On May 10, 9:44*pm, Andrew Sarangan
I hard time believing that a gifts of little value, especially
intangible ones like training, *could be considered bribery unless
there was a motive to influence the officers decision. Some are
friendly gestures, and some are bribes. What
about the police officers who eat free at restaurants?

Bad idea. Have you seen how many fat cops there are ? Seriously
though, we are at the tip of the iceburg with SWA and their lapses of
regulatory compliance. A 15K gift is not intangeble. I know an FTC
employee who has to check all of her finances and even credit cards to
make sure non of them conduct bussiness with the Banks she oversees.