Monday 28 January 2008

Theodore Kaczynski

My research over cyber terrorism has lead me to develope one of the characters in my narrative as a kind of cyber terrorist. So i began to look at cyber terrorism and i came across Theodore Kaczynski. The info about him below is from wikipedia:

Dr. Theodore John "Ted" Kaczynski (born May 22, 1942), known as the Unabomber, is an American terrorist who carried out a campaign of bombings and mail bombings that killed 3 and wounded 23. He sent bombs to several universities, airlines, and other targets from the late 1970s through the mid-1990s.[1] Kaczynski sent a letter on April 24, 1995 to The New York Times, promising "to desist from terrorism" if the Times or a similarly respected news journal would publish his manifesto. In his Industrial Society and Its Future (commonly called the "Unabomber Manifesto," described below) he argued that his actions were a necessary (although extreme) tactic by which to attract attention to the erosion of human freedom necessitated by modern technology and large-scale organization.[2]

The Unabomber was the target of one of the most expensive investigations in the FBI's history.[3] Kaczynski's moniker as the Unabomber was derived from his FBI codename. Before his real identity was known, the FBI used the handle "UNABOM" ("UNiversity and Airline BOMber") to refer to his case, which resulted in variants such as Unabomer, Unibomber, and Unabomber when the media started using the name. He was not caught as a result of this investigation, however. His brother recognized the manifesto and turned him in. To avoid the death penalty, Kaczynski entered into a plea agreement, under which he pleaded guilty and was sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole.

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