That if you are a baseball player and that 500, just about the greatest in the world. The fbi and the cia, we cannot afford to bat 500 and we cant afford to that 900. One person out of a hundred getting through can be not just a tragedy but Going Forward could literally affect the sovereignty of our country. That is how serious the problem of terrorism became and how we took this. June of 1995 the unabomber sent out his manifesto. It did not go out to the New York Times and Washington Post but Scientific American and penthouse. I did not know that. Tell us your reaction when you learned about the manifesto. Was it a major break can you lead to complications . Have the difficulty to catch any criminal that is not communicating makes it very difficult. You have opportunity to develop. The unabomber had been quiet for seven years up until he started bombing again in 1993. In 1994 it continued and he started writing letters. That is good. He wrote a letter to the New York Times, an editor
Gentlemen. My name is greg floyd, and i am chairman and ceo of the National Law Enforcement officers memorial fund. I want to welcome you all here today to the museums news he ums witness to history, generously sponsored by our friends at target here in the front row. I will turn things over to john maine art in just a moment for the moderation of todays event, but i want to thank all of you for coming. Today is just a glorious day outside, and the fact and you would want to spend an hour or two here with us, thats extra special, and i thank you for taking the time to join us. I think you are in for a fascinating discussion in a moment. I also want to thank our friends from cspan, who tend to cover many of these witness to history events. They are with us again today, and they will be sharing with us on air over the coming weeks. For those of you who may not be familiar with the National Law Enforcement officers memorial byd, we were formed in 1984 a former new York City Police officer
Develop an ort to independent artistic force and power of our own. Scores of cameramen record he event as the president ial party leads a tribute to the lady who will play host to many, many thousands in the next three weeks. The Enigmatic Smile acts like a agnet to art lovers and the curious. The next day, the gallery is jammed as the crowd passes by painting f ining four abreast. Each has three to five seconds in front of the painting. Stand there for one more glimpse for a smile that launched 1,000 arguments. The painting is being exhibited under stringent security panels and the wooden are protected from damage in a Temperature Humidity controlled case. And the mona lisa, the first most aking her by far the popular hostess in washington. Wants to meet the new girl in town. Targeted unabomber universities, airline, and computer stores. Killing 23 and injuring others. Unabomber, how the fbi broke own rules to capture the terrorist Ted Kaczynski. Talk about the investigation and discu
Story. We have produced a number of educational and public programming events of which witness to history is part of that. This afternoon is certainly a good example, we bring together Law Enforcement professionals, experts who were involved in some of the most famous criminal cases in American History and today we bring together a fwrup of experts who worked so diligently and for so long on the unabomber investigation. One of the longest manhunts in american Law Enforcement history. I want to thank our friends from target for sponsoring todays event, i would like to turn our program over to john maynard, who will moderate todays program. Thank you. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, and those of you watching on cspan. Welcome to the museum, home of the unabombers cabin. I hope you have had a chance to see that in our concourse level. Were pleased to be partnering. For nearly two decades. Beginning in 1978 an elusive criminal sent bombs that targeted universities and stores. The fbi