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Article: Is there method in his madness?(Unabomber demands that the New York Times and Washington Post print his 35,0000 word text, or he will continue sending bombs)(Cover Story)
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- The Nation
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- September 25, 1995
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Any day now the powers at The New York Times and The Washington Post will have to decide whether they will print the full 35,000-word text of the document sent to them in late June by the man the Federal Bureau of Investigation is calling the Unabomber. In the letter that accompanied the text, he gave each paper three months to publish his screed, upon which he promises to "desist from terrorism," but he warned that if they refused he would "start building [his] next bomb." That deadline is September 29.
Naturally the decision has been somewhat complicated for the two papers, since they don't want to seem to "give in to terrorist demands" and don't particularly like ...