rick brings up a good point. my direct experience with government officials and bureaucrats tells me that it is SOP to downplay a bad situation with language that doesn't come across as "scary." perhaps it is more frightening to think that doublespeak is a way of life now. n'est pas?
As a government official (lowly and minor as I am) i would say it depends on what point you were trying to make, or if you boss had f*cked up big and were engaged in ass covering,
pretty much the same as any other large organisation, nest pas?
