By putting the price at $1,000,000 they might have a chance at actually getting the information. Sure they could have put the price at 10 or 100 million dollars

By putting the price at $1,000,000 they might have a chance at actually getting the information. Sure they could have put the price at 10 or 100 million dollars, but the probability that Romney would pay out would be miniscule. I am sure at the ransom price is more money than these guys have ever seen. Why not price the information at a rate which somebody might actually pay? Since bitcoin is decentralized, I cannot imagine any law passed could successfully outlaw it.