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RECENT CONCERN REGARDING THE RELASE OF THE TOUR SECURITY BOOK AND TRAINING ACADEMY

I recently spoke to a 3rd party security provider who was upset that I wrote a book on Tour Security. He was also upset to learn our company established a formal training academy. The individual has a significant amount of touring experience, with 90% being on the venue side. I believe him to be competent in security planning and logistics, as they pertain to music touring.

Here is our short conversation.
 

Statement: You're giving away too much secret information by puting a book out there.

Reply: Nothing in the Tour Security field is Top Secret. All of the required information can be learned by essentially anyone with a desire. What we did was to define the role of Tour Security and put in into one place. It is an overview of the Standard Execution of the job. This is essential in a realm where the artists does not understand what exactly your responsibilities are.

Statement: Why do you feel like you get to decide what the standard execution of Tour Security should be?

Reply: Anyone is welcome to do the job the way they want. We are offering what we feel is the best approach that covers this field from a very diverse set of protection based backgrounds.  One reason we continue to experience steady growth is our team’s commitment to ongoing training. We realize that it’s important to never stop learning. Keep in mind that this is coupled with 13 years of working directly with celebrities in the film and music businesses.  

Statement: People will figure out how to access the artist easier now.

Reply: We don't tell them where artist are staying. We don't tell them when they are coming or going. We don't provide them with details that are not open source information.  How does this make it easier than what existed before the book? Next time you are inside a venue consider how close local t-shit security guards get next to the dressing room or stage. Do you vet them?  Do you do background checks on them? This book will not get a fan any closer than they would get without the book. 

Statement: I don't think I'm the only one who feels this way.

Reply: There may be people who don't see the value in our approach. I try to keep the dialog open, but alas, we are not likely to have a connection if they are against a clearly outlined set of responsibilites and specialty training which prepares them for security related emergencies.
 

Statement: Qualification is by on-the-job training in this business, not a book or training course.

Reply: I think that's partially true, at least right now. However, we are laying the foundation, creating a frame of reference and providing a broader understanding for the new Tour Security personnel. We want staff to understand how all elements are related to the layered, holistic security approach we prescribe.

END CONVERSATION

In the end, we still did not agree on the direction our field should be going. One contributing factor to his perspective may be that he is not former military, law enforcement, attend formal training and has never been involved in life treating real-world emergencies. Not to say that you need the aforementioned background to be good, but occasionally we face resentment from those who do not…and this is how it usually plays out.

We feel that the Tour Security profession needs specialized training to address the myriad of possible issues celebrities face while on tour or on location. All other protection-based fields are regulated and require a long list of skills. The State Department requires outside security contractors to attend and pass the Worldwide Protective Service (WPS) training. Corporate types are often required to obtain certifications from ASIS such as the Certified Protection Professional (CPP) designation. The military requires a special PSD course.

The bar simply needs to be raised.

 
What's the difference between the terms “risk”, “threat”, and “vulnerability”? 
RISK
The term “risk” refers to the likelihood of being targeted by a given attack, of an attack being successful, and general exposure to a given threat. A risk assessment is performed to determine the most important potential security breaches to address now, rather than later. One enumerates the most critical and most likely dangers, and evaluates their levels of risk relative to each other as a function of the interaction between the cost of a breach and the probability of that breach.
Analyzing risk can help one determine appropriate security budgeting — for both time and money — and prioritize security policy implementations so that the most immediate challenges can be resolved the most quickly.

THREAT
The term “threat” refers to the source and means of a particular type of attack. A threat assessment is performed to determine the best approaches to securing a system against a particular threat, or class of threat. Penetration testing exercises are substantially focused on assessing threat profiles, to help one develop effective countermeasures against the types of attacks represented by a given threat. Where risk assessments focus more on analyzing the potential and tendency of one’s resources to fall prey to various attacks, threat assessments focus more on analyzing the attacker’s resources. Analyzing threats can help one develop specific security policies to implement in line with policy priorities and understand the specific implementation needs for securing one’s resources.

VULNERABILITY
The term “vulnerability” refers to the security flaws in a system that allow an attack to be successful. Vulnerability testing should be performed on an ongoing basis by the parties responsible for resolving such vulnerabilities, and helps to provide data used to identify unexpected dangers to security that need to be addressed. Such vulnerabilities are not particular to technology — they can also apply to social factors such as individual authentication and authorization policies.
Testing for vulnerabilities is useful for maintaining ongoing security, allowing the people responsible for the security of one’s resources to respond effectively to new dangers as they arise. It is also invaluable for policy and technology development, and as part of a technology selection process; selecting the right technology early on can ensure significant savings in time, money, and other business costs further down the line. Understanding the proper use of such terms is important not only to sound like you know what you’re talking about, nor even just to facilitate communication. It also helps develop and employ good policies. The specificity of technical jargon reflects the way experts have identified clear distinctions between practical realities of their fields of expertise, and can help clarify even for oneself how one should address the challenges that arise.

SOURCE: OS
 


ON THE CURRENT LACK OF REGULATION IN TOUR SECURITY

In spite of being a multi-billion dollar industry, touring is essentially unregulated. Currently there is no industry standard for what “good” Tour Security is. Almost all vendors are chosen by word of mouth alone. In many cases, Artists and their management do not have a frame of reference to make sound hiring decisions, so instead they rely on referrals. It is our desire to give a basic outline of what Tour Security should be required to know prior to taking the job.

After working with a number of high profile clients, it’s alarming that only one has conducted background and credit checks prior to contracting Close Protection Corps’ services. It defies all odds that these widely accepted and relied upon indicators of character are completely dismissed in favor of a referral. Ironically, the person recommending somebody’s services may have only worked in the industry for a short time, or with limited exposure to artists with varying needs.

History is not always an indicator of the future. Just because untrained touring personnel have not faced an emergency does not assure it will not be around the corner. The ability to deal with a major emergencies or security related incidents rely heavily on the individuals past training and real-world-experience in high stress environments. High quality training and extreme repetition are the cornstone of of a good program. 

Stadium Snipers

Posted by Andre M. Dall'au. Author Archive »

TTPOA course teaches snipers how to protect civilians in stadiums and large venues!

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As Americans, we enjoy large public venues such as concerts, sports and political events presented at arenas and stadiums all over this country. We go to watch our kids or professionals play sports, musicians perform and even monster trucks roar and jump—accompanied by hundreds or thousands and sometimes tens of thousands of fellow spectators.

Who provides the protection if someone in the crowd decides to go berserk, fulfill a violent plan or enact a terrorist plot? Without any fanfare and generally unseen, a lot of venues have law enforcement over-watch already setup to ensure that this does not occur. Precision law enforcement special operation shooters are deployed with the ability to observe and, if necessary, intervene to stop the threat from their final firing positions (FFP).

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That is if they have taken the time to pre-plan, pre-deploy and train for the unique situation of high-angle precision fire in response to an immediate deadly threat in a crowded environment. The “Police Sniper Response to a Public Venue” course sponsored by the Texas Tactical Police Officer Association (TTPOA) provides the country’s best police precision rifle shooters—the cream of the SWAT sniper crop—the training and practice to achieve this level of ballistic competency.

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Course Breakdown
The four-day course begins by ensuring that both the weapons and shooters are capable of delivering precision shots at any range. The students also visit local venues to learn what to look for and seek out when establishing an FFP. The class quickly realizes the complexity and difficulty in operating in large arenas like Cowboys Stadium and why physical fitness for a sniper is essential. Classroom time is provided to teach the theory, equipment and practical applications of delivering accurate, high-angle fire.

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The course includes plenty of live-fire exercises and drills that force each shooter to engage targets within the Cotton Bowl. Students are required to demonstrate their ability to accurately engage threats (MGM bullet traps set at various places within the stadium) using their own rifles and duty ammo. Sometimes the drills have the students respond as a pre-positioned team or as part of a response to an event. The drills include deployment from an armored vehicle and helicopter as well as movement from the ground floor to different levels of the stadium to make immediate and accurate shots while receiving intel from communications during the run.

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It wasn’t easy, but the students were in unanimous agreement that what they learned will be directly applied to make their own public venues safer. This unique and informative course can help every local special response team ask the right questions, obtain the right gear and contact their local arenas to coordinate additional safety for people gathered there. The real payback is that the information learned will provide real deterrence to acts of violence by bad guys seeking an easy or soft target who now know that guardian angels might be keeping watch behind the lights. Look for a full write up of this unique and timely course in an upcoming issue of Guns & Weapons of Law Enforcement. For more information, visitttpoa.org.

Source: Tactical-Life.com
Answering Basic Questions

Q. What are the bare minimums regarding foreign travel mapping?  (from D.L. Midwest)

A. The more locally verified essential details, the better. Consider the following locations to start: Airport, Hotel, Embassy, Venue, Hospital, Police Station, and Save Haves. (See the attached map (without multi-route selection) for a basic understanding of location mapping for security)
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The Annals of Disaster
 
CRUSH POINT!
When large crowds assemble, is there a way to keep them safe? 
 
(by John Seabrook of The New Yorker)

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/02/07/110207fa_fact_seabrook
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ASSASSINATION CASE STUDIES

Assassin(s)Year (AD format)TargetResultNotes
Cassius Chaerea, members of thePraetorian Guard, and others 41 CE Roman Emperor Caligula Killed
Uncertain, reputed to be Agrippina the Younger on behalf of Nero 54 Roman Emperor Claudius Killed
Various freedmen, possibly with the help of the Praetorian Guard 96 Roman Emperor Domitian Killed
Members of the Praetorian Guard 192 Roman Emperor Commodus Killed
Fan Qiang, Zhang Da 221 military general of Shu Han Zhang Fei Killed
Mucapor and members of thePraetorian Guard 275 Roman Emperor Aurelian Killed
Abu Lulu 600s Umar, 3rd Caliph of Islam Killed
Abd-al-Rahman ibn Muljam 661 Ali ibn Abi Talib Killed
Hashshashin 1192 Conrad of Montferrat Killed
Oda Nobunaga 1557 Sengoku period Oda Nobuyuki Killed
Balthasar Gérard 1584 Dutch Stadtholder William the Silent Killed
Unknown 1900 William Goebel, Governor of Kentucky Killed
Gaetano Bresci 1900 King Umberto I of Italy Killed
An Jung-geun 1909 Prime Minister of Japan Itoh Hirobumi Killed
Violet Gibson 1926 Benito Mussolini Survived
Vasil Laçi 1941 Victor Emmanuel III Survived
Jan Kubiš, Jozef Gabčík 1942 SS-Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich Killed
Nathuram Godse 1948 Political and Spiritual Leader Mahatma Gandhi Killed
Jean Bastien-Thiry and the OAS 1962 French President Charles de Gaulle Survived
Huang Wen-hsiung 1970 Vice Prime Minister of Republic of China Chiang Ching-kuo Survived
Prince Faisal bin Musa'id 1975 Saudi King Faisal Killed
Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme 1975 US President Gerald Ford Survived
Sara Jane Moore 1975 US President Gerald Ford Survived
Red Army Faction 1977 German Prosecutor-General Siegfried Buback Killed
Mario Aburto 1994 Mexican Candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio Killed
Unknown, possibly members of theTaliban or the Haqqani network. 2011 Former Afghan President Burhanuddin Rabbani Killed
Rolf Clemens-Wagner, member of theRed Army Faction 1979 Supreme Commander of NATOAlexander Haig Survived A land mine blew up under the bridge on which Haig's car was traveling, narrowly missing Haig's car and wounding three of his bodyguards in a following car.
Michael Abram 1999 George Harrison Survived Abram broke into Harrison's house and repeatedly stabbed him.
Unknown, though believed to be figures within the government of Russia 2006 Former FSB officer Alexander Litvinenko Killed Acute radiation syndrome via ingestion of polonium-210. See Poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko.
Janusz Walus 1993 South African Communist Party leaderChris Hani Killed Anti-Communist killing
Otoya Yamaguchi 1960 Inejiro Asanuma Killed Asanuma was pierced to assassin's bayonet while making a speech.
Talduwe Somarama 1959 Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Solomon Bandaranaike Killed Assassinated by a Buddhist monk as part of a conspiracy.
Satwant Singh and Beant Singh 1984 Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi Killed Assassinated by personal bodyguards.
Ignacy Hryniewiecki 1881 Tsar Alexander II of Russia Killed Assassination plot concluded with bombs.
Unknown, presumed to be Hezbulla in concert with Syrian intelligence services 2005 Former Lebanese Prime Minister and billionaire Rafik Hariri Killed Assassination via car bomb in Beirut.
Unknown 1993 Sri Lankan President Ranasinghe Premadasa Killed Attack carried out by an LTTE suicide bomber on May Day parade.
Yigal Amir 1995 Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin Killed Attack carried out by Israeli opposed to Oslo Accords. See Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin.
János Libényi 1853 Austrian Emperor, King of BohemiaFranz Joseph I of Austria Survived Attacked with a dagger to the back of the neck. Survived due to the thick collar of his uniform.
Oscar Collazo and Griselio Torresola 1950 US President Harry S. Truman Survived Attempt to draw attention to the Puerto Rico independence movement, in which both attempted killers were active. See Truman assassination attempt.
Samuel Byck 1974 US President Richard Nixon Survived Attempted to hijack a commercial jet with the intention of crashing it into the White House.
Karst Tates 2009 Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands and royal family Survived Attempted to ram the Queen's bus with his car. See 2009 attack on the Dutch Royal Family.
Juan María Fernández y Krohn 1982 Pope John Paul II Survived Attempted to stab the Pope with a bayonet.
Juan Orta and Dr. Anthony Verona 1960 Fidel Castro Survived Attempts to introduce poison supplied by the CIA into Castro's food; Castro supposedly survived 638 assassination attempts in all.
Uncertain believed to be Rogelio Moreno instead of Rolando Galman 1983 Philippine Senator Ninoy Aquino Killed Believed to have been ordered by then President Ferdinand Marcos.
Habib Tanious Shartouni 1982 Lebanese President Bachir Gemayel Killed Bomb explosion in the Phalange's Beirut headquarters.
Maxime Brunerie 2002 French President Jacques Chirac Survived Brunerie attempted to shoot the President during the Bastille Day Military Parade.
ETA 2000 Member of the Basque ParliamentFernando Buesa Killed Car bombing
Gavrilo Princip 1914 Austro-Hungarian Archduke Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria Killed Considered the start of World War I.
Men under his aide de camp 2009 President of Guinea Moussa Dadis Camara Survived Currently in Burkina Faso
Richard Paul Pavlick 1960 US President-elect John F. Kennedy Survived Dec. 11   See: John F. Kennedy
Provisional Irish Republican Army 1984 British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher Survived Detonated a bomb at the Grand Hotel during the Conservative Party Conference in Brighton.
François-Joseph Carbon 1800 French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte Survived Detonated an explosion by the roadside in an attempt to kill Bonaparte, which he narrowly missed. The attempt is referred to as the Plot of the Rue Saint-Nicaise.
Charles J. Guiteau 1881 US President James Garfield Killed Died 80 days following the shooting. See James A. Garfield assassination.
Frederick Russell Burnham 1896 Mlimo, the Ndebele religious leader Killed Effectively ended the Second Matabele War.
Byron De La Beckwith 1963 Medgar Evers Killed Evers, an African American activist and NAACP leader, was shot by De La Beckwith, a Ku Klux Klan member, who was convicted in 1994.
Unknown, widely believed to beMossad agents 2010 Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, senior Hamasmilitary commander Killed Exact cause unknown; possibilities include suffocation, strangulation, and electrocution. See Assassination of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh.
Unknown 1967 American Nazi Party founder George Lincoln Rockwell Survived Fired at twice by a person hiding behind his driveway pillars, narrowly missing his head.
John Bellingham 1812 UK Prime Minister Spencer Perceval Killed First and only U.K. Prime Minister to be assassinated.
John Wilkes Booth 1865 US President Abraham Lincoln Killed First assassination of a sitting United States President. See Assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
Richard Lawrence 1835 US President Andrew Jackson Survived First attempt to kill a US President, Jan. 30. Both guns misfired.
Jack Ruby 1963 Lee Harvey Oswald Killed First live murder ever seen on US television
Believed to be Lee Harvey Oswald 1963 US President John F. Kennedy Killed For general information on the incident, see John F. Kennedy assassination. The US Government's official report concluded that Oswald acted alone, however a subsequent investigation contradicted the Warren Commission's findings. See: House Select Committee on Assassinations (1979)
Pazzi Conspiracy 1478 Lorenzo and Giuliano de' Medici See notes Giuliano died, after being stabbed 19 times, but Lorenzo escaped.
Soldiers 2009 President of Guinea-Bissau João Bernardo Vieira Killed Hacked to death during armed attack on his residence in Bissau.
Eugen Schauman 1904 Governor-General of Finland Nikolai Ivanovich Bobrikov Killed Happens on day described in James Joyce's novel Ulysses, is briefly mentioned in the book
Army officers 1747 King Nader Shah Killed He was able to kill two of the assassins before dying.
Unknown, believed to be two ranch workers 2010 Eugène Terre'Blanche, founder of theAfrikaner Weerstandsbeweging in South Africa Killed He was found hacked and beaten to death at his farm, allegedly killed by two of his workers.
Mirza Reza Kermani 1896 King Naser al-Din Shah Qajar Killed Ironically assassinated on the day of his fiftieth kingship ceremony.
Zvezdan Jovanović 2003 Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Đinđić Killed Jovanović killed his victim with a sniper rifle (a relatively rare type of assassination); he is suspected to have acted for organized crime backers. See Assassination of Zoran Đinđić.
Members of the Front de libération du Québec 1970 Vice Premier of Quebec Pierre Laporte Killed Kidnapped and later killed. One of only two political assassinations in Canadian history.
Presumed to be Chechen Islamists 2004 President of Chechnya Akhmad Kadyrov Killed Killed along with about 30 others in a football stadium during a Soviet Victory Day parade, by a bomb that had been built into the concrete of one of the stadium's supporting columns.
Thomas McMahon 1979 Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma Killed Killed along with three others while on a fishing trip with his family by a bomb planted onto his boat by McMahon. McMahon was a member of the Irish Republican Army, who claimed responsibility for the attack.
Chilean DINA agents 1976 Orlando Letelier Killed Killed by a car bomb, September 21, 1976, along with his American assistant, Ronni Moffitt.
Ramón Mercader 1940 Lev Bronstein Trotsky Killed Killed by a pick-hit on head.
Malik Mumtaz Hussain Qadri 2011 Salmaan Taseer, 26th Governor of Punjab Killed Killed by one of his security guards due to Taseer's opposition to Pakistan's blasphemy laws
Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan 2011 Shahbaz Bhatti, Federal Minister for Minorities of Pakistan Killed Killed due to his opposition to Pakistan's blasphemy laws
Eligiusz Niewiadomski 1922 First Polish President Gabriel Narutowicz Killed Killed five days after his inauguration, while attending the opening of an art exhibit at the Zachęta Gallery inWarsaw.
Sonny O'Neill 1922 Michael Collins Killed Killed in an ambush firefight near the end of Irish Civil War.
Thenmuli Rajaratnam 1991 Former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi Killed Killed in an explosion triggered by a LTTE suicide bomber. First head of state to be killed by a suicide bomber. See Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi.
Larry Layton and other members of the Peoples Temple 1978 Leo Ryan, Congressman from California Killed Killed in Guyana during an official visit to investigate allegations of abuse of American citizens at theJonestown compound of the Peoples Temple religious organization. See Leo_Ryan#Jungle_ambush.
Vlado Chernozemski 1934 Alexander I of Yugoslavia Killed Killed in Marseille during a state visit.
Giuseppe Zangara 1933 Anton Cermak Killed Killed in Miami, Florida during a visit of president-elect of Franklin Roosevelt.
Fritz Joubert Duquesne 1916 Lord Kitchener, British Field Marshal and Secretary of State for War Killed Killed on the HMS Hampshire after the cruiser struck a mine; Duquesne falsely claimed to have sabotaged Hampshire.
Dan White 1978 San Francisco Mayor George Mosconeand Supervisor Harvey Milk Killed Killed over not reappointing Dan White supervisor. See Moscone–Milk assassinations.
Unknown, widely believed to be Islamic militants 2007 Former Prime Minister of Pakistan andPakistan Peoples Party Chair and Opposition Leader Benazir Bhutto Killed Killed while entering a vehicle upon leaving a political rally for the Pakistan People's Party in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. See Assassination of Benazir Bhutto.
Charlotte Corday 1793 French revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat Killed Later often seen as a patriotic act.
Mijailo Mijailović 2003 Swedish Foreign Minister Anna Lindh Killed Lindh was stabbed while visiting a shopping centre in Stockholm. She died the following morning.
A strongman hired by Zhang Liang 218 BC Chinese Emperor Qin Shi Huang Survived Long-distance heavy hammer (30-kg) throwing; the origin of a Chinese idiom 誤中副車 ("mistakenly hit the escort carriage").
Luigi Lucheni 1898 Empress Elisabeth of Austria Killed Lucheni attacked the Empress randomly on the street of Geneva, in a senseless act of violence. Elisabeth was stabbed in the heart once with a sharp needle file. Due to her extremely tight corset, she had no idea she has been wounded and collapsed suddenly two hours later due to slow internal hemorrhaging.
Casey Brezik 2010 Missouri Governor Jay Nixon Survived Mistakenly stabbed a college dean in a hallway by a lectern where Nixon was to speak. Brezik told police that he thought he had stabbed Nixon.[2][3][4]
Provisional Irish Republican Army 1991 British Prime Minister John Major Survived Mortar attack during a meeting at 10 Downing Street
Mark David Chapman 1980 John Lennon Killed Obsession with The Catcher in the Rye. See Assassination of John Lennon.
Jing Ke 227 BC Chinese Emperor Qin Shi Huang Survived One of the earliest documented attempts.
Patrick J. Whelan 1868 Canadian Member of ParliamentThomas D'Arcy McGee Killed Only Canadian victim of assassination at the federal level.
Unknown 1842 Former Missouri Governor Lilburn Boggs Survived Orrin Porter Rockwell, a close associate of the Mormon prophet Joseph Smith, Jr., charged but acquitted of all charges.
Edward Oxford 1840 Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom Survived Oxford fired twice, but both bullets missed.
Ramzi Yousef 1995 Pope John Paul II Survived Part of Operation Bojinka.
Generally believed to be Nguyen Van Nhung and Duong Hieu Nghia, on orders from Duong Van Minh 1963 President of the Republic of VietnamNgo Dinh Diem Killed Part of the 1963 South Vietnamese coup. See Arrest and assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem.
Uncertain; see main article for theories 1994 Rwandan President Juvénal Habyarimana and Burundian PresidentCyprien Ntaryamira Killed Plane carrying the two leaders shot down by unknown attackers with a surface-to-air missile. The attack was the catalyst for the Rwandan Genocide. See Assassination of Juvénal Habyarimana and Cyprien Ntaryamira.
Group of army officers 1981 Bangladeshi President Ziaur Rahman Killed Plotted by a faction of officers of Bangladesh Army led by General Abul Monjur.
Alexandros Schinas 1913 King George I of Greece Killed Possible conspiracy.
Khalid Islambouli 1981 Egyptian President Anwar Al Sadat Killed Rare attack carried out by a group.
Uncertain, believed to be James Earl Ray or Loyd Jowers 1968 Political activist Martin Luther King, Jr. Killed Ray was convicted on a guilty plea but later recanted, while a 1999 civil trial convicted Jowers and 'unknown others', while also noting that 'governmental agencies were parties' to the plot. See Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Jacques Clément 1589 King Henry III of France Killed Religious-political antagonism.
François Ravaillac 1610 King Henry IV of France Killed Religious-political antagonism.
Marcus Junius Brutus, Gaius Cassius Longinus, and others 44 BC Roman Dictator Julius Caesar Killed Resulted in Civil War and indirectly in the end of the Roman Republic
Nguyen Van Cu and Pham Phu Quoc 1962 President of the Republic of VietnamNgo Dinh Diem Survived See 1962 South Vietnamese Presidential Palace bombing
Chen Yi-hsiung 2004 President of Republic of China Chen Shui-bian Survived See 3-19 shooting incident.
Sirhan Sirhan 1968 US Senator Robert F. Kennedy Killed See Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy.
Viktor Ilyin 1969 Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev Survived See Brezhnev assassination attempt
Dipendra 2001 King Birendra of Nepal and other royal family members of same country Killed See Nepalese royal massacre.
Kim Jae-kyu 1979 South Korean President Park Chung-hee Killed See Park Chung-hee assassination.
Mehmet Ali Ağca 1981 Pope John Paul II Survived See Pope John Paul II assassination attempt.
Guy Fawkes 1605 King James I of England, Parliament of England Survived See the Gunpowder Plot.
Claus von Stauffenberg 1944 Chancellor and Führer of GermanyAdolf Hitler Survived See the July 20 plot.
Armia Krajowa 1944 SS and Police Leader of the Warsaw District Franz Kutschera Killed See the Operation Kutschera.
Leon Czolgosz 1901 US President William McKinley Killed See William McKinley assassination.
John Schrank 1912 former US President Theodore Roosevelt Survived Shot at campaign event; Roosevelt continued with his speech.
Unknown 1864 US President Abraham Lincoln Survived Shot at while riding alone. Though he was not hurt, a bullet hole was discovered in his hat. See the List of United States presidential assassination attempts and plots
Unknown, possibly security guards or members of the Obaida Ibn Jarrah Brigade 2011 Abdul Fatah Younis, commander-in-chief of the armed forces of the Libyan Republic Killed Shot due to his prior history before defecting to the NTC
Carl Weiss 1935 US Senator Huey Long Killed Shot in a Louisiana State Capitol hallway.
Dieter Kaufmann 1990 German Federal Minister of the InteriorWolfgang Schäuble Survived Shot in back and face after an election campaign event in Oppenau. Has been paralysed and using a wheelchair ever since.
Uncertain reputed to be various members of SA government and the CCB 1989 Namibian Human Rights Lawyer Anton Lubowski Killed Shot in front of his home in central Windhoek, Namibia.
John Patler 1967 American Nazi Party founder George Lincoln Rockwell Killed Shot in the chest as he was leaving a laundromat.