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...number of victims involved with high technology prompted some speculation that the bomber might have lost a job to automation -- and that F.C. might stand for "f--- computers." But not all of the bombs have these initials, just as not all of the targets have received an advance call or letter telling them to expect a package. (The FBI has denied reports that Mosser received such a call the day before his death.) And although Y&R has such companies as Digital Equipment and Xerox as clients, investigators are not convinced that Mosser -- who was recently cited...
...handmade wooden boxes and by the tiny, handcrafted screws that he is a meticulous, even compulsive, man. He spends hours, they say, cutting, filing and whittling little bits of metal and wood, removing any hints of their origin. According to retired FBI bomb expert James Ronay, the bomber also assembles and disassembles the whole thing several times before he is through. He has "an uncontrollable urge to fool with this thing as much as possible," Ronay explains. "And ultimately you put it down and have it kill somebody -- that's your ultimate gratification. He's leaving a little of himself...
...process, authorities say, is so time consuming that the bomber must be a loner. He may also be, warns San Francisco FBI special agent Jim Freeman, who is heading up the Unabom task force, "a quiet person, a typical 'nice-guy' neighbor...
Quiet, perhaps, but increasingly dangerous. According to former FBI agent Fox, the bomber has refined his technique over the years; the later bombs are more sophisticated, activating only when the package is opened. "He's evolved," says Fox. "This guy's done a wonderful job in self-education...
According to Mark Logan, the assistant special agent in charge of the San Francisco division of the ATF bureau, the bomber may work in a "somewhat eccentric" way at his job, though authorities can't say what that job is. Many suspect he may have some connection to a university. The package that killed Mosser had a fictitious return address typed on it -- "H.C. Wickel, Department of Economics, San Francisco State University" -- that has so far yielded nothing...