Monday, November 11, 2002 :::
I'm not sure how I ended up at this page of Presidential Assassination Attempts, but this caught my eye:
HARRY TRUMAN
During the three-year renovation to the White House, the Truman's lived at Blair House, across the street from the Mansion. On November 1, 1950, two Cuban Nationalists attempted to shoot their way into the home resulting in the death of two secretservicemen. One of the assassins, Griselio Torresola was killed. His accomplice, Oscar Collazo, was taken into custody and sentenced to death in 1951.
Truman commuted the death sentence to life imprisonment. In 1979 President Jimmy Carter granted Collazo a full pardon.
Yeah, that sounds like Carter.
::: posted by Steven at 1:10 AM
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