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August 13, 2008

Newseum Upsets Unabomber

2008.08.13-tk.jpgRemember the Unabomber and that itty-bitty shack he holed himself up in? Well, they're in the news again.

In a handwritten letter dated July 15 to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco, the Unabomber -- a.k.a. Theodore Kaczynski -- complained about a museum exhibit featuring the shack in question. The museum in Kaczynski's letter is none other than D.C.'s own Newseum.

The cabin, measuring 12 × 10 ft., is part of the exhibit G-Men and Journalists, and is the largest of over 200 items on display. The Newseum's web site also offers a virtual tour of the cabin, which highlights some of the items found therein such as Kaczynski's typewriter, his pot-bellied stove and his hoodie.

Kaczynski's letter argues the display at the Newseum goes against his victims' wishes to limit any more publicity about the Unabomber saga.

An advertisement in the June 19 edition of the Washington Post alerted Kaczynski to the exhibit. In 1995, the Post, along with the New York Times printed his 35,000 word manifesto.

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Didn't I see this guy in a GEICO commercial? ... No wait, it was that they caught him in Georgia, no? oh, that was Sasquatch.

 

"Kaczynski's letter argues the display at the Newseum goes against his victims' wishes to limit any more publicity about the Unabomber saga."

I don't want to go off on a rant here, but this whole "victim's rights" thing is really starting to go too far. Because 26 people/families (23 injured, 3 killed) don't want to talk about it, the rest of the world should just act like it never happened?

 
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