Paulson retorts: "Look, can the government outlaw gravity?
"There is no comprehension on the part of the government of the gravity of the crimes which representatives of the state may have committed," they wrote.
The prosecutor, Adam S. Hickey, responded at one point: "What distinguishes this case, your honor, is not so much the involvement of the government, but the gravity of the criminal conduct".
Instead, discuss the following: Would you say that Congress is more like the movie "Gravity" (government employees helplessly adrift in space) or the movie "Captain Phillips" (hero trapped in small, sweaty place with unstable people waving guns)?
So the urgent thing for all of us to do is to set aside our "news fatigue" and help convince our government about the gravity of the challenges facing the reef and to implement the recommendations I have outlined above.
The weekend activity cast doubt over speculation that Trump, who repeatedly made wildly false statements during his campaign, would be jolted into more sober and conventional operations by the machinery of government and the gravity of his responsibilities.
Dr. Leung Ka-lau, the president of the Hong Kong Public Doctors Associationn, said in an interview today that the government was understating the gravity of the problem in an effort to preserve Hong Kong's image as a tourist destination.
After a meeting with King Albert II, Guy Verhofstadt, left, the liberal ousted by voters in June, accepted the job of forming and leading an interim government because of the "gravity of the situation in which our country finds itself".
The Japanese government consistently understated the gravity of the situation -- it took them four months to admit that a meltdown had occurred in Fukushima reactors 1,2, and 3. Prime Minister Kan was replaced but his successor, Yoshihiko Noda, restarted nuclear plants and 36 continue to be used.
Clearly, the intelligence community hopes that the Drake case will send a message about the gravity of exposing government secrets.
