Unabomber's Manifesto Published: Tech Debate Erupts
The Washington Post and the New York Times jointly published the Unabomber's 35,000-word manifesto, "Industrial Society and Its Future," on September 19, 1995, after the FBI advised that publication might lead to identification of the bomber. Ted Kaczynski had killed three people and injured 23 with mail bombs over seventeen years while living in a plywood cabin in Montana. His brother David recognized the writing style and contacted the FBI. Kaczynski was arrested on April 3, 1996. He pleaded guilty to avoid the death penalty and was sentenced to life without parole. His manifesto argued that the industrial-technological system was destroying human freedom, a thesis that has attracted serious academic discussion even as its author's methods are universally condemned.
September 19, 1995
31 years ago
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