Kaczynski

FACTS & PROCEDURAL HISTORY

In 1996, government agents executed a search warrant on Kaczynski’s cabin in rural Montana. The agents seized for potential use as evidence much of Kaczynski’s personal prop- erty, including everything from “one rock” and a “plastic con- tainer with white clumpy powder” to a copy of ELEMENTS OF STYLE and a brown envelope marked “autobiography.” Kac- zynski has since described the seized property as “of negligi- ble intrinsic financial value,” though potentially worth more “due to its ‘celebrity’ value.” A declaration submitted by the government appraised the various items seized as of “no value,” “negative value,” and “minimal value.”

Kaczynski was charged with numerous counts involving the transportation and/or mailing of explosives with the intent to kill, and in 1998 he pled guilty to all charges. Kaczynski’s plea agreement specified:

The defendant agrees that he shall disgorge any monies paid in whole or in part to him or on his behalf, in return for writings, interviews, or other information disclosed by the defendant, including but not limited to access to the defendant, photo- 1 We decline to reach the First Amendment issue Kaczynski and Amici…