Will Bently was a twice elected Governor of the state of Kansas and one trem President of the United States. Six months ago Bently and his politically oriented wife vacated the White House after an unsuccesful bid for a second term. Two hours ago the New York Times hit the street with bold headlines reading, EX-PRESIDENT ASSASSINATED. A sniper's bullet had reduced Will Bentley to a crumpled blood drenched heap at the entrance of the Pork Barrel Restaurant in lower Manhatten. As Governor, it was rumored that Will Bently had done business with shadowy people in South America. It had involved providing secret cover for cocaine shipments flown in from Colombia to Forbes Air Base near Topeka, Kansas. The alleged cocaine operation was never investigated. After Bently won the presidential election the rumors went away. If he had been involved with illegal drug deals in the past he apparently had gotten away with it...or had he.