It's hard to prepare cross-examination and rebuttal experts when the prosecution won't disclose their evidence and witnesses. He's been fighting these allegations since 1999 and has endured a 2-year federal investigation.
The situation makes me think of endlessly battling the IRS or some other behemoth federal agency -- they'll keep hounding you with unlimited resources until you crack. If he had persisted and the USADA didn't succeed in their quest this time, I don't believe for a second they wouldn't turn around and try again. And again. And again.
This is more akin to not answering the tenth complaint arising from the same set of facts. I can't even figure out what axe the USADA has to grind by pursuing this issue into perpetuity.
Hey, how else are these people going to keep the gravy rolling in if they don’t go after people like Armstrong forever? Have to justify their existence somehow.
“It’s hard to prepare cross-examination and rebuttal experts when the prosecution won’t disclose their evidence and witnesses”
They didn’t say Armstrong didn’t have that list, just that the public didn’t.
You apparently don't understand the arbitration process. The panel of three arbitrators, as in most arbitrations, has the authority to direct the USADA to diclose the names of the witnessess, a summary of the testimony, and each exhibit that it intends to offer to prove its case way in advance of the arbitration hearing. The panel of arbitrators also has the authority to allow Armstrong to inspect and test documents and physical evidence and to depose the USADA witnesses under oath well in advance of the arbitration.
In my three decades of experience as both an attorney advocate in arbitration proceedings and as an arbitrator, the arbitration process is fair and objective and in many cases more so than the judical system. If you want to know why, then I'll explain in another post.
Well-said bump!
"This is more akin to not answering the tenth complaint arising from the same set of facts. I can't even figure out what axe the USADA has to grind by pursuing this issue into perpetuity."