Nope, it was not "they". It was the Unabomber's brother!
No way would the Federal Bureau of Incompetence have been able to do it by themselves!
“It was the Unabomber’s brother!”
Kaczynski’s brother’s wife made the connection after reading the manifesto in the newspaper. She pointed it out to his brother. They reported it to the FBI, who believed them. FBI couldn’t PROVE it until using Forensic Linguistics. I don’t think that term was used, since it’s the first time (so they say) verbiage had been used legally to tie a written work to a suspect’s style.
“No way would the Federal Bureau of Incompetence have been able to do it by themselves!”
You’re right. FBI didn’t connect Ted to the manifesto originally; his own family did that. FBI DID find the method to make the case. BTW, the FBI hasn’t always been incompetent. This happened in the middle to late ‘90s. At that time the Dems, via Clintons, had only lightly touched the organization with corruption.