Fallout 3 Third Party Interview Compilation

Fallout blogger Briosafreak has compiled two sets of questions directed at Bartoneus, the Critical Hits editor that attended Bethesda's recent Fallout 3 press event.
Q: Since they've been talking about relieving the sheriff of his clothes and having NPCs defer to you as the new de facto sheriff since the capacity is there for NPCs to recognize certain outfits/armors/items as belonging to certain roles is this going to play an additional role in stealth? (IE more Hitman style stealth based on deception rather than shadows) Fallout 1 and 2 both included this as well as deception in speech.

A: Todd did mention that you can take out the sherrif and wear his clothing, and eventually become recognized as the new sheriff of the town. I really hope they utilize this towards the stealth system but nothing was said or shown about it yet.