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The coming confession
October 17, 2012 § 186 Comments
Lance is getting ready to confess. He'll make the announcement in the next few days, or he'll wait until the UCI strips him of his titles and announce it then.
I'm predicting the former.
Armstrong is the ultimate in realpolitik. He showed his hand when he walked away from the arbitration hearing, betting correctly that there was no way he would beat the testimony of his closest confidantes.
Like an expert chess player losing pieces as strategically as possible to slow in the inexorable march to checkmate, Lance first lost the cycling world, then the triathlon and running worlds, then the sponsored spokesman world, and finally the queen on his chessboard, the chairmanship of Livestrong.
When Nike announced that Lance had misled them for over a decade, and that it believed he cheated to win, the game unofficially ended. Trek, HoneyStinger, Anheuser-Busch, Radio Shack all bravely reversed course after defending him to the bitter end. The only pawn left to mop up is Oakley. They'll walk when he confesses or when the UCI strips or when they're the last sponsor standing, whichever comes first.
The text of his confession
What's most predictable is the text of his confession. He will admit to breaking the rules. He will admit to using performance enhancing drugs. He will apologize for having misled fans.
However, like Leipheimer and Hincapie, drug addicts whose entire careers were built on cheating, he will never admit that his actions were morally reprehensible. He will insist that he had no other choice. He will justify it with the oldest line of all: "If you weren't there, you'll never really understand it."
He will never apologize for tearing down those who opposed him or who rightly tagged him as a drug cheat. He will never say he's sorry for the damage he did to Emma O'Reilly, Betsy Andreu, Paul Kimmage, David Walsh, Greg Lemond, Tyler, Floyd, or any of the others he tarred as disgruntled liars, media hacks, serial perjurers, prostitutes, and worst of all, as ugly fat people.
There will absolutely be mention of his family, and of the difficulty he had in speaking about it with them. And there will be a brash, unrepentant sortie into the guns of his accusers with a bold statement about his real life's work–curing cancer and helping those affected by it–and how nothing will ever stand in his way of fighting to achieve these things until his dying breath.
He will thank those who stood by him, without naming names due to their upcoming arbitration hearings and/or possibility of criminal proceedings in their home countries.
He will mention the doping culture in which he developed as a racer, without calling it a drug-crazed free-for-all that, at his apogee, he directed and ruthlessly managed for extraordinary personal and professional gain.
He will, if he's the Lance of old, possibly issue a call to arms to clean up the sport once and for all, and name himself leader in the fight.
And if the captain's Tecate is plentiful enough, he may even ask that those who so strenuously oppose doping take a hard look at all professional sports, and see if it's any different from cycling.
He will reflect proudly on his victories.
He will make reference to the fact that without the drugs he would have won anyway.
And then he will tell everyone to get out of his way so that he can go fight some more cancer.
The end game
Lance's dilemma is unique, because being branded a doper exposes him to significant litigation and because it chokes off the revenue from his nonathletic endeavors, which are vastly more important than his sporting income.
He knows all of this, and by now he's simply reviewing the numbers. Mark Fabiani and Tim Herman have told him point-blank that it's over, that no one who matters believes him anymore, and that soon, the people who matter least of all–the cancer patients, hobby triathletes, and Livestrong Kool-Aid freaks–won't believe him, either.
"How much is my exposure to SCA?"
"Potentially ten million, without punitive damages. But there's no guarantee you'll lose at arbitration, and most importantly, that exposure is there whether you confess or not."
"Payback to sponsors for breach of contract, fraud?"
"They won't want the bad publicity of having blindly supported a drug cheat. Minimal risk, but, as with SCA, that exposure exists whether or not you confess."
"Race earnings?"
"Same. They'd have huge statute of limitations problems and would be open to equitable defenses like laches and unclean hands."
"Livestrong earnings?"
"You'll make less since you're no longer the chairman. But you can still charge the foundation for appearances and the usual stuff. However, there'll be less of it the longer you hold off on the confession. Nike's statement that they're dumping you but keeping Livestrong may be the way forward for a lot of people on the board, and you need to stop that before it starts. You do not want the organization to conclude that it doesn't have to have Lance to thrive. The longer you deny, the more uncomfortable the foundation will become as people begin asking THE question: 'What's the board's position on his drug use, and why is a career cheater sitting on the board?'"
"Bottom line: What's my financial risk to confessing now versus confessing after the UCI strips me versus not confessing at all?"
"Confess now, earn a little goodwill, take the heat off your supporters who are having to defend you against popular opinion, facts, and common sense. Active damage control and repositioning can begin immediately. Levi and George are still getting love even within the cycling community and are being called 'brave' and 'courageous.' Confess after the UCI strips and you'll look like a shotgun groom. Don't confess at all and you'll look like a sociopath. Your value will go to near-zero. You'll be marginalized, then pushed off the board. And that last part may happen anyway."
How can you be so sure, Wankmeister?
I'm sure because the only two alternatives don't fit the facts or the history. The first alternative is that he will never admit the truth because he's a sociopath in denial. This looks like a good fit at first until you understand that he's trying to minimize damage. A sociopath such as Bruyneel or Ferrari would have fought the charges in arbitration.
The second alternative is that he'll never confess because he's principled. We saw how that played out when he copped to USADA's claims by abandoning his right to arbitration.
Most importantly, doping in cycling at such an advanced level raises questions about other sports, and the involvement of Nike and the whispers regarding its having acted as the conduit to pay off the UCI's cover-up of Lance's positive test in the 1999 Tour mean that real journalists–the kind who rarely cover cycling–may take the same kind of vigorous approach to football, soccer, and track and field that Paul Kimmage took to Lance's shenanigans.
In short, the most expedient thing for him to do is to stop the bleeding and reassure the world that this kind of stuff only happens in cycling.
And nowhere else.
You got that?
§ 186 Responses to The coming confession
Dude. Don't even bother.
Before people speak with passion about EPO and red blood cells, they should first know who is Heikki Rusko.
Looking forward to it!
Beautiful, absolutely beautiful, Wanky!
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Dear WM,
What do you think will become of the Novitsky investigation given what USADA has now uncovered? Do you think there will be any daylight shed as to why it was terminated with practically no advance notice and "no comment"? Any speculation that Andre Birotte will be investigated for possible corruption? If person(s) are found to have obstructed justice do you think these person(s) will find themselves facing time in, to quote Michael Bolton in "Office Space"; "Federal Pound Me in the Ass Prison? What about Kristen Armstrong? I understand that Tyler said she "distributed" for Drugstrong, I mean Armstrong and co.
You are right. But don't forget that as an atheist, he can claimed to be redeemed as a Christian, blame it all on the devil, and be elected governor of Texas.
I am going with sociopath who does not confers but if he does, he will follow in the footsteps of Tiger.
Tiger can still win championships though. Lance will have to sell his private jet!
So…his credibility ill actually sink even lower? Hard to believe, but that is what I expect.
Nice post, WM. It seems to be the consensus today. But…how credible do YOU think it will be?
He should hire you as counsel ! But he reads your blog so now he got your (good, sensible) advice for free 😉
Like your analysis, but I don't think it will happen. This weekend at the Livestrong event what he says will be heavily controlled by a Livestrong board in damage control. It will all be about the 15 years of Livestrong work and he will only engage the dopage with the same lies he has always held.
But we can hope.
If he confesses, I hope he brings everyone down with him. Let it burn. I'm sick of the idea that Lance is evil and everyone else is a victim of the big mean school-yard bully. I'm also sick of the idea that cycling is so much dirtier than other sports. I hope the shit storm spreads to them too. Yes sir, if we're going to do this, lets do it right.
I think you're totally correct. The frustrating thing is, I think with a lot of people, he'll get away with it. He'll spin it to suit. He'll compete in some sport or other. He'll still make money from Livestrong. He'll sell millions of copies of his new book. He'll do ok.
The bottom line is that he looks after himself no matter what and he's still got enough money to get all the advice he needs.
Imagine how many copies of the "I said it wasn't about the bike" book he'll sell.
Who else will he take down with him?
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at this point the only thing the armstrong legal team should focusing on is avoiding criminal prosecution –
make sence
As ever, another brilliantly penned analysis. Before I read your piece – I really never gave him confessing any consideration….but you've got me wondering in earnest now. The best writing makes you think of things in a different way – and you do this time and again. If Bicycling or Outside are reading this, you need to seriously consider moving BSNYC over for Wanky….
Seth, last time I checked the Arbitration case was settled. I am not aware of courts setting aside settlements, especially as the closing documents almost always say that neither side admits liability and such and so. And l rather suspect that the sponsors made a lot of money from their associations. And it is my understanding that most states have Trial Rules that limit the time to set aside judgments based upon Fraud and similar claims. While I am sure you have researched it more fully, at least where I have practiced (admittedly only in Small Claims Court and a few Justice of the Peace Courts) the notions of Finality of Judgments generally precludes setting aside judgments and settlements, even for example when a party has knowingly used false testimony or a juror purchased.
I have tried to follow the Qui Tam lawsuit but I cannot find that US Department of Justice has chosen to join in the action.
And to quote Horace Rumple, the Greatest British Trial Lawyer ever, "NEVER CONFESS".
Now please call me names.
At first he struck me as a simple cheater that got in over his head. Now that the full story is coming out he seems like a straight up sociopath. I find it interesting you rule that out as you seem to think he'd fight in arbitration if he were really a sociopath.
Do you think he is a clinical sociopath?
Bravo! You said it all for us, dude.
I go with never confess. Really – does anyone sincerely think Lance is the worst of them all? All those people giving evidence – did they suddenly realize they were wrong? Years after what happened? Also it seems one is victimized as the others gang on him. So here we have one of the best sports stories that ever existed tarnished for good. Is anyone really happy about that? Drugs will still be used and it is only a matter of time when the next one will fall.
My guess: "I was only following Bruyneel's orders. He had me by the ball."
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I'm sure his lawyers are advising him to take whatever path involves the highest probability of long-running, expensive legal action. No reason for them to get off the gravy train just yet.
I only only hope Alex Gibney's upcoming Armstrong documentary adequately highlights his narcissistic personality traits, correctly identifies him as a sociopath and outlines how livestrong is a self-serving facade.
That will help offset the victim card he will undoubtedly play in his confession "I had a tough childhood, everyone was cheating, I had to do it, blah, blah"
I'm sorry, but I don't see armstrong confessing to crap! For him to confess would mean he was trounced and we all know how he hates to lose. Plus there's still Johan's case. Those two were closer than wood and monkey glue. Now we know lance is a snitch, but snitch on Johna. I doubt it.
But question; If he does confess does that open him up to further investigation and more charges from whomever Including the DOJ? I really don't see la confessing and leaving out names. He's a human file cabinet and can really turn cycling on its collective heels especially all those hypocrite teams now acting like they were all white as snow and dumping the witnesses. Omerta is still alive and well. but who is controlling it?
Nope, I don't see lance armstrong confessing. He may step away from livestrong all together, but confess, I don't see it. The guy has kids and he let this mess get this far. Can you imagine those kids on a playground with other kids who know about lance? How old is his oldest child? He's placing this huge burden of his on his children's narrow shoulders. What a bottomfeeder!
Having Lance Champion the cause to clean up cycling could be a good thing. Don't know of anyone that could get better traction with the media and the powers to be.
I would love to see it.
I can't be mad at Lance, he made a choice and was committed to it. I doubt at the beginning he was forcing everyone around him to participate. He was brought into the fold like everyone else, cultivated, nurtured and exposed to the process by those with more experience. I can't see it happening otherwise. I also doubt Lance will name names, but you never know. I just don't see it as being in his character to pursue such a childish approach. I have no pitty for folks like Levi, Tyler, Landis, the other Postal Guys, Betsy or anyone else "who saw the light" and decided that Lance was the evil at the center the cycling world's doping problem. I see Betsy as a soured wife who fully knew what her husband was doing and what he was caught up in. I suspect she got pissed that her hubby got nailed and forced out of cycling after doping and saw Lance getting away with it and continuing to have success that her husband never realized. I'm sure Lance's attitude, which was probably "sucks to be you, but live with it" didn't help. The same with other cyclists. They voluntarily participated in doping programs, got caught but never experienced the success others did as a result of their efforts, of maybe they did have the success (landis) but got caught anyway, Tyler and Landis both got caught and their egos couldn't live with it, or their bank accounts either I am sure, and got pissed that somehow "Lance" continued to get away with it and as a result felt they could somehow attain some personal salvation through confession that involved taking everyone down with them. Great for them. Honestly, I can care less about doping, endurance athletes all over the world are taking supplements or "legally approved" substances to help them get through the effort of their sports, yet we rely upon this or that government or governing body to decide what you can or can not take? Great. Unless these folks were competing on "bread and water" then they were doping. Taking Sports Legs? Doping. Endurolytes? Doping, Race Caps? Doping. Barriatric Chambers, Compression suits? Doping. The list goes on. All those pointing fingers towards Lance were either involved in, or supported someone who was, doping. So, go ahead continue to pick up your stones and cast them, but come judgement day you'll be occupying the same "corner" of the graveyard as Lance. Yeah and Joe Papp, it must be great to feel Smug about being a doper, getting caught as a doper and then naming names of all the other dopers. You know, you guys are the Titanic that said screw it and decided to sink and take all the life boats with you instead of just admitting to your own problems and getting on with your life. I don't get it, the Media, USADA all talk about how brave all the "dopers" were who came forward… Right, brave, that's an awful big hammer held over your head. Brave would be sit there and take your punishment and don't drag others in to save your own skin. Yep, that would be brave.
Anyone that didn't dope or go along with Lance was let go. Christophe Bassoons-wouldn't dope, Frankie Andreu-they witnessed Lance confessing to doping before cancer surgery, Floyd Landis and Tyler Hamilton-because they wanted raises after helping Armstrong win and he wouldn't give it to them. It was one thing to dope but when you threaten those around you if they say anthing or don't want to dope that is another thing. Hamilton, Hincapie, Landis, Levi at least admitted to the doping and I suffered the consequences. Lance doped to win-so did his team mates. Not a level playing field. Doping must be eliminated from cycling. Doping is also dangerous. It wouldn't suprise me that Lance got his cancer from doping (HGH, steroids, EPO, etc.)
There are no innocents. Everyone made money, Trek, Nike, Oakley, the TdF, the TV Stations, the promoters, everyone. i truly believe all the teams were doping, except maybe the wild card teams. Surely, everyone in the top ten of every tour during that time frame had to have been. I mean, you see doping by Cat 3 or Cat 4 racers, even masters racers, so I am not even sure the wild card teams weren't also involved in doping. If anyone, then I give it to you that the customers, and maybe the fans, are the true victims. Yet, if you believe anyone has won the TdF in the last 30 or 40 years without some sort of "enhancement" then I think the cloud of ignorance has become overwhelming. I surely don't believe it. Smoking is dangerous, it kills almost 500,000 people per year. Drinking and driving is dangerous, it kills 30,000 to 40,000 people per year. Fraud by corporations, banks, wall street yahoos, that's what truly hurts people. I get it, if you don't like it fine, I certainly could live with cycling that doesn't have the drama of doping scandals but I remain focused on what's truly wrong with the world and doping by cyclist isn't in my top ten.
Funny thing about everyone arm chair quarterbacking is simple, what would you have done. I myself know that at one point in my life I would have done anything to race if the Tour de France and even more to win it.
Question for all you people that call Lance a sociopath. Ever lied to get out of a speeding ticket? Done it more than once? Maybe 2, 3, or even 4 times? What does that make you?
Ever lied on your taxes? Ever been investigated criminally for even something small? Ever lied to not face justice?
All you Holier than thou people can say "never", I imagine that you are lying because we have all at some point in our lives lied or cheated to get ahead and you know what, we have never come clean and likely never will. You can say Lance did it on a bigger scale but guess what you, I nor the author were ever there to HONESTLY say what we would do.
OK, accepting a possible argument from LA that he did doping because everyone else was and it was the "norm" is one thing. But the years of lying and bullying was he choice and his alone. Worse still is that his personal brand and Livestrong have been built on these lies.
He lied to me as someone who travelled many miles to watch him ride across, up and down France and the sooner he is brought to justice be it by the state or civil law suits the better. He can then leave the headlines, the editorials and our TV screens forever and disappear into obscurity.
Livestrong no longer need him and he is no longer needed or wanted in cycling in any shape or form.
It is now time for UCI to be examined and new "clean" faces brought in.
Did you read what a sociopath is? Read it again. Lying 2, 3, 500 hundred times to get out of something? Manipulating people, to get ahead showing no remorse? You get out of a speeding ticket my friend for a simple example you don't leave feeling guilty you leave feeling that was easy I am going to do it again.
Read it again and in its simplest form the person that does it again and again to get out of a speeding ticket can be a sociopath.
We've all lied about something. But I'm guessing most of us never trashed and slandered our friends in the process.
Don't guess come back with some facts.
You know what admin guy, I am not saying he didn't cheat or lie or bully anyone but if we all check into our past I am sure we are all going to find skeletons. Everyone should stop passing judgement because in the end there is only one person that we have to answer to.
I guess my worst mistake is trying to explain my self to someone that calls themselves an author. You might be an author but your article is fiction with no fact!
I am guessing you have never lied or cheated at ANYTHING right? And if you have why don"t you clear your conscience here?
Tell you what I have lied and cheated. I am not afraid to admit it.
The great author of this article hasn't by the sounds of things….hey look there goes the author, he is walking on water!!
You I think I have missed the point armchair quarterback!
I guess the next best thing for me to say is never go to battle with an asshole, like the author, that "buys ink by the barrel and paper by the roll" if you know what that means.
One more thing read your last post as should everyone else and tell me you just haven't bullied me like Lance did to all of these people. I don't support them man never have never will. You are just a shinning example of a misinformed "author"!
By the way this Jew thought the comment about the Nazi's and Jews was in extremely poor taste.
No problem. My point asshole was simple, we all have made mistakes and lied and cheated. You like everyone else in the world that has written articles on how Lance should respond is wrong, you are saying what YOU think should happen and as far as I know that makes you an arm chair quarterback. I, myself would never print horseshit like this because that would make me a hypocrite.
And read the definition of a bully "Bullying is persistent unwelcome behaviour, mostly using unwarranted or invalid criticism, nit-picking fault-finding" and the list goes on.
Gee author I read what you have said about my posts and it sure resembles the definition of a bully.
"So if your arguments are failing, you can't blame it on restricted access or inferior materials, and instead will have to pin the tail where it belongs: On faulty reasoning inartfully expressed."
Gee author that is from your post hmmmmm…..
By the way name is true. I don't come on this website to lie and in my line of work I get to see a lot of lying sociopaths and people that will step on friends to keep themselves from getting in trouble.
as i read the author's article he is simply providing a logical analysis of the alternatives facing lance and suggesting the most likely choice he will make.
you appear to be the one who is reading personal and subjective motives into this.
Wow, the all knowing author not going to post my comment because….I could be right?
Love it. Eloquent, well argued. I'll probably continue to argue he will never apologise because he IS a sociopath. There will be some part of his brain that will be able to rationalise his drug-taking, maybe use the idea that he had to take drugs because his success was linked to the success of the cancer foundation.
And true about levi and george, both are seen as legends tainted by the overbearing team leader who bullied and bought their cooperation. Said so much better than i could. Thanks.
This column is GENIUS!!! I came over from velonews story that imbedded your link in the comments (story about leogrande).
Your speculations seem totally reasonable, and it's sad that there is definitely a playbook/checklist for such speeches.
As you note, Armstrong is in a bit of a bind because, among other things, he has potential civil and criminal exposure from a confessional. I agree that the money/goodwill calculation is pretty straightforward.
However, as some of your commenters have noted, I think that the potential criminal liability is the real wild card. I don't have any insight as to what the US ATtorney's Office was actually contemplating charging Armstrong with. However, I would guess that the case has only strengthened with the USADA affidavits and evidence and the ensuing fallout and further witnesses coming forward.
We don't know why US Atty shut down the investigation. Could have been an objective and reasonable call based on resources and on the past sports prosecution failures. Could have been political pressure. It's certainly reasonable to believe that the pendulum has now swung in the other direction and there is significant pressure to reopen.
Right now, DOJ has the real hammer. All the other stuff is just money and public opinion, significant but not equivalent to prison time. Criminal liability is whole other ball game.
What if US Atty had the following discussion with Armstrong: "As we stated previously that we might do, we now are reopening the investigation. We believe that we have sufficient evidence to prosecute for perjury, illegal wire transfers, RICO, criminal conspiracy, witness intimidation and tampering, etc. We will subpoena everyone in sight to get indictments and we will prosecute you in open court. However, we've talked with our bosses and the USADA and we believe that it would be better all around for our enforcement goals and public policy if we reduced charges and sanctions or perhaps didn't even prosecute. In return, you must sing like a canary and turn over names and evidence for the entirety of your career. This will be done in the form of a written affidavit which we will include in the public non-prosecution or deferred prosecution agreement.
Otherwise, start getting ready for trial."
Again, I don't know what the potential charges are. Nor do I know the impact of statute of limitations. But don't people think this is a possibility?
Anyway, to your original point, Armstrong will not confess this weekend.: 1) legal strategy could not have been hammered out yet, 2) the gala will already be dominated by doping talk. Confessing would make it even more so.
It's going to be awkward in Austin.
i agree with the posters here who suggest he is a sociopath, and this i think is part of the reason he will confess … partially. it's the only option that offers a path allowing him to retain influence and prestige to any degree. i don't think he'll be giving even a fraction of one shit about redemption.
Unless i've missed something, the sole piece of hard evidence is one inconclusive test from the thousands of times Lance Armstrong was tested for doping. Rest of the "overwhelming evidence" consists of the retelling of unrecorded and irretrievable words in the air about what L.A. supposedly said, and of USADA coerced confessions from teammates and associates as to what they themselves did, and of their speculations as to the purpose of various events taking place involving L.A., which they did not personally witness. All of these stories from 20+ persons are in sum quite suggestive, but suggestive is just that. If doping guilt can be positively demonstrated by accusation and innuendo, there seems to be little purpose to actual drug testing and use of the results. The apparent USADA zeal to find guilt by whatever means possible has in my personal opinion, all the flimsy wisdom of the judgment of a kangroo court. U.S. District Court judge Sparks, who decided that it was not within his court's authority to dismiss USADA's action against L.A., had a most interesting comment. "USADA's conduct raises serious questions about whether its real interest in charging Armstrong is to combat doping, or if it is acting from less noble motives."
Ewing: Note that Judge Sparks' found that the USADA process and procedures satisfied due process which was the bottom line of the whole claim. He did dismiss the NON-due process claims because Armstrong had agreed to USADA arbitration.
It is pretty evident that USADA was out to nail Armstrong and it got very personal between the parties (with Armstrong giving as good as he got). But the bottom line is, as evidenced by the earthquakes happening in pro cycling now and also the potential for real, lasting and positive change, that USADA was perfectly justified in going after the kingpin and targeting Armstrong. That's a totally rational use of prosecutorial discretion and limited resources. And we can see by the unfolding results that it may have been the objectively correct choice.
Doping violations CAN and regularly are proven and upheld without positive results. Just as murder convictions can and regularly are proven without DNA evidence, video of the act or defendant's confessions. There are all kinds of different types of evidence in the USADA file. They are damning, they corroborate each other, they are persuasive, and frankly, any reasonable judge would conclude that Armstrong doped, that he intimidated witnesses, that he retaliated, etc. etc. There is certainly some speculation and shaking stuff in the file, but there are TONS of rock solid evidence. This is way more than suggestive.
How exactly did USADA coerce witnesses? They have no subpoena power. Witnesses volunteered. All riders received lessened sanctions, but how did that incentivize Hincapie, who was retiring anyway? USADA wiped out years of results. Leipheimer was released from his team. There is a very good argument that the rider witnesses lost more than they gained from testifying.
What I don't get is the willful blindness from many people. I would bet that if it was not Armstrong and folks were looking at just one quarter of the evidence available, they would conclude, "he's guilty as sin." The emotion of the situation is clouding people's vision.
I totally understand that. He's very inspiring and it's a total tragedy. But at some point, we need to apply some critical and rational thinking.
Mr. or Ms. Duskster, 10/22/2012
If the USADA's process of going after Armstrong has been as justified and well-reasoned as you think it to be, what then do you make of Judge Sparks' comment about the distinct possibility of " … less noble motives."?
I wonder if the public will ever get to see the rock solid evidence which you say the USADA has in its files? I agree that the person being Armstrong, there is a lot of emotion invested here. Consequently, by all the heat generated in this legal action, anything less than complete transparency would be deleterious to the USADA's reputation. I wonder how well it would stand up to the level of scrutiny and investigation it has afforded to Armstrong?
I for one have plenty of nuts-and-bolts questions which I've not seen discussed, concerning the legal authority of the USADA. Just when did it come into existance? I can't recall hearing of it during the Armstrong years of the Tour. Perhaps I wasn't paying attention. Under what section and sub-section of the U.S. Code is Armstrong being charged? Did that code exist during those years? (Ex post facto?) What part of the U.S. Code explicitly makes it illegal to use drugs to win competitions in foreign countries? Where is the understanding in international law, to which the U.S. is a signed-on party, that one country can legally invalidate awards/honors/wins in sporting competition earned in different country?
As to willful blindness – Along with many others, I am of course upset by the thought of Armstrong's record-holding wins being unjustly earned. Which is precisely why there needs to be unassailable authority and justification in USADA's actions.
Ewing Taylor
The substance of Ewing Taylor's arguments seems to me quite indicative of the I-Heart-LA hobbyist triathlete that seems to be so vocal on facebook lately. Namely, that if you still HAVE to believe in Lance for some reason, you're willing to go through all sorts of mental gymnastics and regurgitate whatever illogical arguments the LA PR machine has generated in order to get there.
Ewiing's particular perspective seems more informed than the typcial cries of "Witchhunt!". But it's a cry of "witchhunt" nonetheless.
The underlying cause of LA's ability to perpetuate this myth in the public consciousness is the loss of true public understanding of "reasonable doubt", which to most people now means: "whatever doubt I can concoct in my own mind, not matter how convoluted or fallacious, so that I can continue to believe that the charges are baseless, regardless of the actual evidence."
Thanks for your analysis. You might well have a secondary career as an ethics writer. The saddest part of this that all those decent hardworking riders in the Peloton who began to see decent incomes from the multi-billion dollar industry that LA certainly brought to life are on the front line of those who will be hurt.
Whether or not he confesses a whole industry of people are hurt as is good will for the sport. In the end the trophy isn't really yours if you had to cheat to get it. Time for a bike ride!
Good writing.
I don't think Lance will own up to anything at all.
In the face of such an affront to his sense of importance, he's a coward.
Its a shame. So much good in one man, corrupted by things of men – the need to win.
Its a tragedy.
great article. some may have mentioned it already here, and has been suggested elsewhere, that Lance orchestrated the whole sponsorship-dropping thing to happen all at once and is prepping to make an announcement at the 15th anniversary of Livestrong. Tonight. Plausible, and wouldn't surprise me in the least that he is STILL in utter control.
This is another interesting perspective:
It hints at an outcome nobody else has predicted. Lance will simply redefine the way PEDs are viewed. By changing the rules, he will never have been guilty of anything. If anyone can do it, he can.
Also, you're a wanker.
Placing quote-marks around things it this fiction is evil and misleading, Mr. High and Morally Pure.
Bravo; well-written.
A really impressive article – I'm not that heavily into cycling, but you have really opened my eyes to this case. Thank you!
Well I am done with your waste of time of a flog or should I say flop. Hopefully you continue to attract narrow minded, self centered arrogant people like yourself.
You really need to find yourself some sort of useful employment so you aren't a drain on the system. Maybe even move out of mom and dads basement.
Oh by the way a good use of the Nazi would have been comparing them to you, Defy us and pay the price.
And Lance Armstrong should apologize in behalf of Americans blaming – who else – "the French" through countless odious accusations, even his own team blaming French officials for tainting his urine samples. Armstrong famously sacked Christophe Bassons from his team in the 1999 TDF, simply because Bassons refused to dope, ruining his professional career in the process (as well as others, btw). Yesterday in a French sport magazine, Bassons had the class to speak of Armstrong with compassion. L.A is nothing else than a charismatic, lying bully.
Confession is the way to go. It would only require a minor reworking of the myth anyway- "when I came back into cycling, it quickly became clear to me that the people who were winning were all doping, and there was no way to win without joining them. But they were all doping on a crazy, ad-hoc basis. My cancer experiences taught me that the way to approach this was on a scientific, team-wide basis, and that's what we did. Our doing program was the safest, because it was scientific and it was the best. We didn't offer team-members the choice between doping or being sacked, we offered them the choice between the safest program or some other teams half-assed, dangerous version." (re-establishes the link to and the veneration of the cancer doctors, whose vital work we are now trying to support in any way we can..).
"The whistle blowers were all failed blackmailers who were in it up to their necks etc."
"I will pay back all monies to parties I have defrauded." (fight like HELL behind the scenes over the details of what that means, with the leverage that what Lance is now trying to do is fight cancer and clean up cycling, and any nit-picking over getting it all back is damaging both those higher goals, which all can see are greater than the vindictive destruction of the great cancer-fighter or a million either way on a multi-billion dollar corporate bottom-line).
Should be able to get away with a decent retirement fund and some residual standing as a public figure, especially if he palys his cards right about what the UCI knew and when.
Nice post, Wank. I think you're right that confession is his best course of action, I'm just not sure he's capable of actually admitting it. If he does, I wonder if he'll burn everyone (Bruyneel, Carmichael, Ochowicz, Weisel) and make them his own personal villains.
The turdstick affair was hilarious! I think calling you admin is more offensive than asshole, but…meh.
Nice post, Wank! I agree that confession is his best course of action, I'm just not convinced he'll actually be able to do it. If he does, I wonder if he'll burn everyone (Carmichael, Ochowicz, Weisel, Bruyneel) and make them his own personal villains/scapegoats.
The whole turdstick affair here was just hilarious, you dove in a post earlier than I thought though!! And, I'd have been more offended by him calling you admin, than asshole…
Wow…150 comments. "Tardstick", as in "The 'stick by which all tardlly-ness is to be judged". One vote from me. Almost as funny as "sprunt". I too are a sprunter. But there is only one Tardstick.
More entertainment value in that whole exchange than I would have thought possible. So thanks for that. You too, WM!
Why take down our hero? Why take away his titles? Give them to who? Pantani? Ulrich? Even a bigger joke. They all did it. All he has to say is "I did it too, I'm sorry".
Ummm, UCI have delivered. Lance's silence is deafening…….
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I have not met anyone yet, but you wouldn't say, in the street:
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WASHINGTON -- Running for reelection in a new district that is no longer a GOP stronghold, incumbent Republican Rep. Roscoe G. Bartlett announced Wednesday he had scored an endorsement from a former Democratic congressman from Mississippi.
The move came hours after the 10-term incumbent said in a televised debate that he is "conflicted" about a question on the Nov. 6 ballot in Maryland that would allow illegal immigrants to attend state universities and colleges at in-state tuition rates.
Both announcements were geared toward moderating some of Bartlett's more conservative positions after Democrats in Annapolis redrew Maryland's 6th Congressional District to include some 300,000 new voters in Democrat-rich Montgomery County.
Bartlett announced Wednesday he had been endorsed by Gene Taylor, a conservative Democrat who represented Mississippi from 1989 through 2010. Taylor, a member of the Blue Dog Coalition, lost in the 2010 GOP wave election in part because, like many Republicans in swing districts across the country, his opponent sought to tie him to Democratic House Leader Nancy Pelosi.
By contrast, Bartlett has been working hard to drop Pelosi's name. He noted his relationship with the former House speaker from California during Tuesday night's debate, which was broadcast live on WUSA in Washington, D.C., as an example of his bipartisanship.
"I've traveled twice with Nancy Pelosi," Bartlett said. "She asked me to sit with her" during the 2011 State of the Union address.
Bartlett is running what most consider an uphill fight against Democrat John Delaney.
Delaney has sought to characterize Bartlett as a tea party conservative. While it is true the congressman was an early member of the House tea party caucus, that group had little to do with the grass roots movement that sprang up across the country in 2009. Bartlett has occasionally broken with GOP leadership and is not generally considered among the most conservative members of Congress.
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This next fictional character from South Park is not of flesh and bone at all, just cotton. I was asked if I could make a tutorial on "how to draw Towelie", step by step. Now, I remember seeing this character a few times in the series, but he wasn't that funny to me. Towelie was first seen when Stan's mother buys him a video game system in an effort to make the kids forget about a sensitive subject which was solely based on a used tampon that Cartman found in the garbage. Cartman takes the used tampon to his buds and says that it is an aborted fetus. Since the trauma from the mistaken identity of the tampon, all the boys make a vow to not stop playing the game system as well as loose sleep because the Okama Gamesphere was so darn awesome. Now because they have been awake for days, a towel like figure comes to them and asked if they wanted to get @$%&@. In an attempt to get rid of the towel they tell him to get lost. Towelie appears in a few episodes which means he is considered a recurring character. South Park is always finding innovative ways to create characters that are odd, and politically incorrect which is awesome. This lesson on drawing Towelie will bring you back to those South Park watching days. Have fun and enjoy your artistic Saturday!
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WASHINGTON, June 18 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court will have a closed-door session Thursday to discuss Montana's ban against corporate political donations, the court's docket shows.
Challengers to the Montana ban say it conflicts with the U.S. Supreme Court's 2010 decision in Citizens United vs. FCC, which opened the gates to super PACs and secret 501c non-profits for unrestricted donations from corporate or union general funds.
The case was on the justices' agenda at their closed-door conference last Thursday, but any action was put off until this week.
Behind closed doors, the nine justices could vote to hear argument and review the Montana Supreme Court decision upholding that state's ban on corporate political contributions -- despite the instructions in Citizens United. It takes four votes to accept review.
They could let the state court ruling stand without ruling -- which is highly unlikely. They could again put the decision off to a later conference. Or they could "summarily reverse" the state court ruling, undoing the Montana Supreme Court decision without hearing argument. It takes five votes to reverse the Montana court without hearing argument.
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NEW YORK - PayPal wants to explore space - or at least begin to figure out how payments and commerce will work beyond Earth's realm once space travel and tourism take off.
PayPal, which is eBay Inc.'s payments business, says it is launching an initiative called PayPal Galactic with the help of the nonprofit SETI Institute and the Space Tourism Society, an industry group focused on space travel. Its goal, PayPal says, is to work out how commerce will work in space.
Questions to be answered include how commerce will be regulated and what currency will be used. PayPal's president, David Marcus, said the company is very serious about the idea. He says that while space tourism was once the stuff of science fiction, it's now becoming a reality.
"There are lots of important questions that the industry needs to answer," he said. There are regulatory and technical issues, along with safety and even what cross-border trade will look like when there are not a lot of borders.
"We feel that it's important for us to start the conversation and find answers," Marcus added. "We don't have that much time."
Indeed, space tourism is already moving from being only for the ultra-rich to the merely rich. Richard Branson's space travel company, Virgin Galactic, plans to charge $200,000 per person for taking tourists into space. The company said last month that it has hired two pilots as it moves into the final testing stages for its spacecraft.
PayPal is no stranger to outer space. One of its founders, Elon Musk, heads the privately held space company Space Exploration Technologies Corp., better known as SpaceX. And James Doohan, best known for his role as "Scotty" on "Star Trek," was PayPal's first official spokesman when it launched in 1999. EBay bought PayPal in 2002. Today, PayPal is eBay's fastest-growing business, with revenue of $1.6 billion in the first three months of this year.
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Sol Trigger, Imageepoch's RPG for PSP, has a new video showing the opening to the game. An hour-long demo will be released for the game next month, and allows you to try out Chapter One. The game is set for release in Japan on October 4.
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Artwork for Sol Trigger, Imageepoch's final PSP game slated for summer, has been posted over on Siliconera. Shots of the the game's protagonist, Farel, as well as Valter, and Ema are present. Three in-game shots of the characters are also posted. Go have a look.


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Sst99pro replied to whitelock90's topic in Ford Focus ClubBack from Garage again.Turbo has excessive play and the oil seals have failed. Game over :(
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Sst99pro replied to whitelock90's topic in Ford Focus ClubHi Remi, I have had similar problems. How did you determine that it was the boost pressure solenoid? Summary of my issue is that the car suddenly lost boost one day and it won't go above 1.8bar at about 3000rpm. Engine has been terracleaned, fuel filter replaced, air filter replaced and no leaks in system. Cheers
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Sst99pro replied to jamesm182's topic in Ford Focus ClubI have the same problem too, although it is really noticeable from 15-70 mph and only when I steer right (noise coming from the passenger wheel). It's not so much a grinding but it sounds like rubbing in time with the tyre tread (note that it may not be the tyre rubbing, it just sounds like that). Suspension looks fine and I have just had the front trailing suspension arm bushings replaced. Any other ideas? Mine is an '06 Mk2 Estate Diesel btw.
Hi All, Question about my Focus. Came back from holiday after a week away and cold weather at home. Took off handbrake which stuck until I reversed out of the car parking space, but it still feels there is a little more rolling resistance than normal when I drive the car. Main points: -Handbrake disengages completely....not slack when it's down. No hand brake light on either, so that's all fine. -Fuel consumption has gone up by 25% (although I am not doing a weekly 80 miles round trip on a dual carriageway during the winter, only combined city/country driving) -Slight noise coming from rear right wheel but not from others when car is rolling slowly, doesn't sound like the brake though So, I'm thinking the bearing, but how could that have just decided to break while I was away? Car is parked in secure location outside. Any ideas? This weekend I will jack the rear up and compare the rolling resistance of each rear wheel to see what's up and report back. Cheers!
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Sst99pro replied to Sst99pro's topic in Ford Focus ClubHi All, Looks like I have solved the problem and the garage that hasn't been able to fix it has refunded my money in full (as exoected). Here's what I did. My Mk. 2 Focus Estate has 'T-Tracks' on the roof to enable fast *cough* fitting of roof bars etc. They have a very loose fitting rubber seals around the edge between the bodywork and the base of the tracks. They also have gaps in between the sections which I believe were letting the water in. I hence put silicone sealant round there and filled the inside behind the seals and let to dry for at least 24 hours before taking the car out again. I also removed the inner roof lining in the car and sealed up 6 gaps which the drips were originating from. I then let all that sealant dry before applying another layer to ensure the seal was tight, and hy presto, no water ingress. Also, as a precaution, as well as previously sealing up the roof hinges, I sealed up the gromits for the cable and tube entries for the rear lights and screen wask respectively. Just remove the gromits, put seals round them, and replace, leave to dry, job done! Hope this helps anyone else who was in this dilemma! All the best and thanks for all your help.
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Sst99pro posted a topic in Ford Focus ClubHi all, I hope the forum can help me here. I have had water ingress in the luggage area of the boot boot of my Focus estate for the last 3 months. Over that time, it has been into the dealer 3 times and the leak has still not been fixed. The have done the following: -Put sealant round the tailgate hinges (a common source of ingress apparently) -Had the roof lining away and still not been able to pinpoint the leak source Alas, this has still not fixed it and water is still coming in though the rear plastic 'vents' on the inside of the rear pillars. Taking the tailgate seals away and looking inside the (soaked) lining indicates water is still coming in from somewhere, and the lining is soaked up to 2-3 inches from the top corner of the tailgate. This might indicate that the leak is coming from that area. This problem is occurring in both the right and the left hand side of the car, bust mostly on the left. My car also has t-track roof rack fixings. I really hope someone can help me here! The car is perfect besides this. All the best and a belated Merry Christmas to you all!


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The Government appears to be willing to restart conciliation talks with the UK-based Vodafone if the telecom firm makes up its mind to settle the Rs 20,000-crore tax dispute.
A day after Finance Minister P Chidambaram said it is up to the revenue department to enforce the tax notice on the company, highly placed sources said if Vodafone makes up its mind on conciliation, it can happen in a few days.
"If Vodafone decides to begin the conciliation, if two conciliators can be appointed, then the conciliation process should not take more than a few days," sources said.
The conciliation talks had broken down after Vodafone issued a supplementary notice to the Government invoking the Bilateral Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (BIPA) and demanded that a separate transfer-pricing case be clubbed with the capital gains tax matter.
The Finance Ministry has already circulated a draft Cabinet note withdrawing the conciliation offer to Vodafone.
"In Vodafone's own words, they are unable to make up their mind whether they should go forward with conciliation. The conciliation did not even start," Chidambaram had told PTI yesterday.
The Cabinet had in June 2013 approved a Finance Ministry proposal to go in for conciliation with Vodafone to resolve the capital gains tax dispute related to its acquisition of Hutchison Whampoa's stake in Hutchison Essar in 2007.
While the basic tax demand for the acquisition is Rs 7,990 crore, outstanding dues, including a penalty of a similar amount and accrued interest, run into Rs 20,000 crore.
"There is no need for a fresh notice. The notice is already there," Chidambaram had said, adding that it is for the tax department to decide whether to enforce the notice.
According to sources, Vodafone wanted to club the Rs 3,700-crore transfer-pricing case of Vodafone India Services with the capital gains tax issue, a demand that was not acceptable to the Finance Ministry.
As the matter is pending in the Bombay High Court and the Government of India is being represented by the Finance Ministry, the issue could not be included as part of the conciliation talks, sources said.
The Supreme Court had ruled in Vodafone's favour in 2012, saying it was not liable to pay any tax over the acquisition of assets in India from Hong Kong-based Hutchison.
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Anchor – Today, our guest is Gonçalo Amaral who was on the news again yesterday because of the lawsuit that the McCann couple filed against him. Good morning, Gonçalo.
Gonçalo Amaral – Good morning.
Anchor – I read in your book that you wrote this book to defend your honour. The first question that I have for you is: Were you in any way attacked by the McCanns before the publication of the book, or even during the investigation? Were you with them, did you question them?
Gonçalo Amaral – That is a very good question. There was indeed a series of attacks, not just directed at me but at the investigation. Those attacks came not only from the parents' side, but also from their support staff and from journalists, English and even Portuguese. That honour was not only personal but also professional. The investigation was at stake, an investigation that was never defended here in Portugal, namely by someone at the top of the Polícia Judiciária – and it's me who defends those initial months of the investigation, and that is what the book was published for. That is one of the issues that are raised by the Lisbon Appeals Court, at the time of the injunction, which supports me, and establishes that it was licit for me to write the book.
Anchor – If you don't mind, let's return to the start of this story, the McCann case was the most media exposed ever, as far as the alleged abduction of a child, Madeleine McCann, is concerned. This book, "Maddie, A Verdade da Mentira", that was written by you, why was it so controversial? What does it contain?
Gonçalo Amaral – What it contains is the conclusions of the process, of a report that exists, in September of 2007, which says that at that moment of the investigation, suspicion falls upon the [McCann] couple in terms of an accidental death inside the apartment, neglect in watching over their children that had been abandoned, and the concealment of a corpse. That is in the process and with this decision, which is not a final decision, it is merely a reply to the facts that were at stake during the trial, it agrees that this was in the process.
Anchor – The process is not concluded yet, it is still ongoing –
Gonçalo Amaral – It is still in the lower court, now there will be legal arguments, then there will be a verdict –
Anchor – We are at the stage of replies to the proved facts, is that it?
Gonçalo Amaral – Proved and not proved.
Anchor – Did you question them? Did you meet them?
Gonçalo Amaral – I met them but the questioning was performed by others, by inspectors. A coordinator does not question directly, that was done by the inspectors. But I met them.
Anchor – You accompanied this process from the beginning…
Gonçalo Amaral – I accompanied the process, the investigation from the 3rd of May of 2007 until I left the investigation on the 2nd of October of 2007. I accompanied it, participating in the investigation.
Anchor – And what happened yesterday? What was the accusation –
Gonçalo Amaral – There was no accusation yesterday. Not yesterday, the day before yesterday. What was done is – there is a decision from the magistrate, the judge, saying what is proved and what is not proved. That decision says that it is not proved that I caused the couple any damages, social or psychological or moral damages. So what was being questioned, it's not the book that causes such damages; they were already destroyed before the book. That is important. It's important because in this kind of process, what is at stake, contrary to what the couple said, that what was at stake was the investigation, whether they are guilty or not, none of that was being discussed there. What was at stake there was whether or not that book and that documentary could be made, if they were licit or not, if they caused the couple any damages, and whether or not it was possible to establish a causal nexus between the book and the damages. And the indications that are given lead me, and my lawyer, and people who have already read the document, to believe that there may be – there may be – a favourable verdict.
Anchor – There is a contradiction between the news that came out –
Gonçalo Amaral – There is no contradiction. There is complete manipulation of the media.
Anchor – Can you clarify that?
Gonçalo Amaral - Lusa agency, since all of this began, has been taking sides – I wouldn't say as much as they have taken the side of the couple, but they have taken the side of the couple's lawyer. So there have been completely false news about me. I remember an article that was published in 2009 or 2010, which mentioned I was going to be tried over torture in a certain case, that I had been accused of torture. I was in Spain at that time and I called, it was already 7 or 8 p.m. and I said "Excuse me, but this is not true. I am being accused of omitting a denunciation and making a false statement, not of torture". And the reply that I got from the Lusa journalist was that it's them that make the news, that it was not for me to meddle with their work and that is how it's been –
Anchor – Even though they were talking about your life.
Gonçalo Amaral – That's another thing that happened throughout all of these years, not only the five years of this process, but since 2007 they have been rummaging… I don't know what else there may be.
Anchor – The fact is that concerning the McCann couple, the McCann couple was never formally tried. They were never accused. So in your book we have a contradiction with the law.
Gonçalo Amaral – What is the contradiction? I don't accuse them. I am nobody, I'm not a magistrate, I'm not the case magistrate to write up an accusation –
Anchor – But you had knowledge, you were part of the investigation –
Gonçalo Amaral – I was a technician, I'm a technician, and like anyone else, I have the right to an opinion. And as a technician, based not only on my professionalism, but also on my knowledge as a technician, I have the right to have a technical opinion. And that book contains a technical opinion, based on facts that are in the process and that the judge says are in the process. Essentially, as is said, they are in the process. Therefore, saying that they were not accused… The process was – when I left there was already a movement to have the case archived. From the moment that they are made arguidos, everything moves to shelve the case. Interest was lost; the interest was to archive the case. And they succeeded in shelving the case. It was in the couple's interest to have the case archived, and two things happen: The couple does nothing, and they could have done something when there was a shelving, to continue into the instruction [phase] to keep the process going, for the truth to be found. You see, the conclusions that we reached were the conclusions of an investigation. And an investigation, like someone said, is always a zigzagging of the moment. And we might even have reached the end of the investigation –
Anchor – In this case, this investigation was very traumatising, very disorganised…
Gonçalo Amaral – Disorganised, in what way?
Anchor - Because nothing was concluded, so many years later the child's whereabouts haven't been found.
Gonçalo Amaral – Because of interferences that took place, without interferences we would have gone further. Have no doubts about that. That is why the process was archived. When the shelving took place, the couple and another person were arguidos. Any one of them could have requested the opening of the instruction and continued the process. None of them did it, the couple because they didn't want to, they didn't want to do it, and the other person because he received compensation from the British courts, so he didn't do it, he was very satisfied, and now it seems that he is an arguido again. This is what happens –
Anchor - We have to ask one last question. The truth is that the McCann couple – and this is a question and not a statement – demanded compensation worth 1.2 million euro from you because of the publication of the book "A Verdade da Mentira". This book was very controversial because it was also a success. Many people read it –
Anchor – Many copies were sold.
Anchor – Exactly. Many people read it and created their own opinion. Do you think that in some way that opinion drew people away from the possibility of believing in that child's parents?
Gonçalo Amaral – No, it didn't, quite the opposite. The book, which was successful in a way that nobody expected – the contract with the editor was even made based on sales targets, 10 thousand books sold would mean a certain percentage and so on – therefore a very normal contract, nobody was thinking about bestsellers or anything like that. What the book brought was more publicity for the case. And people were not drawn away. There are many people who still defend the couple's thesis. There are other people – those diverging opinions already existed before the book. They already existed practically before the book. What motivates the couple to file the lawsuit of 1.2 million euro may be the money. They have a firm, a firm where they are members of the board, called Madeleine Fund, which is to look for their daughter, but they are members of the board, it's a firm, it's not a social association, or social solidarity, it's a firm, it's registered in England as a firm. And what they always wanted was to destabilise me. When they went to Oprah's programme in the United States, they said it, they wrote on their website that they hope that now nobody believes in that person anymore, for this and that –
Anchor – But Gonçalo, they had to defend themselves with the weapons at hand, if they think they are innocent…
Gonçalo Amaral – Indeed they do. I will give you one example. We speak about the book and we speak about the documentary. We forget another detail. In 2009, in January of 2009, I lived in the Algarve and was indicated to run for mayor of Olhão on behalf of the Social Democratic Party [PSD]. And that alerted that family, that situation of destabilising me, and Mr Gerald McCann came to Lisbon, there's news from that time, he met with a top political official from PSD who has a French surname, with Dr Rogério Alves and with Dr Isabel Duarte – this is what is said, it's what was published – and what happened then was that PSD gave me up as a candidate. This puts rights at stake, the rights of a citizen, the rights of a Portuguese citizen, and someone comes from the outside to do it. It's the right to be elected. And this is when they start thinking about the lawsuit. It's not about what is in the book, what is in the documentary, because what the book and the documentary contain is what is in the process. They contain technical opinions. And it's the fear of that issue – when they come over here and put the right to be elected at stake, with the acquiescence of people inside PSD, that this happened.
Anchor – Thank you very much, Gonçalo. Our time is short but this is a subject that we would like to discuss in more depth. We will continue to follow this because the process is still in its early stages.
Gonçalo Amaral – There is no motive to get too excited, but it's a good indication of what may be the decision.
Anchor – Thank you for joining us today.
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