V-chips, CC, and Motorcycle Helmets

[Declan B. McCullagh]

Excerpts from internet.cypherpunks: 13-Feb-96 Re: V-chips, CC, and
Motorc.. by Bill Frantz at netcom.com 
> Adding money to the pot will attract rational (and amoral) people who will
> then make a determination based on (1) profit, and (2) risk, which includes
> getting caught or killed.  It seems to me that Secret Service levels of
> protection can protect a public figure against even Assassination Politics.

That may well be true, but speaking as someone who's worked on U.S.
Presidential campaigns, that kind of protection is expensive,
time-consuming, intrusive, and unlikely to be extended.

-Declan