“Government has an obligation to protect its citizenry.”

— Carl Kruger

CNN telephone interview http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/ptech/02/07/nyc.ipod.reut/index.html about proposed ban of iPods while crossing streets (February 2007)

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