kid would be able to tell you that Paddy's was directly across from the gang leading to Poppies Lane II and not north of Sari Club as depicted in Finnegan's map. Why the map was even included in the article, I don't know. However, it does make one question the credibility of such an extremely critical analysis from an expert who doesn't seem to have a good grasp of the geographic area he is describing.

MIKE WALSH, Taman Griya, Bali