Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: WEDNESDAY, September 20, 1995 TAG: 9509200065
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL PAGE: A-4 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle
DATELINE: SAN FRANCISCO LENGTH: Medium
Acting near a deadline the Unabomber set in June, the Washington Post, in a joint venture with the New York Times, published the mail bomber's diatribe against modern technology on Tuesday.
``Publication of the entire manuscript paints the entire picture of the Unabomber,'' Jim Freeman, special agent in charge of the FBI's San Francisco office, said. ``We want to see if the public recognizes an individual'' by reading the bomber's manuscript.
Freeman said, however, that publication of the manifesto does not guarantee the Unabomber will stop sending his deadly bombs. The Unabomber had said in earlier letters that if the Times or Post published his thoughts, along with three annual follow-ups, he would stop killing people, but would reserve the option to destroy property.
In April, the Unabomber wrote the Times saying he wanted his book-length essay printed in the Times or the Post or a news magazine as a condition of halting a deadly reign of terror. He has killed three people and injured 23 people since 1978.
The manifesto itself didn't arrive at the two newspapers until late June. For the past three months, it has been held under wraps by news organizations and federal law enforcement agencies.
Now that it is out, the San Francisco-based task force of 150 agents from the FBI, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service hope it will trigger somebody's memory.
Previous printings of manifesto excerpts in the Times, the Post and the San Francisco Chronicle have already generated many useful leads to the task force's hot line (1-800-701-BOMB), as has the posting of a $1 million reward, the FBI said Tuesday.
by CNB