Was Stanton a murder target?

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I'm trying to get back in the swing of things after being off-duty for awhile, and I have not had the strength to wade through all of these detailed postings. Keeping up with just John and Kees may send me back to the hospital, but I thought I would throw a curve ball into the discussion.

I believe that it was David Keehn, in researching his wonderful book on the Knights of the Golden Circle, that found out William O'Laughlen (Mike's older brother) was the childhood friend of Booth - with little Mikey tagging along. William was also a member of the KGC and very well may have been the brother that Booth turned to first. However, at the time of the assassination, William was soon to become a father for the first time, so there is speculation that Michael filled in for him in the final few months. Could William have continued to keep up with the plan with the idea that he would not be in on the final action?

Personally, I think the idea that it was Michael at Stanton's door is pure speculation - even at that time when the U.S. government was trying to pin anything and everything on the Confederacy.