Sessions's statement formalizing a version of a long-feared pot crackdown put the onus on lawmakers, however, citing "Congress' determination that marijuana is a dangerous drug and that marijuana activity is a serious crime".
Soon after news of the Mt. Gox troubles broke, CoinDesk, a bitcoin news site, published a version of the statement from Ehrsam and his peers that included the sentence, "It does not appear to any of us that Mt. Gox followed any [of] these essential requirements as a financial services provider".
After the protest turned violent, however, a version of that statement posted on Twitter was passed around by opponents of the Obama administration who mistakenly described it as an apology to the protesters, released after attack on the embassy.
Mr. Tankleff said that he started wondering whether he could have done it, and that the detective then wrote his own version of a statement, which Mr. Tankleff never signed and immediately renounced.
Some further work was undertaken on rescuing and, again, debunking a version of the statement-based criterion, but not by (former) members of the Vienna Circle.
"It's hilarious, I've got to say, but then corporate anthems usually are, because the thing is they are hostages to fortune," says Price. "They're a kind of musical version of a mission statement, and a mission statement is usually a piece of paper posted to the wall with Blu-Tack and defaced at office party.
If Valley of Love shares anything with the Houellebecq film, it is this tricksy relationship with actuality: Houellebecq essentially played a version of himself, in an alternative statement of what happened during a celebrated period of "disappearance".
With the semiconductor industry clinging to every spare hope for a revival, a modern version of Sanders' statement might be, "realistic companies find partners".
Tim Gaughan, the weekend assignment manager, said Fox News was planning to show a picture of Mr. bin Laden later accompanied by a paraphrased version of his statement read by an anchor.
Unwilling to make predictions that would come back to haunt her later, this would be Featherstone's version of a mission statement, a signal that, as she sees it, the success of the Court ultimately rests with writers.
