1950 : (PUERTO RICAN "NATIONALISTS" TRY TO ASSASSINATE US PRESIDENT HARRY TRUMAN; ONE IS KILLED AND THE OTHER LATER WON A PARDON FROM DEMOCRAT PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER, A LEFTWING TERRORIST SYMPATHIZER) Two Puerto Rican nationalists tried to assassinate Harry Truman in 1950. The one that survived the gunfight was pardoned by Jimmy Carter in 1979.----6 posted on 02/13/2006 12:50:29 PM PST by Tijeras_Slim | To 3
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See : American Gunfight : The Plot to Kill Harry Truman--and the Shoot-out that Stopped It by Stephen Hunter, J. S. Bainbridge http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0743260686/qid=1139864851/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/103-8757544-7920640?s=books&v=glance&n=283155 16 posted on 02/13/2006 1:08:52 PM PST by VOA | To 1