MANIFESTO PULLED FROM CABIN LOFT
Published: Saturday, April 13, 1996
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By: By Peter S. Canellos THE BOSTON GLOBE\
NEWS
Discovery of the 35,000-word manifesto in the 10- x 12-foot cabin where Kaczynski lived for 25 years dramatically strengthens the potential case against him, legal specialists said.
Evidence gathered earlier in the cabin - bombs, bomb-making equipment, lists of occupations of some Unabomber targets, and a typewriter that analysts say matches some Unabomber mailing labels - painted a picture of a man who had the ability and perhaps the inclination to commit the crimes, but was mainly circumstantial, they said.
``If it's the original manifesto, that's a true smoking gun,'' said former Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert Ullman. ``It looked like a strong circumstantial case, but obviously this will make it stronger.''
Kaczynski, a 53-year-old, Harvard-educated mathematician, is being held in a Helena, Mont., jail on a weapons charge.
The manifesto was a rambling screed about how advanced technology and corporate malfeasors were upsetting the natural way of life.
It was published last September by The Washington Post and The New York Times . FBI agents arrested Theodore Kaczynski on April 3 at his Montana cabin.
Since then, they have moved carefully to search the premises, believing that the cabin might be booby-trapped. US News and World Report said Friday the manifesto was found in the ``cramped loft'' of the cabin - the last portion of the premises to be searched. Sources have told the Globe that the loft was packed with boxes, and that investigators used X-rays to make sure none were rigged with explosives.
Sources say the manifesto, along with the alleged typewriter link, bomb-making materials, and travel records placing Kaczynski near the sites of Unabom attacks provide more than enough evidence to bring charges.