"Because Abraham Lincoln's life ended with John Wilkes Booth's assassination plot, the president's protection has come under extreme scrutiny, with many considering it flawed, inadequate, or completel
"John Harrison Surratt, Jr., was a courier for the Confederate Secret Service and the only one of John Wilkes Booth's co-conspirators in the Lincoln assassination plot to escape hanging by the U.S. go
Hatch, an editor, publisher, and historical writer, examines the Lincoln assassination conspiracy trial, whether the military had jurisdiction, and whether the rights of the accused were violated. He