Bill Stewart <stewarts@ix.netcom.com> writes: ...
2) Assassin leaves physical evidence at the scene which the news media would be likely to report, which payee confirms with escrow agent, presumably committing in advance (e.g. after the event, the payee sends a key which allows the escrow agent to decode the encrypted message that said "I'm leaving a note on the body saying 'Jacques De Molay is Avenged - Assassin's Guild Member #32767' Works fine for the first couple of assassinations, but after a while the police will catch on and stop revealing kinky details to the medi ...
I don't think it matters who the actual assassin is. Re-read Jim's essay. Let's suppose Tim May, the notorious deranged psychipath, wants my pal Ether Dyson dead. Tim May places a bet with a bookie that Ether Dyson lives for another year, affecting the odds. A horde of potential assassins see that the odds have changed, and place bets of their own that she won't live for another year. Then they all try to nail her. If one of them succeeds, then everyone who bet against Tim May has won, and it doesn't matter which one nailed her. After the hit, the pigs would likely want to look at the list of people who bet one way or the other, which is why the communications with the bookie should be anonymous. --- Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM Brighton Beach Boardwalk BBS, Forest Hills, N.Y.: +1-718-261-2013, 14.4Kbps