Tuesday, March 30, 2010
On This Day in 1981
On March 30, 1981, President Reagan was shot by would-be assassin John Hinckley. If there was any mention of that event in any of the major news media in Washington today, I didn't see it.
The President "took a round" in the chest, as Secretary of State Alexander Haig put it to the White House press corps later that day, when Hinckley fired a .22 revolver at Reagan six times as he left the Hilton Hotel after addressing an AFL-CIO conference.
Hinckley hit not only Reagan, but also White House press secretary James Brady, Washington DC Police Officer Thomas Delahanty, and U.S. Secret Service agent Timothy McCarthy. All four of them survived, which must say something about the luck of the Irish.
As for Hinckley, he was was found not guilty by reason of insanity on June 21, 1982.
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Oh wow ~ hadn't made the connection that it was the anniversary of that shooting.
Also ~ saw something this morning and thought of you:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/03/30/cia-officers-risk-exposure-guantanamo-bay/?test=latestnews
About the Guantanamo Bay prisoners vs. photos of CIA officers. Since I'd first read about that here, I got all excited that I could understand the article! LOL!
Yes, I saw today's story about the Gitmo prisoners and CIA photos, and I'm linking to it in a new post.
I bet that CIA-DOJ conflict will get hotter, and that there will be more leaks coming from both sides.
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