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☆ Newspapers Printed Unabomber’s Manifesto in 1995. It’s Still Fiercely Debated.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-11 | by ( Lydia Depillis | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

But if they gave in to the threat, how did the newspapers know the bomber would keep his word — or whether other terrorists would make such demands in the future? In September of that year, at the urging of the Justice Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the newspapers decided to publish. The manifesto provided critical clues to his identity, and six months and two weeks later, the Unabomber — Theodore Kaczynski, who died in a federal prison cell on Saturday — was captured. But to many in the profession, acceding to Mr. Kaczynski’s demands set a terrible precedent, undermining journalistic independence and doing the bidding of law enforcement. “They really made a pact with the devil when they have no control ultimately over what he will do or not do.”

Persons: — Theodore Kaczynski, —, acceding, Kaczynski’s, ”, Jane Kirtley, “ Organizations: Washington Post, The New York Times, Industrial Society, Its, Justice Department, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Post, Times, Freedom, Press

☆ Convicted 'Unabomber' Ted Kaczynski dead at 81
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-10 | by ( Alistair Bell | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +7 min

[1/2] Theodore Kaczynski is led out of federal court where he was charged with a single federal weapons violation April 4,1997. June 10 (Reuters) - Ted Kaczynski, former math professor and "twisted genius" who came to be known as the Unabomber when he carried out a 17-year spree of mysterious bombings that killed three people and baffled the FBI, died on Saturday at the age of 81. Kaczynski's younger brother, David, tipped off police that the author's ideas sounded like those of Ted. In 1980, Kaczynski sent a package bomb that exploded and injured United Airlines President Percy Wood at his Illinois home. Kaczynski detailed how modernization has destabilized society, subjected humans to indignities and "inflicted severe damage on the natural world."

Persons: Theodore Kaczynski, Ted Kaczynski, Kaczynski, Kaczynski's, David, Ted, Theodore John Kaczynski, Dale Eickelman, Eickelman, Percy Wood, Hugh Scrutton, Thomas Mosser, Gilbert Brent Murray, Janet Reno, Dan Whitcomb, Phil Stewart, Lucia Mutikani, Daniel Wallis, Diane Craft, Cynthia Osterman Organizations: Federal Medical Center, Federal Bureau of Prisons, Reuters, The Harvard University, University and Airline, Society, FBI, Harvard University, Daily, Harvard, University of Michigan, University of California, Chicago's Northwestern University, American Airlines, Dulles International, United Airlines, Illinois, New, Exxon, U.S, Washington Post, Thomson Locations: Montana, Butner , North Carolina, California, Florence, Florence , Colorado, North Carolina, Chicago, Berkeley, Lincoln, Washington, Sacramento , California, New Jersey, Los Angeles

CNN —Theodore “Ted” Kaczynski, the Harvard-trained math professor who unleashed a deadly bombing campaign from a shack in rural Montana and became known as the “Unabomber,” has died, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons. In 2021, Kaczynski was moved to the federal medical center in North Carolina, according to the bureau. Elaine Thompson/APPortrayed by prosecutors as a vengeful loner, Kaczynski published 30,000-word treatise that became known as the Unabomber Manifesto. “Justice has been done, and Theodore Kaczynski will never threaten anyone again,” Attorney General Janet Reno said in a statement at the time. Its similarity to letters he sent to his family alerted his brother, who made the decision to turn Kaczynski in.

Persons: Theodore “ Ted ” Kaczynski, ”, Kaczynski, “, ” Kaczynski, Ted Kaczynski's, Elaine Thompson, David, Michael Macor, Sally Johnson, Johnson, Judge Garland Burrell Jr, Theodore Kaczynski, ” Burrell, Susan Mosser, Burrell, he’ll, Thomas, Kelly, Hugh Scrutton, Gilbert Murray, Charles Epstein, David Gelernter, Janet Reno, ” David Kaczynski, ” Ted Kaczynski Organizations: CNN, Harvard, Federal Bureau of Prisons, Federal Medical Center, “ Staff, FMC Butner, San Francisco Chronicle, Getty, Prosecutors, University of California, Time Locations: Montana, Butner , North Carolina, North Carolina, Supermax, Florence , Colorado, Lincoln , Montana, Helena , Montana, New Jersey, Berkeley

☆ The Unabomber’s Ideas Aren’t So Marginal Now
▼ + stars: | 1995-09-19 | by ( Adam Kirsch | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Theodore Kaczynski at his arraignment in Helena, Mont., April 1996. Photo: Michael Macor/San Francisco Chronicle/Getty ImagesOn Sept. 19, 1995, readers of the Washington Post opened their newspapers to find a special section entirely devoted to a single, 35,000-word essay. Still more unusual was the way the article had found its way into print. America’s most wanted terrorist, an anonymous individual then known only as the Unabomber, had offered to stop mailing bombs if the paper published his manifesto, “Industrial Society and Its Future.” At the urging of the FBI, the Post agreed, with the New York Times sharing the cost of printing.

Persons: Theodore Kaczynski, Michael Macor Organizations: San Francisco Chronicle, Washington Post, Industrial Society, FBI, Post, New York Times Locations: Helena, Mont

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