article_snippet.sent: House Homeland Security panel Chairman Michael McCaul revealed that Capitol authorities had Doug Hughes, 61, in Capitol authorities sights and were prepared to open fire. '
article_snippet.sent: Had it gotten any closer to the speaker's balcony Capitol authorities had Doug Hughes, 61, in their sights and were prepared to open fire have long guns to take it down, but it didn't.
article_snippet.sent: However, Doug Hughes claims Doug Hughes informed the Secret Service and Capitol police of Doug Hughes potentially lethal stunt into the no-fly zone, which was designed to draw attention to campaign finance reform and government corruption.
article_snippet.sent: Campaign for change: In these April, 2015, photos, Doug Hughes puts address labels on half of the 535 letters to Congress that Doug Hughes intended to deliver via gyro-copter at Doug Hughes home in Ruskin .
article_snippet.sent: The mailman's flight to raise awareness for campaign finance reform and donation caps caused the Capitol in Washington to go into lockdown as stunned members of the public watched Doug Hughes land Doug Hughes single-seat gyro-copter around 2pm and breach the No-Fly 'P56-Zone'. '
article_snippet.sent: Capitol Police didn't immediately identify the pilot or comment on Mike Shanahan motive, but Hughes took responsibility for the stunt on a website where Mike Shanahan said Mike Shanahan was delivering letters to all 535 members of Congress in order to draw attention to campaign finance corruption. '
article_snippet.sent: Furious interest: Members of the media converge near Constitution Avenue on Capitol Hill in Washington .
article_snippet.sent: The illegally landed craft  was piloted by Florida mailman Doug Hughes to protest against government corruption and to promote campaign finance reform .
article_snippet.sent: 61-year-old Doug Hughes said that 61-year-old Doug Hughes flight would serve as a protest against rampant lobby and interest groups controlling the political process and a wake-up call for security. '
article_snippet.sent: At the bottom line of his protest is Doug Hughes belief that money has corrupted democracy. '
highlights_snippet.sent: Doug Hughes, 61, concocted the stunt to raise awareness of campaign finance reform .
  