31.   Security officials said on Monday that the plan for protecting the president against aerial attack relied more on moving him quickly to safety than on stopping the attack.

32.   Secret Service agents who protect the president were aware of the photographers, but did not believe they presented a security risk.

33.   Still, other officials said the incident had raised fresh questions about the ability of the government to protect the president from an airborne attack.

34.   Some prosecutors were convinced that while Ms. Lewinsky was trying to get herself out of trouble, she also wanted to protect the president.

35.   Starr demanded that members of the detail that protects the president testify about what they saw and heard while on duty.

36.   The agents who protect the president remained at full staff, and continued to work their normal shifts.

37.   The administration has installed sophisticated communications and security networks, both to protect the president and to keep him apprised of events.

38.   The court also refuses to shield Secret Service officers, several of whom already testified, from being asked what they overheard while protecting the president.

39.   The development highlights the security challenges faced those who protect a president.

40.   The first necessity is to protect future presidents from private civil lawsuits while they are in office.