Aaron L
Hero
I looked through the forums but didn't see anything about this posted anywhere, and I thought it was absolutely interesting enough to warrant discussion on the forums. Apparently the FBI had Gary, and TSR in general, under surveillance for possible connections to the Unabomber case.
Here's a link to the Polygon article, which links to the Reason article and the actual redacted FBI files:
https://www.polygon.com/2017/6/23/15864590/fbi-dungeons-and-dragons-unabomber-gary-gygax-foia
Reading through the FBI files, what I find interesting is that it seems the FBI apparently had a source within TSR, a woman, who was feeding them information about Gary, TSR, and the RPG/Wargaming community in general... woman who seems to have painted for the FBI a less than flattering portrait of RPG/Wargamers in general, and made some fairly severe accusations about the habits and actions of Gary in particular. Now, this of course got the gears in my head spinning trying to figure out who the source could have been, and the circumstantial evidence lead my thoughts to drift immediately to Lorraine Williams... but I have absolutely nothing beyond my own speculation as "proof."
Anyone else read about this yet? I couldn't have been the first ENWorlder to have come across these articles. Anyone else know anything about any of this? Thoughts? Opinions? Speculations? Wild Mass Guessing? Epileptic Trees? Or even Hard Facts and/or Firsthand Knowledge? Anyone?
(My apologies if this has already been posted elsewhere on the forums; I did my best to look for it but couldn't find anything about it.)
Here's a link to the Polygon article, which links to the Reason article and the actual redacted FBI files:
https://www.polygon.com/2017/6/23/15864590/fbi-dungeons-and-dragons-unabomber-gary-gygax-foia
Reading through the FBI files, what I find interesting is that it seems the FBI apparently had a source within TSR, a woman, who was feeding them information about Gary, TSR, and the RPG/Wargaming community in general... woman who seems to have painted for the FBI a less than flattering portrait of RPG/Wargamers in general, and made some fairly severe accusations about the habits and actions of Gary in particular. Now, this of course got the gears in my head spinning trying to figure out who the source could have been, and the circumstantial evidence lead my thoughts to drift immediately to Lorraine Williams... but I have absolutely nothing beyond my own speculation as "proof."
Anyone else read about this yet? I couldn't have been the first ENWorlder to have come across these articles. Anyone else know anything about any of this? Thoughts? Opinions? Speculations? Wild Mass Guessing? Epileptic Trees? Or even Hard Facts and/or Firsthand Knowledge? Anyone?
(My apologies if this has already been posted elsewhere on the forums; I did my best to look for it but couldn't find anything about it.)
Oh, to be young and free again... 
