Talk:Sara Jane Moore

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This article makes it sound like she made staged the assassination attempt in order to re-esatblish her cover as an FBI agent. If that is the case, why is she in prison? I'm confused! --Rebroad 15:57, 21 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Contents 1 Source(s)? 2 Prison? 3 Motive 4 More Data 5 SLA/Hearst Comment 6 Did she make parole? 7 She would have assassinated Ford if she had her own gun

[edit] Source(s)?

"In order to carry out a plot she planned with a radical organization and prove herself with her radical friends"

I suspect the source for that statement is either from her June 1976 Playboy Magazine Interview or Steven Weed's book. It's been a while since I read either one, but it would be nice if this assertion were either sourced or expressed as conjecture rather than stated as established fact.

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That statement you refer to is difficult to source. The Playboy interview was never carefully "fact checked" and I'm not sure it could have been. The writer interjected a lot of his own impressions and then presented them as Sara Jane's. In reality, she did not shoot at President JUST to get attention from her friends. There was a lot more to it than that. Most of what went on in the early and middle 70's was heavily controlled by Washington as it was just after the Viet Nam War was finishing, the Zebra Murders, Patty Hearst kidnapping etc. The government did not want the public to know how close Ford came to being killed, so they encouraged a lot of false publicity.

Geri Spieler

gspieler@gmail.com

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Is there any relation to Michael Moore? 70.228.134.61 No----no relation to Michael Moore.

[edit] Prison?

"Alderson Federal Prison Camp in Alderson, West Virginia" isnt that the same prison Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme escaped from? i think someone has there information mixed up. OR did Fromme and Moore serve time in, and escape from, the same prison? Alias pizzaman

They were both in that prison, and both did escape, although they escaped in different years. The article has been corrected and properly sourced. Wittyname 03:03, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Motive

No motive is given. Being obsessed with Patty Hearst is not a motive. Tim Long 08:17, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] More Data

There's plenty more information at [1]. I'll go back and mine it for info later. Wittyname 09:01, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] SLA/Hearst Comment

The comment regarding Hearst and PIN that states it was founded to "answer" the SLA's "claim" is totally inaccurate. Hearst was EXTORTED by the SLA into creating PIN lest his daughter be murdered. The way it reads now, it makes it sound like the SLA merely suggested he become more philanthropic, and he concurred....it gives the impression that the kidnapping and PIN are somewhat unrelated. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.184.237.133 (talk) 21:19, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Did she make parole?

The article mentions that she had a parole hearing on September 21, 2007? I find no mention of this elsewhere. Did it occur and, if so, what was the outcome? --Drmike 22:39, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

This has been updated. Note that parole has been abolished for federal crimes, however persons (like Moore) under sentence for offenses committed before December 1, 1987 remain eligible for parole regardless of the length of the sentence. Ellsworth (talk) 17:31, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] She would have assassinated Ford if she had her own gun

This whole passage is illogical. Sara Jane Moore's arm, and shot was deflected by Oliver Sipple, the gay ex-Marine. Was she using some special gun that could be deflected, and still hit the target? VERY SLOPPY WRITING.Fester Bestertester, Esq. 04:49, 6 November 2007 (UTC)