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Entering into the discussion about how to respond to last week's school shootings in Newtown, Conn., the National Rifle Association on Friday called for putting "qualified armed security" in all schools.
It's a message that echoes calls from some state lawmakers and other gun groups that haven't been as silent as the NRA over the past week.
Although people think of the NRA as being synonymous with the gun lobby — and it has by far the largest membership and the biggest budget — other gun owner groups often have taken an even harder line, leaving the NRA with little room to maneuver politically even if it wanted to.
In contrast to President Obama and congressional Democrats, Republicans have mostly been quiet or skeptical about the prospects for gun control in the coming year. But the early statements from gun groups have made it clear they'll work hard to block gun control ideas such as banning assault rifles or stiffening background check requirements.
"If a Republican votes for any form of gun control, they are inviting the NRA and other groups to run a primary opponent against them, and they're asking to be unseated," says Scott Melzer, who chairs the sociology department at Albion College in Michigan.
The Cincinnati Coup
The NRA was founded back in 1871 and for much of its history devoted itself largely to issues of marksmanship, such as safety and training.
But the political landscape around guns began shifting roughly a century after the group's founding. Following passage of the Gun Control Act of 1968, new groups came on the scene devoted to protecting Second Amendment rights in the political arena.
"Basically, after the competition in gun rights started, the NRA was forced to rethink how to do things," says Phil Watson, director of special projects for the Second Amendment Foundation, which has won a number of high-profile legal battles. "The presence of other groups being out there forced the NRA to become more of what they are today."
An internal coup at the NRA's annual meeting in 1977 in Cincinnati forced out old-school shooters and hunters who did not want the group deeply engaged in politics and ushered in new leadership that reshaped the NRA into the lobbying powerhouse it has become.
"When people say gun lobby, they mean NRA," says Harry Wilson, author of Guns, Gun Control and Elections.
Other Groups More 'Strident'
Gun control advocates think of the NRA as being "strident," but other groups at both the federal and state levels often take an even harder line, says Wilson, a political scientist at Roanoke College in Virginia.
While the NRA kept mum, representatives from groups such as the Gun Owners of America have been fixtures on cable talk shows over the past week, arguing against gun control measures.
Michael Hammond, legal counsel for the Gun Owners of America, points out that Connecticut already bans assault weapons. "Why in heaven's name does anyone think enacting the same law [in Washington] as was on the books in Connecticut would produce a different result?" he asks.
Hammond says that numerous gun laws enacted since 1968 have done nothing to deter gun violence; if anything, he suggests, they have made the problem worse.
"The difference with the NRA is that after Columbine, we took the position that no gun control was appropriate," he says, referring to the mass school shooting in 1999. "After Columbine, the situation looks a lot worse than it does now, in terms of ineffectual gun control legislation, and we were able to stop it then."
No Moderate Alternative
In the aftermath of Newtown, even some gun owners have expressed support for ideas such as limiting the size of ammunition magazines. But there's no organized group that speaks for more moderate gun rights supporters, Andrew Rotherham argues in Time.
"The NRA and its even more radical cousins are pretty much exclusively focused on maintaining access to all kinds of firearms and ammunition," he writes.
As Albion's Melzer points out, there have been efforts over the years by various groups to "peel off" more moderate members from the NRA, but they haven't enjoyed sustained success.
Richard Feldman is trying. A former NRA regional political director, Feldman helped negotiate requirements for child safety locks with the Clinton administration as an industry trade association official.
Now he has founded a group called the Independent Firearms Owners Association, which includes on its board a number of retired law enforcement officers. "There are 15 million self-identified liberals that own guns — that's four times the size of the NRA," he says.
But while Feldman sounds more open to compromise than the other gun groups, he shares their belief that "the issue is rarely the gun, but rather in whose hands are the guns" — another way of saying that guns don't kill people, people kill people.
"If we were having a discussion a week ago and you asked me, 'How do you feel about arming teachers?' I would have said it doesn't sit right with me," Feldman says.
But like other gun rights advocates, Feldman says he's warming to the idea.
Echoing a sentiment expressed by LaPierre of the NRA, Feldman says, "When you have an evil person with a gun coming after you, the only way to oppose that is to have a good person who can meet or match the guy."
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Oh, and no sharing answers in the comments! Lest I be forced to call you a "cheater cheater pumpkin eater!" And believe me, no one wants that.
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A Wrecky Double-Cross
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- John Dash said...
Very clever. Delightful.
- February 26, 2011 at 10:26 AM
Well, I'm never gonna solve this, so good luck to those who have some kind of clue as to what any of those clues mean.
- February 26, 2011 at 10:35 AM
- Sarah said...
Cool! I love mysterious cake wrecks-thingys!
- February 26, 2011 at 10:47 AM
- Sariah said...
I LOVE word puzzles!! I'm terrible at them... but I'll try it anyway. Yay! What a great Saturday bonus. :)
- February 26, 2011 at 10:51 AM
- Melinda said...
I love word puzzles! It's printing as I type, and I am going to sit with my coffee and a pen now. :-) Thanks, Jen (and John Gjertsen!)
wv: derki--As a word dork, I'm very derki. - February 26, 2011 at 10:54 AM
"Be sure... to eat... your... OVALTINE?!?!"
- February 26, 2011 at 11:01 AM
Awesome! Thanks for the puzzle, this should be fun.
- February 26, 2011 at 11:05 AM
I can't print out the whole puzzle! Help please!-Lulu
- February 26, 2011 at 11:16 AM
You should be able to scale to fit in whatever print program you're using. Also, it might help if you print it in landscape format.
Good luck,
john - February 26, 2011 at 11:20 AM
- Emily said...
this is crazy hard, yet I will not rest until I can finish
Thanks for the puzzle - February 26, 2011 at 11:30 AM
- Cheron said...
You're going to print or link to the solution at some point in the future, yes? One would hope so!
- February 26, 2011 at 11:53 AM
- Andrea said...
Got it done! I love Quote Acrostics!
- February 26, 2011 at 11:56 AM
- Ronja said...
I can't figure any but A out, and even then I think I was wrong. And the directions made me all confused. And I didn't have a printer and this wasn't really doable online. I guess others will have to do it for me.
- February 26, 2011 at 12:05 PM
Done! I'm not going to give anything away, but I feel exactly the same way and this should make for an interesting CW post.
- February 26, 2011 at 12:17 PM
-Barbara Anne - February 26, 2011 at 12:36 PM
Yay! Word geekery with my afternoon Cake Wrecks fix.
You rock, Jen! - February 26, 2011 at 12:45 PM
Wow, this is HARD!!
- February 26, 2011 at 1:21 PM
Ooooooh, a double-crostic puzzle!
Getting to work on it instead of cleaning my house . . . .
wv - ousilly
Y-ousilly girl, of course I want to do the puzzle! - February 26, 2011 at 1:24 PM
- TisforTonya said...
printing... sharpening pencil... (I'm a word game geek... I admit it!)
- February 26, 2011 at 1:34 PM
- Karen Valinda said...
Landscape and shrink to fit page ;-}
Although I will use the first print, 105%, the puzzle and clues A-G, for my answers, I LOVE puzzles. Now you will know for sure how many of us are true geeks! (although I was called a "brain" in high school, nerd and geek were still in the future) - February 26, 2011 at 1:37 PM
That's a puzzle? Anyone who can solve a puzzle like that should be working for GCHQ (err, US equivalent would be the Pentagon I suppose)
Give me cake any day :-)
Jo - February 26, 2011 at 1:37 PM
- lindaroo said...
Good puzzle! Those clues are all over the place! I admit to using wikipedia for two of the clues...
- February 26, 2011 at 2:20 PM
- Kate Hanson said...
I did it! That was fun, thanks!
- February 26, 2011 at 2:27 PM
Done! (phew!)
I take it to mean someone's been hard at work on something, hmm? Can't wait! - February 26, 2011 at 3:08 PM
- JunieGirl said...
Very fun! The printed version was hard to read, so I kept my browser open and cross-referenced as I went.
So is it early or late for this puzzle? :) - February 26, 2011 at 3:18 PM
- Kirsten said...
What's a 10-letter word for laughing your ass off?
- Kirsten (http://rntgirl.com) - February 26, 2011 at 3:30 PM
- ViolaNut said...
Yaaaay! I thought there wouldn't be a post for my birthday 'cause it's Saturday, but there IS and it's a PUZZLE and that makes me happy. :-)
- February 26, 2011 at 3:38 PM
- JJ and EJ said...
Ugh, I was hoping for some cheater, cheater pumpkin eaters!! I need help!
- February 26, 2011 at 3:47 PM
Got it! Very fun! cll
- February 26, 2011 at 3:47 PM
- Unknown said...
Fantastic ... looking forward to it! For those of you having trouble with the clues, don't forget to work backwards from the puzzle to the clues once you've gotten the first few clues out of the way. Thanks!
- February 26, 2011 at 3:48 PM
Um, I've never done this kind of puzzle before, and I'm a bit confused. Are the words formed by the letters in the upper part of the puzzle supposed to actually make sense? If so, Houston we have a problem here.
I shouldn't do puzzles on 3 hours of sleep... - February 26, 2011 at 4:13 PM
- Aly said...
Boyfriend got to feel useful and solved B for me (it's a favorite of his.)
So... anyone want to guess what this means in terms of future Cake Wrecks events? - February 26, 2011 at 4:48 PM
- PinkAsphaltMama said...
ARGH! If we can't give hints in the comments, can we set up a new blogsite to help each other? These are crazy tough and I love puzzles.
WV: affibr: Ah'd be affibr if Ah said this was easy. - February 26, 2011 at 4:49 PM
- ~Anne said...
When will it be revealed for us mere mortals who have no idea what's going on?
- February 26, 2011 at 5:16 PM
- Linda said...
Landscape! Why didn't I think of that?? Great puzzle. Can't wait to see what pops up on cakewrecks from this.
- February 26, 2011 at 5:22 PM
- JJ and EJ said...
Phew! FINISHED! There goes my afternoon! ; )
- February 26, 2011 at 6:09 PM
- Squirrel said...
Awesome fun...thanks Jen and John Gjertsen. It took me longer than I would have liked to solve, it wasn't the "answer for F" double crostic I've ever done so I had to really "clue for G" myself and as soon as I finished I "answer for Q" it on over here to tell you I I "answer for C" you took a liittle "answer for L" liiberty iin part of the answer for B. It left me on rocky ground for a bit, imagine my horror when I realized my first instincts were completely wrong and thus the time it took me to solve was extended rather than abbreviated.
VW dingn - I'm not dingn you for the answer, I swear "answer to D" in me...it's just a side effect of a "answer for T" of being a word nerd. - February 26, 2011 at 6:40 PM
- Squirrel said...
Lulu - are you using Firefox? I often have problems printing out things when I'm using Firefox even after trying to scale to fit page, etc. but opening the page up in Explorer always works to get the whole thing to print.
Hope that helps! - February 26, 2011 at 6:44 PM
- Janessa said...
what is this "wv" and odd word definition that some commenters seem to do every post? what does "wv" mean?
- February 26, 2011 at 7:33 PM
- Micalah said...
Piece of cake!
Thanks Jen! - February 26, 2011 at 8:08 PM
- stashmuffin said...
Do I get double points if I solved it before you posted it? :)
- February 26, 2011 at 8:22 PM
This is FRIGGEN HARD! I haven't got all the clues, but I'm not giving up. My head hurts and my eyes are cross-eyed. I think I'll take a break.
- February 26, 2011 at 8:43 PM
Awesome puzzle - it took me a while but was worth it :)
- February 26, 2011 at 9:20 PM
- Morgan said...
Vague but necessary hint: Clue I isn't what you think it is. There are no spaces.
- February 26, 2011 at 9:21 PM
But I LIKE to eat pumpkin....
Is it normal for double crostics not to have spaces (IE first answer is two words, as far as I know, but they're run together)? Or is it an attempt at making it more fiendishly difficult?
I printed it out in landscape, and yes, I need to keep the one up on the screen so I can read the numbers. But thanks for the puzzle (only have 5 letters answered so far)!
Janessa, I'm sure it's been said in moderation already, but WV is the word verification you have to type at the bottom of the post to verify that you're not just a robot programmed to post on blogs everywhere. Lots of people like to make up definitions for the funny words it comes up with. Mine's "archiple" but I'm not coming up with anything witty for it. - February 26, 2011 at 9:23 PM
John Gjertsen - I know you are happy as a clam having all these people do your puzzle. I am just glad I checked "Complete Double Acrostic" off my bucket list. How about a nice word search for your puzzle challenged friend. :)
- February 26, 2011 at 10:19 PM
@Squirrel: Thanks for the sly hints there -- they helped just enough!
- February 26, 2011 at 10:34 PM
- Jessy said...
Hubby (mostly) and I (a little) figured it out, but....what does it mean?!?!
- February 26, 2011 at 10:48 PM
Thank you Squirrel! Your post helped me with Q, but I'm still stymied by about 8 of them.
I'm kind of tempted to see if any of the smarter people put the answer on their blog... - February 26, 2011 at 11:54 PM
Whew! Finally solved. Working back & forth and finding likely words in the boxes are what did it. So, if I read the hint right, oh wait, that would be a spoiler too. Will details be in the Sunday Sweets or will you make us wait longer?
- February 27, 2011 at 1:31 AM
- SarahtheKnitter said...
It's 1:42 am, I have to go to work in the morning, and I've been trying to solve this since probably... 11 pm. I finally figured it out... I don't understand it, but I figured it out. And now I'm going to bed.
- February 27, 2011 at 1:43 AM
- Melinda said...
Yeah, the answers should be posted for those who can't get them.
- February 27, 2011 at 2:00 AM
- Sandy said...
"wv - ousilly
Y-ousilly girl, of course I want to do the puzzle!"
What does wv stand for? And the Y? I'm so confused! - February 27, 2011 at 2:36 AM
WV is the word verification for ensuring we're not evil spam monkeys when subbing a post.
WV: gymplat = a small platter to carry while working out to ensure that you're never without cake eg These lunges are sure hard. Without my gymplat I would never find the motivation... *nom nom nom*
BTW I'm not even gonna attempt this after just finishing my night shift but I sure hope that the answers will be printed at some point. - February 27, 2011 at 4:05 AM
Ink. No mistakes. I didn't know all the clues, so I solved the message using cryptographic techniques (and a crossword solver when I got stuck in a few places).
If you get it, you'll know. - February 27, 2011 at 4:47 AM
Well, I think I know what the NBT is.
wv: logic (that's really what it says -- thus I had to post). - February 27, 2011 at 5:22 AM
- Mechanical Dormaus said...
Janessa - wv = word verification. Mine, for example, is chroarin. Sometimes the words are silly.
I am waiting for some kind soul to post the answers to this... I don't have enough hours in a day! o.o - February 27, 2011 at 5:37 AM
- PinkAsphaltMama said...
I got it! I ended up figuring out the "first letter of each answer" thing and that was the key to finishing.
@Janessa - every comment has the "Word Verification" that has to be entered in order to post. So the fun is to take the non-word that appears and turn it into a sentence that is relevant to the posting.
My wv for this comment is "jacksa" - but I'm at a loss as to how to use it in a sentence, unless it's a really bad southern accent for the name "Jackson" - February 27, 2011 at 6:28 AM
- John said...
nothing pleases a puzzlemaker like the comments that are like "this is FRIGGEN HARD!"...except the Squirrel's comment, which was extraordinary.
As far as the mere mortals who need hints, I'll post them in the comments section of my blog. - February 27, 2011 at 7:26 AM
- Christina M. said...
Me: "Squee!"
Hubby: "What happened?!?"
Me: "Jen posted a CakeWrecks puzzle!"
Hubby looks over : "She sent a CrossWreck!" - February 27, 2011 at 7:41 AM
- Bathroom Mirrors said...
Thanks for the puzzle. I hope i have time to answer this stuff.
- February 27, 2011 at 9:00 AM
- RoseAnn said...
My mind nearly exploded when I saw that there's a puzzle on Cake Wrecks! It's like my two favorite things...brought together at last!
- February 27, 2011 at 9:01 AM
- Dharmamama said...
Hmmm... "Hung" doesn't fit for Q!
wv: monqui: Maybe if I get a million monquis typing on this puzzle, I'll solve it. - February 27, 2011 at 9:06 AM
I stayed up late and solved the puzzle, but when I got to the acrostic part I didn't r-- oh! I get it! Cool!
- February 27, 2011 at 10:15 AM
Well I finished it and had lots of fun, so thanks guys!
You'll forgive me for googling the three Americanized clues/answers, right? I thought so hehe!
wv- puckhers
Do I really need to say anything more? lol - February 27, 2011 at 1:14 PM
That was fun! I haven't done one of those in a while. And congrats on the news. :)
wv: lidaskal: Now that I'm done Jen's puzzle I have to go get my lidaskal out of her crib. - February 27, 2011 at 1:21 PM
Not too hard at all, and a lot of fun. But then I've been a subscriber to Games magazine for decades. The only thing that threw me off is that we weren't told how many words some of the answers were, but that just made it more fun.
Thanks! What a great way to give us a preview of upcoming events! - February 27, 2011 at 3:17 PM
- Stephie said...
I did it! But I had to rely heavily on the internet to help me, but then again, I'm not a native English speaker.
This is great, although it's two months late ;) - February 27, 2011 at 5:03 PM
- Carolyn said...
Fa la la la la!!!
wv: crodea
Does this mean I've got a good crodea for my Christmas list? - February 27, 2011 at 7:45 PM
Well, I give up. I feel like the last person picked for the team in grade school again. (OK, maybe not quite that dramatic.)
WV-twoutcom: I couldn't figure out the puzzle so now I don't know twoutcom. - February 27, 2011 at 8:19 PM
- John said...
@Jay: thanks, and nice work on the afterpuzzle.
- February 27, 2011 at 10:51 PM
- Fit for Me said...
That was so much fun! I need a book of these- not the simple boring ones. Where can I purchase?
- February 27, 2011 at 11:30 PM
- RoseAnn said...
So, first I printed the puzzle out and attempted it Sunday morning. Made some awful mistake and nothing was making sense so I gave up.
Then, after reading the great comments later in the day, I printed it again and ended up staying up past my bedtime but finished it! - February 28, 2011 at 6:55 PM
- Famous Hat said...
I finally got a chance to look at this last night and it was just the right amount of challenging! Mad props to your friend - he has got mad word games skillz fo shizzle!
Famous Hat
WV - ensup - to be in the process of eating an evening meal? - March 1, 2011 at 12:33 PM
- Mike and Shayla said...
Wow, John Gjertsen, you are tricky... I was on the wrong track for a couple of clues, but I finally finished the darn thing! And I'm proud to say I did it without Googling a single thing!
Glad I remembered to solve for the source of the quotation... I'm excited about what I think the "next big thing" is! - March 1, 2011 at 2:06 PM
- Norkio said...
Ooh I really tricked me. I *knew* that when I heard the song but just couldn't place it!
- March 1, 2011 at 3:18 PM
- John said...
wv: swarta
I swarta God I'm gonna post the answers soon. - March 4, 2011 at 6:15 PM
I made myself stay away from CW until I had time to do the puzzle, and I've been swamped with work -- that took more self-control than resisting cake!
Lots of fun! Thanks! - March 6, 2011 at 9:18 AM
- amydove said...
Just came back to this today and had lots of fun doing it. I suppose we have a long time to wait, but at least I already have a few names crossed off my list!
- March 6, 2011 at 12:21 PM
Gave this a second go, and I've finished it with the author/source clues in mind and a few tips from Google.
:D Fun! - March 7, 2011 at 5:29 PM
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K2 Distro LLC, d/b/a K2 Distribution MARCS-CMS 683562 —
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3230 Polaris Avenue, Suite 23
Las Vegas, NV 89102
United States
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June 27, 2024
To Whom It May Concern:
The Center for Tobacco Products of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently reviewed our inspection records and determined that K2 Distro LLC, d/b/a K2 Distribution sells and/or distributes electronic nicotine delivery system (ENDS) products to customers in the United States.
Under section 201(rr) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act) (21 U.S.C. § 321(rr)), these products are tobacco products because they are made or derived from tobacco or contain nicotine from any source and intended for human consumption. Certain tobacco products, including ENDS products, are subject to FDA jurisdiction under section 901(b) of the FD&C Act (21 U.S.C. § 387a(b)) and 21 C.F.R. § 1100.1, and are required to be in compliance with the requirements in the FD&C Act.
Please be aware that, on March 15, 2022, the President signed legislation to amend the FD&C Act to extend FDA's jurisdiction to products "containing nicotine from any source," not just nicotine derived from tobacco. See Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022, Public Law 117-103, Division P, Title I, Subtitle B. Specifically, this legislation expanded the definition of "tobacco product" under section 201(rr) of the FD&C Act (21 U.S.C. § 321(rr)) to include products containing nicotine from any source. Tobacco products, including ENDS products, containing nicotine from any source, must be in compliance with the FD&C Act and its implementing regulations. For more information, please see https://www.fda.gov/tobacco-products/ctp-newsroom/requirements-products-made-non-tobacco-nicotine-take-effect-april-14.
Generally, to be legally marketed in the United States, the FD&C Act requires "new tobacco products" to have a premarket authorization order in effect. A "new tobacco product" is any tobacco product that was not commercially marketed in the United States as of February 15, 2007, or any modified tobacco product that was commercially marketed after February 15, 2007 (section 910(a) of the FD&C Act; 21 U.S.C. § 387j(a)). Generally, a marketing authorization order under section 910(c)(1)(A)(i) of the FD&C Act (21 U.S.C. § 387j(c)(1)(A)(i)) is required for a new tobacco product unless (1) the manufacturer of the product submitted a report under section 905(j) of the FD&C Act (21 U.S.C. § 387e(j)) and FDA issues an order finding the product substantially equivalent to a predicate tobacco product (section 910(a)(2)(A) of the FD&C Act) or (2) the manufacturer submitted a report under section 905(j)(1)(A)(ii) of the FD&C Act (21 U.S.C. § 387e(j)(1)(A)(ii)) and all modifications are covered by exemptions from the requirements of substantial equivalence granted by FDA under section 905(j)(3) of the FD&C Act (21 U.S.C. § 387e(j)(3)).
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U.S. Olympic speedskater Simon Cho will boycott a hearing next week that could result in his receiving a lifetime ban from the sport, NPR has learned.
Cho is the short-track bronze medalist (Vancouver, 2010) who in October confessed to sabotaging the skate of a Canadian athlete during an international meet in Poland in 2011.
In a letter to the International Skating Union (ISU), Cho's father, Jay, says that his son's decision to skip the hearing "is not because Simon is not confident in his recollection of events."
Simon Cho claims he was ordered by former American short-track coach Jae Su Chun to tamper with the skate blade of Canada's Olivier Jean. Chun strenuously denies the allegation, but he resigned after revealing that he failed to report the incident after learning about it. Chun has been suspended from officially coaching in the U.S. through the 2014 Olympics.
The ISU is also investigating Chun for allegedly telling the American team to be "obnoxious and disruptive" to the Canadian skaters before the sabotage incident in Poland.
The June 13 hearing in Frankfurt, Germany, was called by the ISU Disciplinary Commission and will determine sanctions against both Cho and Chun. Cho and at least one witness asked that the hearing be held in the United States, perhaps in Salt Lake City, home to U.S. Speedskating and most of the principal participants and witnesses.
The ISU declined that request, noting in an e-mail to Jay Cho that Frankfurt is convenient for the ISU committee members who will attend the hearing. Volker Waldeck, the chairman of the ISU Disciplinary Commission, also said in the e-mail that "we have not chosen Salt Lake City for neutrality reason [sic] ..."
Waldeck also rejected a request to permit some witnesses to testify remotely, via video link.
Calling the hearing a "perfunctory official process" that is too narrowly focused and excludes key witnesses, Jay Cho says the session will not be able to decipher the truth.
Cho also objects to the ISU's insistence that the hearing remain closed to media and to anyone other than the principals and witnesses. There will also be no testimony under oath, according to Waldeck's e-mail.
"It seems that this bureaucratic hearing will end with some amount of disciplinary action against Simon and Mr. Chun without clear conclusion of the facts," Cho wrote to the ISU.
U.S. Speedskating (USS) conducted an investigation of the tampering incident and of allegations of verbal and physical abuse made against Chun by more than a dozen speedskaters. The investigators concluded that there was no "pattern" of abuse, and that testimony under oath and in an adversarial proceeding was necessary to determine the truth about the tampering incident.
Some skaters continue to press their abuse allegations involving former coach Chun; they have a "Code of Conduct" complaint pending before USS.
Cho and a key witness, fellow American skater Jeff Simon, have sought interview statements and other evidence gathered by the USS investigators, but a USS attorney declined to provide the information, according to an e-mail obtained by NPR.
"That information is privileged," wrote Steve Smith, a legal adviser to USS. "A number of people spoke [with investigators] on the condition of anonymity."
Jay Cho says the withheld statements and evidence are critical to his son's case.
Despite his absence from the hearing, Cho says that his son is "ready to accept any suspension that the ISU ... thinks is necessary."
Still, any decisions by the ISU about Cho and Chun can be appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, a Swiss-based group that arbitrates disputes involving Olympic sports.
Update on June 5 at 9:41 a.m. ET. Chun Responds:
A spokesman for former American short track coach Jae Su Chun notes that Chun also requested a hearing in the United States but will abide by the ISU's decision to hold the hearing in Germany.
"We are willing to attend on any terms dictated to us," says spokesman Hoch Cho, who is not related to Simon Cho. "We feel that it is unfortunate that Mr. Simon Cho will not have the opportunity to cross examine the Coach, nor the Coach Simon Cho."
Hoch Cho says Chun also sought interview transcripts from the USS investigation and also urged the ISU to take testimony under oath.
Chun has been clear about the allegations about his behavior before the skate tampering incident in Poland.
"I did not encourage my team to be 'obnoxious', 'disruptive' or 'destructive' against the Canadian team," Chun said in a statement to the ISU in January.
"I did not tell Mr. Olivier Jean that 'I hope you lose,'" he added, in response to another allegation. Jean is the Canadian skater whose skate blade was bent by Simon Cho at the international meet in Poland in 2011. Chun once coached Jean and the Canadian short track team.
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