How The Secret Service Almost Shot Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

How The Secret Service Almost Shot Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad smiles as he meets his Pakistanese counterpart during a meeting on February 27, 2013 in the Iranian capital Tehran. Pakistan's president arrived in Tehran for discussions on a much-delayed $7.5 billion gas pipeline project which is opposed by the United States, Iranian media reported. AFP PHOTO/ATTA KENARE (Photo credit should read ATTA KENARE/AFP/Getty Images)
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad smiles as he meets his Pakistanese counterpart during a meeting on February 27, 2013 in the Iranian capital Tehran. Pakistan's president arrived in Tehran for discussions on a much-delayed $7.5 billion gas pipeline project which is opposed by the United States, Iranian media reported. AFP PHOTO/ATTA KENARE (Photo credit should read ATTA KENARE/AFP/Getty Images)

One morning in September 2006, during the United Nations General Assembly, President George W. Bush’s daily intelligence brief contained a particularly chilling item. It was three sentences long, and it scared the hell out of the dozen or so White House officials cleared to read it. According to one official, it began, “A U.S. Secret Service agent, in an apparent accident, discharged his shotgun as Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was loading his motorcade at the InterContinental Hotel yesterday.”

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