Netflix - Unabomber (In His Own Words) - question about FBI involvement

[mywayorcyway]

The Netflix interview with the Unabomber was a pretty good show. Not as gripping or tear jerking as some of the other documentaries out there, but interesting and informative for sure. A nice mix of the storyline and interviews with family members or people that knew him along with a pretty rare interview from Ted himself.

https://www.netflix.com/title/81002216

It's worth a watch.

 

[mywayorcyway]

Now onto the question, which I'll wrap with a spoiler. It isn't really a spoiler, but it may take away from the intrigue of the show for those less familiar with the story.

Spoiler

Near the end of episode 3, there is a discussion with Ted's brother and his brother's wife with respect to contacting the FBI. It is revealed they have a suspect list of 2000+ people that was primarily generated from people calling in after the manifesto was published.

Did the FBI already have Ted's name on the list prior to the family contacting them? If so, how did that come to be?

 

[mywayorcyway]

Nobody? C'mon.....

I have faith in you people. Yes, "you people"!

 

[ISUAlum2002]

It definitely interests me, but I don't have Netflix so I'll have to wait for it to show up elsewhere.