1.   They have admitted hatching a plot to kill the president.

2.   And then the president was killed.

3.   Before the hour barely gets rolling, the two are trying to defuse a plot to kill the president.

4.   A determined assassin will be able to find a way to kill the president.

5.   A law-enforcement official said that a note apparently written by Duran did not shed any light on whether he intended to kill the president.

6.   But he said the severity of the most serious charge, trying to kill a president, could warrant asking for a more severe sanction.

7.   But rumors are linking an anti-Clinton talk show to Francisco Duran, the Colorado man accused of trying to kill the president by shooting at the White House.

8.   But security experts have long believed that an assassin with little regard for his own life could kill the president and that no security system is fool-proof.

9.   Consequently, there have been only three attempted assassinations of presidential candidates, while four presidents have been killed and another five have had unsuccessful attempts on their lives.

10.   Friends of Duran told them that he planned to kill the president and felt abused by the government.