Plus stiff penalties and the sheer logistics of abducting and holding a living person.

Aside from the ethical question involved with buying our way out of a problem this big, there's the matter of sheer logistics.

Besides security concerns, sheer logistics make it impossible for many tourist itineraries to proceed effectively.

The only thing to slow them down would be the remnants of Morrone's force, and the sheer logistics of marching an army in the spring when there wasn't much grass and granaries would be empty.

It was possible for human operators to listen in to conversations but the sheer logistics made that impractical.

Imagine the sheer cost of setting up your own Army, Navy and Air Force, let alone the equipment costs, the sheer logistics of it would be virtually impossible.

"The sheer logistics of getting back the responses with the information we needed took more time than we expected," he said.

The sheer logistics of figuring out the proper mix can be daunting.

The anxieties extend to lawmakers' offices, where the sheer logistics combined with political antagonisms are working against budding efforts by some aides to organize.

Two, there's the sheer logistics of housing them, feeding them, dealing with them.