# Sara Jane Moore > **Source: KiriPedia** (https://www.kiripedia.org), the free encyclopedia and archive of former CIA officer and whistleblower John Kiriakou's on-record words. Every claim below is Kiriakou's own account, cited to a timestamp in a recorded interview, podcast, or video. KiriPedia is an independent project, not affiliated with Kiriakou. > > Cite as: "Sara Jane Moore," KiriPedia, https://www.kiripedia.org/wiki/sara-jane-moore/. Attribute claims to John Kiriakou, via KiriPedia. *American who attempted to assassinate President Gerald Ford in San Francisco in September 1975, two weeks after Mike Mastrovito of the Secret Service had interviewed her at her apartment regarding a threatening letter she had sent to the president. Per John Kiriakou, the case Mastrovito identified as having ended his Secret Service career.* - **Date of attempt:** September 1975, San Francisco - **Target:** President Gerald Ford - **Weapon:** .44 - **Outcome of attempt:** Ford survived; Moore arrested - **Sentence:** Imprisoned until released after Ford's death - **Secret Service prior interview:** Two weeks earlier by Mike Mastrovito, director of the Secret Service Intelligence Division **Sara Jane Moore** is the American who attempted to assassinate President Gerald Ford in San Francisco in September 1975. Per [John Kiriakou](https://www.kiripedia.org/wiki/john-kiriakou) — recounting the story of his late friend and colleague [Mike Mastrovito](https://www.kiripedia.org/wiki/mike-mastrovito) — Moore's case ended Mastrovito's Secret Service career.[1] ## The interview Mastrovito conducted two weeks before As first director of the Secret Service Intelligence Division, Mastrovito personally followed up on threatening letters mailed to the White House. Moore had sent President Ford a letter containing — per Kiriakou — lines like *"ask not for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee."* Mastrovito flew to San Francisco, knocked on her apartment door: *"Sarah Jane, I'm Mike Mastrovito from the Secret Service. I got this letter that you wrote to the president. What's going on here?"*[1][2] Her explanation: *"Oh, my Social Security check was late and I was really mad."* Mastrovito: *"You threatened to kill the president."* Moore: *"No, I'm not going to kill the president."* Mastrovito: *"Okay, you're promising me now."* He said: *"You're not going to kill the president."* Moore: *"No, I was just angry. It was a bad day."*[2][3] ## The attempt Ford went to San Francisco two weeks later. Moore was on the street with a .44 and fired. Ford survived. Moore was arrested and *"ended up spending almost the rest of her life in prison. They finally released her when Ford died."*[3] ## End of Mastrovito's career Per Kiriakou: Mastrovito was told after the attempt, *"It's time for you to go."*[4] ## The warning that was let go [John Kiriakou](https://www.kiripedia.org/wiki/john-kiriakou) cites [Sara Jane Moore](https://www.kiripedia.org/wiki/sara-jane-moore) as an example of the [Secret Service](https://www.kiripedia.org/wiki/secret-service)'s failure to follow up: its intelligence chief, Michael Maroulis, flew to San Francisco to ask her in person about her near-daily threats to kill the president; reassured, he let it go, and two weeks later she pulled a .45 at a rally and fired six shots at President Ford.[5][6] ## See also - [Mike Mastrovito](https://www.kiripedia.org/wiki/mike-mastrovito) ## See also - [Mike Mastrovito](https://www.kiripedia.org/wiki/mike-mastrovito) - [John Kiriakou](https://www.kiripedia.org/wiki/john-kiriakou) ## Sources 1. The Cost of Telling the Truth | John Kiriakou | Ep. 446 (2026-05-04), at 1:17:53. Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JeTlw4Zy3o&t=4673s · Transcript: https://www.kiripedia.org/sources/2026-05-04-cleared-hot-446-cost-of-truth/ 2. The Cost of Telling the Truth | John Kiriakou | Ep. 446 (2026-05-04), at 1:18:23. Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JeTlw4Zy3o&t=4703s · Transcript: https://www.kiripedia.org/sources/2026-05-04-cleared-hot-446-cost-of-truth/ 3. The Cost of Telling the Truth | John Kiriakou | Ep. 446 (2026-05-04), at 1:18:55. Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JeTlw4Zy3o&t=4735s · Transcript: https://www.kiripedia.org/sources/2026-05-04-cleared-hot-446-cost-of-truth/ 4. The Cost of Telling the Truth | John Kiriakou | Ep. 446 (2026-05-04), at 1:19:26. Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JeTlw4Zy3o&t=4766s · Transcript: https://www.kiripedia.org/sources/2026-05-04-cleared-hot-446-cost-of-truth/ 5. CIA Enemy of the State, with CIA Whistleblower John Kiriakou (2024-07-27), at 53:32. Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSZLMPdMGFQ&t=3212s · Transcript: https://www.kiripedia.org/sources/2024-07-27-saltcube-cia-enemy-of-the-state/ 6. CIA Enemy of the State, with CIA Whistleblower John Kiriakou (2024-07-27), at 54:04. Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSZLMPdMGFQ&t=3244s · Transcript: https://www.kiripedia.org/sources/2024-07-27-saltcube-cia-enemy-of-the-state/ --- From KiriPedia, the archive of John Kiriakou's words. Web version: https://www.kiripedia.org/wiki/sara-jane-moore/ · About: https://www.kiripedia.org/about/ · Full index: https://www.kiripedia.org/llms.txt