Editing Ted Kaczynski (section)

=== Criminal activities ===
In 1971, Kaczynski moved to a remote cabin without electricity or running water near Lincoln, Montana where he lived as a recluse. His original goal was to become self-sufficient so that he could live autonomously. He taught himself survival skills such as tracking game, edible plant identification, organic farming, bow drilling and other primitive technologies. He used an old bicycle to get to town, and a volunteer at the local library said he visited frequently to read classic works in their original languages. Other Lincoln residents said later that such a lifestyle was not unusual in the area.
[[File:Unabomer's police sketch.jpg|left|thumb|224x224px|The police sketch of Thedore John Kaczynski.]]
He witnessed the destruction of the wilderness surrounding his cabin and concluded that living in nature was untenable; he began his bombing campaign in 1978.

In 1995, he sent a letter to ''The New York Times'' and promised to "desist from [[terrorism]]" if ''The Times'' or ''The Washington Post'' published his essay ''Industrial Society and Its Future'', in which he argued that his bombings were extreme but necessary to attract attention to the erosion of human freedom and dignity by modern technologies that require large-scale organization.

In all, 16 bombs were attributed to Kaczynski. While the [[improvised explosive device]]s he created varied widely through the years, all but the first few contained the initials "FC", which Kaczynski later said stood for "Freedom Club", inscribed on parts inside. He purposely left misleading clues in the devices and took extreme care in preparing them to avoid leaving fingerprints; latent fingerprints on some of the devices did not match those found on letters attributed to Kaczynski

Kaczynski was the subject of the longest and most expensive investigation in the history of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Before his identity was known, the FBI used the acronym UNABOM (University and Airline Bomber) to refer to his case, which resulted in the media naming him the "Unabomber". The FBI and Attorney General Janet Reno pushed for the publication of ''Industrial Society and Its Future'', which led to a tip-off from Kaczynski's brother David, who recognized the writing style.