but with the death of gilbert murray of the california forest association, the case suddenly takes a surprising turn. >> within days, the unabomber sent letters to several people and claimed credit for the murray bombing and started talking about the notion that the terrorist group fc is going to send out a manifesto. and wants either "the new york times" or "the washington post" to publish that manifesto. and if, in fact, they do, the fc will desist from committing terrorist acts. >> two months later, the unabomber sends a 35,000 word manuscript to "the new york times," "the washington post", and bob guchion at "penthouse" magazine, among others. titled "industrial society and its future," the essay becomes known as the unabomber manifesto. >> there were many people who thought the unabomber manifesto was a red herring. i had a couple of agents come to my office saying we're wasting too much time to the unabomber manife manifesto. we need to stick with forensics and known facts. >> most people in the fbi never even read the manifesto. the popular opinion was that it was nonsense, it