Wait. I thought the Unabomber got caught after he made people publish his manifesto online/on TV. From what I remember from reading on the internet, his relatives identified certain key points in the manifesto and immediately tipped the FBI telling them about him and his similar ideologies.
So after all that careful work he still managed to blow it by not thinking of one obvious thing and he's been rotting in jail, ironically after he swore he would stop his bombing spree if they published his writing. He could not have been more right about that, his writings definitely made an end to his life as a domestic terrorist.
Staying alive and free while you are making powerful enemies is hard. The Unabomber was one of the smartest terrorists ever (IQ 160+), had a really long time to prepare what he did, was a lone wolf (which is a huge advantage compared to a larger number of people) and in the end blew it completely.
