Happy anniversary Ted Kaczynski!
It's been 10 years to the day since the FBI dragged the 'Unibomber' out of his remote mountain cabin and charged him with serial Unabomber killings that have blown up unsuspecting recipients of his mail for over 17 years.
Theodore Kaczynski (born May 22, 1942), also known as the Unabomber, is an American anarchist infamous for his campaign of mail bombings. He sent bombs to several universities and airlines from the late 1970s through early 1990s, killing three and wounding 23.
In Industrial Society and Its Future (commonly called the "Unabomber Manifesto") he argued that his actions were a necessary (although extreme) ruse by which to attract attention to what he believed were the dangers of modern technology. Kaczynski did this in the hope that it would inspire others to fight against what he considered subjugation facilitated by technological progress. The Unabomber was the target of the most expensive manhunt in the FBI's history.
For his actions, which he at one point classified as terrorism to the police, Kaczynski was charged with numerous federal offenses stemming from his mail bombing campaign. To avoid the death penalty, Kaczynski entered into a plea agreement, under which he pled guilty and was sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole.
Kaczynski's moniker as the Unabomber developed as a result of an FBI codename. Before his real identity was known, the FBI used the handle "UNABOM" ("university and airline bomber"), which resulted in variants such as Unabomer, Unibomber, and Unabomber when the media started using the name.
264-580-554
Comment