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THE UNABOMBER'S MANIFESTO
The document that would come to be known as the Unabomber's manifesto was first mentioned in a letter to New York Times editor Warren Hoge. This April 24, 1995 letter proposed a "bargain": if the Times would publish a lengthy article, penned by the letter's author -- then known only as a representative of "FC", a presumed acronym for a terrorist group -- "FC" would end a terrorist campaign which, the letter claimed, included several of the attacks attributed to the Unabomber.
That letter was followed a little over a month later by a copy of the 65-page manuscript described in the April letter. The attached letter to Hoge laid out additional terms for publication.
Michael Getler of the Washington Post received a similar letter on June 24, 1995, along with a copy of the manuscript. The same day, Bob Guccione of Penthouse magazine received a letter, responding to an earlier offer to publish the work in his magazine. The author -- "FC" -- indicated he would rather publish the work in a more "respectable" publication.
Almost three months later on September 19, the Times and the Post split costs on a special section of the Post that reprinted the manifesto in full. It was that special publication that led David Kaczynski to draw a comparison between the Unabomber and his estranged brother Ted.
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