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Ralph Nader sued General Motors for harassment in 1970 after GM attempted to blackmail him to suppress his outspoken criticism of automobile safety. He won and used the $425m judgement to found an organization which was instrumental in the creation of OSHA and the Freedom of Information Act.
how many attempted assassinations on us presidents?
In 1964 the FBI attempted to blackmail Martin Luther King Jr. into suicide by threatening to make public his sexual indiscretions.
What presidents have had attempted assassinations?
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what presidents had attempted assassinations?
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In 1964 the FBI sent Martin Luther King Jr. blackmail tapes and an anonymously written letter that attempted to convince him to commit suicide
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Adolf Hitler had a Liverpool born nephew, William Hitler, who attempted to blackmail his uncle in order to land better positions and whose Liverpool home was coincidentally destroyed during the final bombing raid of WW2.
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34 people were arrested in an attempt to steal Enzo Ferrari’s remains (found of Ferrari). The Italian State Police say the group wanted to steal Ferrari's casket, which contains his body, and then blackmail the Ferrari family for its return.
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The first Indonesian president was attempted to be blackmailed by the CIA/KGB. He didn't care and wanted extra copies for himself.
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During the cold war, the Canadian government attempted to purge homosexuals from civil service- through the use of a "fruit machine" (which never worked) which examined a subject's pupillary response to racy images of men and women- in order to reduce vulnerability to Soviet Blackmail.
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Frank Riolfo, a former Royal Army Medical Corps, attempted to blackmail Tesco by threatening to inject AIDS-infected blood into stock to bring loyalty cards available to customers.
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Hitlers nephew William Hitler attempted to blackmail his famous uncle in exchange for a good job. Thinking his uncle was about to lure him into a trap, he fled to the United States in 1939 where he joined the navy and fought against the Nazis earning a Purple Heart.
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A former girl-group member who was sentenced to prison for attempting to blackmail Lee Byung-Hun (of G.I. Joe fame) now earns appx. $180,000 monthly as an Afreeca BJ.
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The FBI's J. Edgar Hoover attempted to blackmail Martin Luther King into committing suicide
