two emails in which Schwening discusses the golf clubs in connection with work, the only evidence indicative of Hoffman's intent is one email sent in November 2004, over a year after Hoffman gave Schwening the golf clubs. That email stated in its entirety:

*879 Bill,
With the St Louis Corps announcement coming out it sure would be nice to have our last contact's (sic) evaluation in the ACASS system. Oh, by the way, how is your golf game since you got those new woods?
Russ
The totality of the circumstances involved here included extensive testimony about the friendship between Hoffman and Schwening, which revolved in many respects around golf. It is not uncommon for long-term acquaintances to frequently talk about business and pleasure in the same conversation, and Hoffman and Schwening sometimesJohn McCain is an old political warhorse. The Republican from Arizona reads the Europeans the riot act once a year and delights in his role as the gruff Cassandra of security policy. His appearances at the Munich Security Conference have become part of a transatlantic legend. This year, however, McCain began his speech with remarkable words of praise that he does not usually express: He thanked Chancellor Angela Merkel for her demonstration of leadership.

Merkel is losing allies

Word has reached the United States that the German Chancellor is under political pressure which could cost the USA a reliable ally and Merkel her office. She did not make an appearance at the security conference this year but her political fate has, nevertheless, been negotiated in Munich and perhaps even determined