Author - LukeTano (from the Jedi Council forums)
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Supreme Chancellor Palpatine
Guards can be bribed. It would be bad if some of them were in league with the Sith. Also, they Sith Lord could just have a buddy fly a spaceship up to your office window and use his lightsaber to cut a hole in the window and then cut you in half or something, thus getting around all of your guards. Also, what if the Separatists get a Senator who secretly sympathizes with them but hasn't yet declared his/her loyalties to the Separatist cause to sneak in, and obviously your guards probably wouldn't attack a Senator, as there are many here and many probably come in your office alone, and kill you. Also, maybe they can like crawl up the ventilation shaft or something. Also, unless your guards are Force-sensitive, the Sith could simply overpower them, especially if he's found a new apprentice.
Also, though Dooku is now a Separatist, I haven't found anything to prove he's gone to the Dark Side or even knows anything more than that Nute and Rune were in league with the Sith Lord. Rune seemed to know something and was going to tell me but Padmé got attacked and later Rune seemed to have forgotten everything. Either he was lying, won't tell after all, or had his mind erased by a Sith mind trick. Anyway, what if the Sith use a mind trick to get your guards to attack you for him? Don't think they won't try. They've gotten rid of other Chancellors that way.
However, Anakin always likes to keep his lightsaber with him, maybe to show off that he's a Jedi, sigh, and he's with you often, so likely any assassin will run into him, though Anakin's good, but if the Sith Lord rivals Yoda in power like we fear he might, Anakin obviously will be no match for him, though I believe Anakin is the one who's going to kill the Dark Lord of the Sith. I just worry that with his attachment problems, he doesn't become the Jedi Padawan in the prophecy that is supposed to cause great devastation to the Order. He'll either be the saviour of the Order or its undoing. Anakin has a lot of power, but he hasn't quite controlled his fear yet, though he's trying. Mainly Knights and stuff can, and Jedi before the Trials, and Anakin actually seems lately to have controlled it, which is why the Council agreed to start the Trials on him. I just hope he doesn't make us both look stupid before the Council. I don't want to find out I wasted 10 years of training on him.
Anyway, what if they try to kill you right in the middle of a Senate meeting? They don't really search that well and someone could just go on a suicidal mission to fire at you and gun you down, even if your guards could quickly find and kill them.
Also, what if when you're on vacation or on diplomatic business off of Courascant, they attack you like they tried to do with Padmé?
Your guards may not be enough
Perhaps a Jedi Guard or a few even.
Obi-wan Kenobi