We’re taught in school about checks and balances between the various branches of government, but those lessons tend to leave out the role that civilians play in holding officials accountable. We’re not just talking about the ballot box, but the everyday power we all have to demand government agencies make their records and data available to public scrutiny.

The five accused Fauxbom plotters moved on beyond their early notoriety, even as FBI documents trace an unfinished hunt for Orhan Gunduz’s killer among them. The Armenian and Turkish communities still grapple with complex legacies, including full recognition of the Armenian Genocide and the killings that brought the issue to the world’s attention.

Orhan Gündüz’s assassination becomes national news as FBI informants warn of a plot to kill another Turkish diplomat — along with thousands of innocent bystanders. After Loosciano’s VW Rabbit resurfaces, the Bureau zeroes in on a suspect.

Following the January 1982 assassination of the Turkish Consul in Los Angeles, a Turkish import shop owner and honorary diplomat’s shop in Cambridge was bombed. The Justice Commandos of the Armenian Genocide claimed credit for both, issuing a demand: Pay attention.

Newly-released FBI records show U.S. law enforcement identified the young man in the blue jogging suit who shot and killed Orhan Gündüz in May 1982, along with his associates in an Armenian terrorist group. But no one was ever charged for Orhan’s murder.