Al Gore
Albert Arnold "Al" Gore, Jr. (born March 31, 1948) served as the 45th Vice-President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 under President Bill Clinton. He was the Democratic Party nominee for President in the 2000 U.S. presidential election.
Gore was backed by the Assassins in the 2000 U.S. presidential election, but lost to George W. Bush, a pawn of the Templars. This was caused by a Templar sleeper agent named Daniel Cross who had infiltrated the Assassin Order and killed The Mentor, dealing a great blow to the Brotherhood. Afterwards, Cross returned to the Templars with the locations of almost all of the secret Assassin compounds hidden across the globe, resulting in the destruction many Assassins. This forced them to lose their grip on the election, and Bush gained the upper hand.
The news given to the people was that Gore had won the popular vote, but had lost the electoral. This was the result of the Templars' manipulation of the electoral college results of Florida and other states.
Source
- Assassin's Creed: The Fall - Issue #3