That's right: EDWIN STANTON.

Hey, pauraque:

"I'm going to start a new conspiracy theory here. Or at least one that I have yet to read anywhere else -- even on the web. Lincoln ARRANGED his own assassination.

"It's plausible, after reading the article. The end of the war was near, and reconstruction of the South was looming in front of him. A divisive war he could handle -- putting it back together..."

Well, I was amused.

Also, who wants to go explain Alias to cesario?