tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31819641.post5742637415055693092..comments2023-10-06T03:21:26.130-07:00Comments on trust but verify: Hue-Inside the Hearing RoomDBrowerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17718913310467614671noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31819641.post-75532506222426996172007-05-15T12:55:00.000-07:002007-05-15T12:55:00.000-07:00Glad to see others are concerned. The "independen...Glad to see others are concerned. The "independent expert" just has too many ties to the structure to be considered able to pass the test of "no apperance of impropriety." His lab is certified by WADA and gets work from it. He is a member of the fraternity of certified lab directors and his willingness to call a strike on LNDD is questionable. He also is part of a system in which each lab makes up its own standard for determining a positive. He is going to be protective of that power. All that aside, presumably his comments, advice, and evaluations given as an "independent expert" are not going to be subject to either the light of day or cross examination. This really has aspects of the inquisition, a step beyond the Star Chamber. <BR/><BR/> We'll know more when Landis tries to put his case on. That's when the panel will start making limiting rulings. <BR/>pcrosbyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31819641.post-12346913732879797072007-05-15T12:45:00.000-07:002007-05-15T12:45:00.000-07:00I thought the same thing when I read that yesterda...I thought the same thing when I read that yesterday. How can a WADA official be impartial? Then again, all the arbs have been chosen by USADA if you consider they make the list you can choose from. In effect, they chose them all, not just one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31819641.post-10936477362589456642007-05-15T12:04:00.000-07:002007-05-15T12:04:00.000-07:00Am I the only one wondering how the head of WADA's...Am I the only one wondering how the head of WADA's Rome lab can be considered the panel's "independent expert?" I sure as heck would want to know of ANY communications he had with the panel and with WADA and demand the right to cross-examine and present rebuttal to anything he has conveyed to the panel. Independent? Goes along with the description of Brunet as "neutral", I suppose.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com