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Unabomber: Don't Use My Cabin in Exhibit

Kaczynski doesn't want his old home on display at Newseum

By Laurel Jorgensen,  Newser Staff

Posted Aug 12, 2008 10:12 PM CDT

(Newser) – “Unabomber” Ted Kaczynski isn’t happy that his Montana cabin is featured in a museum exhibit about the FBI’s first 100 years. In a letter to the US Court of Appeals, Kaczynski writes that the Newseum’s display of the 10-by-12-foot cabin where he was captured flouts the “victims’ objection to publicity connected with the Unabom case,” the Washington Post reports.

The cabin is on loan from the FBI for the exhibition, which includes a section called “A Mad Bomber and His Manifesto" detailing the agency’s search for the Unabomber. "Since the artifact was provided by the FBI and we think it is a dramatic way of retelling the story to visitors, we intend to keep it as part of the exhibit,” a Newseum spokeswoman said.

In this undated file photograph courtesy of the Newseum, the cabin used by Ted Kaczynski, convicted in the Unabomber crimes, is seen on display at the Newseum in Washington.
In this undated file photograph courtesy of the Newseum, the cabin used by Ted Kaczynski, convicted in the "Unabomber" crimes, is seen on display at the Newseum in Washington.   (AP Photo/Newseum)
 Theodore Kaczynski is shown as a senior in this 1958 Evergreen Park High School yearbook photograph.
Theodore Kaczynski is shown as a senior in this 1958 Evergreen Park High School yearbook photograph.   (KRT Photos)
Ted Kaczynski's Montana cabin sits in the background of this photo showing the Newseum's exhibition G-Men and Journalists: Top News Stories of the FBI's First Century.
Ted Kaczynski's Montana cabin sits in the background of this photo showing the Newseum's exhibition "G-Men and Journalists: Top News Stories of the FBI's First Century."   (Getty Images)
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