But their values differ markedly, and the routine exchange of money is a often a source of confusion and argument.
The tape was intended to show that what happened was a routine exchange in which Iranian boats tried to identify the warships.
The Interfax news agency said the pilots spoke to air traffic controllers four minutes before the aircraft disappeared from the radar in a routine exchange and no unusual conversation followed.
After a routine exchange with Harry Fox, whose own computer database is still under construction and often cannot immediately show which songs it has a right to license, the tracks finally were made available online earlier this month.
City lawyers gave the video to the civil liberties union a few days ago as part of the routine exchange of evidence in the court case, and the civil liberties union released it on Tuesday.
The Clinton administration proposed standards in 1999 that did not require patient consent for the routine exchange of information in treatment or paying claims but did require written permission for any disclosures beyond that.
The trading commission, the watchdog agency for futures markets, said the front-running rumors apparently stemmed from a misunderstanding involving one floor broker who, at a routine exchange hearing over pit positions, mentioned using the exchange's buzzer alert system to get the attention of other brokers elsewhere in the Nasdaq 100 futures pit.
For "Born Yesterday," she instilled that power into the pre-show music (the Andrews Sisters), her perfume (Juicy Couture, and a mixture of fresh-cut grass and honeydew-melon essence — "very split and confused," like Billie), and a routine exchange with her dresser.
But after The Daily Telegraph posted an online report on Tuesday quoting White House officials as saying that no such information had been passed before the Dec. 25 attack, Mr. Lewis backtracked, saying the information he cited was a "routine exchange of information," not a specific warning that Mr. Abdulmutallab posed a terrorist threat.
But on Monday night's episode of Rachel Lindsay's season of "The Bachelorette," a routine exchange during a date turned into a refreshing endorsement for therapy.
