(..) from a payphone down the road, instead of his hotel room? Why was the would-be assassin's brother a... family friend of the man who stood to gain the presidency? While Reagan led the nation in the public eye, Bush exploited his power... through the largely unknown (..)

(..) than he has acknowledged heretofore. This, of course, did not stop him from pardoning those involved... during the twilight of his presidency... Some new reverberations today to President Bush's Christmas Eve surprise: the pardoning of former Defense Secretary Casper Weinberger... (..)