Enviro-terrorists or whoever else wants Unabomber memorabilia can bid for it at an auction starting Wednesday and be assured the money is going to a good cause: Ted Kaczynski's victims.
The U.S. Marshal Service is auctioning off Kaczynski's personal effects, which are stored in Atlanta. The goodies include the handwritten and also the typed Unabomber manifesto, which led to his capture, the typewriter he used, his Harvard University diploma, and the hoodie and sunglasses made infamous in the FBI suspect sketch, said spokeswoman Lynzey Donahue.
Kaczynski, who called for a worldwide revolt against the modern "industrial-technological system," committed a series of bombings from 1978-1995 that killed three and injured 23.
He targeted a diverse group including an engineering professor, a computer store owner, an airline president and a timber lobbyist before he was arrested in 1996. He pleaded guilty in 1998 and was sentenced to life in prison.
Last August, U.S. District Judge Garland Burrell of the Eastern District of California ordered the sale to compensate the victims.
The Marshals contracted with the General Services Administration to handle the sale. Bidding takes place at www.gsaauctions.gov and begins 10 a.m. Wednesday and ends June 2, Donahue said.
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