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Scroll down to see articles about the U.S. presidents who died in office, and the backgrounds and motivations of their assassins

Scroll down to see articles about the U.S. presidents who died in office, and the backgrounds and motivations of their assassins


Why Was JFK Assassinated

Why Was JFK Assassinated?

The following article addressing the question of why was JFK assassinated is an excerpt from Mel Ayton's Hunting the President: Threats, Plots, and Assassination Attempts—From FDR to Obama. It is available for order now from Amazon and Barnes & Noble.  A question that has persisted for over fifty years is this: Why was…

What Happened on November 22, 1963?

What Happened on November 22, 1963?

The following article on what happened on November 22, 1963 is an excerpt from Mel Ayton's Hunting the President: Threats, Plots, and Assassination Attempts—From FDR to Obama. It is available for order now from Amazon and Barnes & Noble.  President Kennedy was assassinated during his Dallas trip when Lee Harvey Oswald fired three shots…

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JFK Affairs: How the Secret Service Colluded

The following article on JFK affairs is an excerpt from Mel Ayton's Hunting the President: Threats, Plots, and Assassination Attempts—From FDR to Obama. It is available for order now from Amazon and Barnes & Noble.  JFK's affairs were legendary within his Secret Service detail, and his agents were shocked at the way Kennedy put…

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Vladimir Arutyunian: GW Bush’s Would-Be Assassin

The following article on Vladimir Arutyunian is an excerpt from Mel Ayton's Hunting the President: Threats, Plots, and Assassination Attempts—From FDR to Obama. It is available for order now from Amazon and Barnes & Noble.  Despite his leading role in the War on Terror in the early 21st century, assassination attempts against president George…

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Threats Against the President: From Nasty Letters to Assassination Attempts

The following article on threats against the president is an excerpt from Mel Ayton's Hunting the President: Threats, Plots, and Assassination Attempts—From FDR to Obama. It is available for order now from Amazon and Barnes & Noble.  Threats against the president extend back to George Washington, but they accelerated in the early 20th century,…

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Secret Service History: Protecting the President

The following article on Secret Service history is an excerpt from Mel Ayton's Hunting the President: Threats, Plots, and Assassination Attempts—From FDR to Obama. It is available for order now from Amazon and Barnes & Noble.  President Roosevelt, the only president elected four times, who led America during the Great Depression and through…

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Franklin D. Roosevelt Assassination Attempts

The following article on Roosevelt assassination attempts is an excerpt from Mel Ayton's Hunting the President: Threats, Plots, and Assassination Attempts—From FDR to Obama. It is available for order now from Amazon and Barnes & Noble.  Many fringe groups made the president a hate figure, including the fascist Khaki Shirts of America, the…

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Ronald Gene Barbour: Clinton’s Would-Be Assassin

The following article on Ronald Gene Barbour is an excerpt from Mel Ayton's Hunting the President: Threats, Plots, and Assassination Attempts—From FDR to Obama. It is available for order now from Amazon and Barnes & Noble.  President Clinton’s stubborn insistence on jogging in public also nearly got him assassinated, and it would likely…

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President Harry Truman Assassination Attempts

The following article on Harry Truman assassination attempts is an excerpt from Mel Ayton's Hunting the President: Threats, Plots, and Assassination Attempts—From FDR to Obama. It is available for order now from Amazon and Barnes & Noble.  President Truman continued to be the target of would-be assassins during his presidency and after he left…

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Oscar Collazo: Truman’s Would-Be Assassin

The following article on Oscar Collazo is an excerpt from Mel Ayton's Hunting the President: Threats, Plots, and Assassination Attempts—From FDR to Obama. It is available for order now from Amazon and Barnes & Noble.  During his presidency Truman was the target of Puerto Rican nationalists. The president was staying at Blair House,…

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