Phil Knight wrote:
The USADA & Crime wrote:What exactly does Dr. Brown have to lose? Except for a few narrow situations, it's not a crime to lie to the USADA, since the USADA is not part of the government.
The USADA is not like the FBI. It is set up to investigate physical evidence. It's rules do not even provide for witnesses to take an oath while being questioned. With only a few exceptions that are not relevant here, all of the rules about investigations have to do with the handling of blood and other physical evidence.
I was under the assumption that USADA will have him testify under oath, just as they wanted Lance to do. Once they ask him questions regarding his treatment of athletes and handling and prescribing medications Dr. Brown opens himself up to a number of potential issues from state licensing boards. For example, other posters in previous treads have noted that his androgel experiment with Alberto may have violated a number of ethical and procedural violations. Why else would he avoid speaking to USADA if there was no wrong doing? Even Alberto spoke to USADA informally. My assumption is that USADA has waited until they have loads of evidence of suspect prescriptions. Dr. Brown does not want a formal record of his shoddy and possibly unethical work.
BINGO!