John Wilkes Booth was a young (26 years old) famous actor, who hated blacks, government, and the President, but was capable and competent enough to plan out a series of high profile murders, even though 2/3 failed.
OOC: Somehow I doubt that taking a DBWI on AH.com as a serious analysis of something is a good idea. Unless of course you happen to think that Blair is really Robert Mugabe.