rojo wrote:
Mac Feet wrote:Thanks for the responses. I think that is a good way to look at it. To be fair in the same regard, while its not fair to get mad at Magness for not having more evidence, do you think it is fair to get mad at him for manipulating his testimony? Based on everything that has been presented by both sides, it seems to be far, far more probable than not that he lied in his testimony. He acted like he had no clue about why Rupp's urine sample was being tested by the Meyo clinic, claimed he found pills (which were Z pills in a magazine and nasal spray in the book) instead of the nasal spray, and may have been untruthful about his departure from NOP. All of the actual evidence that has been provided suggest that he was dishonest in those areas. Can't we be upset or question him for lying?
I think much of this idea that "Magness is lying' is based on false conclusions people made when reading the articles or by not reading them and Salazar's response closely.
1. Magness didn't act like he had no clue why the stuff was sent to the Mayo Clinic. Magness knew they didn't have a TUE and didn't want it in his system. He reported that and Alberto confirmed it.
I people are simply making way more of this based on the way it was written initially. I think you probably read too much into the line below of, "They did that to see if it tested positive," was an allegation of wrongdoing.
ProPublica wrote:
International anti-doping rules allow for expedited (and even retroactive) exemptions when acute medical problems need treatment, but Salazar and Rupp were unable to procure an exemption, Magness says. Rupp took the medication anyway, and while he flew ahead to Germany, Magness was directed by Salazar to fly to the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota to have a bottle of Rupp's urine tested. "They did that to see if it tested positive," Magness says. "I hand-carried Galen's urine through the airport, onto the plane, and into my rental car and drove to this clinic and dropped it off, and that was it." He never learned the result of the test.
International anti-doping rules allow for expedited (and even retroactive) exemptions when acute medical problems need treatment, but Salazar and Rupp were unable to procure an exemption, Magness says. Rupp took the medication anyway, and while he flew ahead to Germany, Magness was directed by Salazar to fly to the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota to have a bottle of Rupp's urine tested. "They did that to see if it tested positive," Magness says. "I hand-carried Galen's urine through the airport, onto the plane, and into my rental car and drove to this clinic and dropped it off, and that was it."
Magness and Salazar's stories are the same. It's just a matter of whether you think that's pushing the envelope or not.
Moving on to the pills. I will admit when I read Alberto's statement, I had the same thought as you. 'Wow, did Magness lie about the pills in the book?'
But not he did not. People simply misread what was written by both Epstein and Salazar. Here is what was written about the book by Epstein.
Epstein wrote:
Magness then flew to Dusseldorf to meet Rupp prior to the race. Soon after he arrived, Rupp told him he wasn't feeling well. Magness called Salazar, who he says told him to expect a package. Two days later, a box arrived at his hotel room. Inside it he found a paperback thriller. Confused, he flipped it open. A section of the pages had been hollowed out to form a compartment into which two pills were taped. "At that point," Magness says, "my mind was like, this is stuff you see in movies, this is extremely strange." He handed the pills to Rupp, who he says promptly swallowed them and laughed off the clandestine packaging as typical Salazar antics. Magness, who had been on the job less than two months, says he never asked what the pills were. At the end of the week, Rupp placed fourth in the 5K in Germany. Neither Salazar nor Rupp responded to questions about the hollowed-out book containing pills.
Everything up there is totally true. It's totally true that's it's extremely strange to get a package in a hollowed out book. It's totally true that Magness called Salazar to say he was sick. Epstein simply didn't mention that Magness did get some pills he was expecting before getting something he wasn't expecting. What he mentioned was that he wasn't expecting was the stuff in the hollowed out book.
Go back and re-read Albertos' response. The hollowed out book section comes after the other stuff with documentation that Magness expected it.
Mac Feet wrote:
ebruary 13, 2011: Magness emailed that Galen’s cough was worse after running and he has modified his workout to allow time for the “cough and such to settle down.” He further advised that Galen was on cough medicine and paracetamol. See Exhibit 7.
Galen emailed me the name of his cough medicine and that he and Magness did a USADA drug search to make sure it was ok. See Exhibit 8.
I emailed Galen that the FedEx package with the Z-Pak had cleared customs and he should receive it by noon the next day. I advised him to confirm that the front desk had both Galen’s name and Magness’ name on file so they would accept the package. See Exhibit 9.
February 14, 2011: Galen emailed that he received the Z-Pak and took the first dose at about noon. See Exhibit 9.
Magness emailed: “Got the medicine. No problems.” See Exhibit 10.
I sent Galen his Nasonex prescription. I put it inside a paperback book.
Reading that, it seems as if Alberto admits to sending additional medication after Magness expected it. And what he sent was in a hollowed out book.
But good questions as I had the 2nd part in my head for a brief while myself.