Harvard Grad To Life In Prison: The Unabomber’s Backstory Will Blow Your Mind

The Case Was The Longest And Most Expensive In FBI History

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Being on the run for so long stacks a hefty tab on the FBI. The Unabomber case is the most extensive and costly investigation in FBI history. Over seventeen years, the Bureau cost taxpayers over $50 million, and at one point had a task force of over 150 people working on the case.

Many believe it was luck, not FBI work, that caught Kaczynski.