1.   The government has denied that there was a plot to assassinate the president.

2.   Incredibly complicated machinations to assassinate the president that inevitably failed.

3.   Although four American presidents have been assassinated, none has been attacked inside the guarded White House complex.

4.   And it means that Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein cannot be targeted, even though he tried to assassinate former president George Bush.

5.   Assassinating the president did not become a federal crime until after the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

6.   A joke about assassinating the president was also reportedly cut.

7.   A president was assassinated on a public street during a routine visit to Texas.

8.   But now, the right wing is trying to use its version of the law to peacefully assassinate a president.

9.   Duran could face life in prison if he is convicted of attempting to assassinate the president.

10.   He was later convicted of trying to assassinate the president.