themselves. >> the unabomber has delivered a manifesto to the "new york times," in which he says he's killed to get attention for his views, claiming that technology reduces human beings and other living organisms to cogs in the social machine. >> there were themes about people taking care of themselves and living on their own in the wilderness. there were themes about the police state and all of this surveillance going on in our country. it is so passionate, and it is so detailed, and it is so specific that the person who wrote it, no doubt, has mentioned this to someone. >> he had stayed under the radar so long, he was now getting to the point where he wanted recognition. this was his achilles' heel. >> the question became how are we going to take advantage of his offer, if at all, because at that point in time, the united states had a very specific policy. we did the not negotiate with terrorists.