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February 06, 2008
Learning from Lewinsky

Brian McNamee turned over what he claims is physical evidence linking Roger Clemens to steroids:

McNamee kept syringes, gauze pads and vials from the 2000 and 2001 seasons because he feared Clemens would deny illicit drug use if the matter was ever investigated, according to the anonymous source cited by the newspaper.

I had a feeling Mitchell was going on something more than McNamee's word. We'll see how this plays out.


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One needs to be a little skeptical of the "chain of custody" of that evidence, no?

Posted by: Donald A. Coffin at February 6, 2008 05:48 PM

Except that Clemens isn't denying that he was injected by McNamee. He's just denying that he was injected with anything out of the ordinary. Without a signed payment "for illegal and immoral drugs" or similar, this "evidence" is useless -- except in the court of public opinion.

The fact that he kept a bloody syringe for this many years is extremely suspicious, imho. McNamee has been shown to be a cheat, a drug dealer, and a traitor to his friends and clients; I wouldn't be surprised to find that this whole thing began with an attempted blackmail.

Posted by: SleepyCA at February 6, 2008 05:49 PM

what would really bolster mcnamee claims if he had syringes from Knoblauch and maybe Pettitte. Then again, he didnt inject either one of them the amount of times he injected clemens with.

Posted by: frog at February 6, 2008 06:00 PM

Who holds on to used gauze pads for 6-7 years, unless he had some nefarious purpose?

Posted by: rbj at February 6, 2008 06:36 PM

If Mitchell knew about this then why didnt he include it in the report? It would strenghten the case against Clemens. Furthermore, in his defense of his inclusion of Clemens in the report, he never mentioned this evidence. Why would he omit it from interviews?

Posted by: Nick at February 6, 2008 07:05 PM

Mitchell's report only included newpaper articles and legal information that was handed to him - $ 20 million plus for a news clipping service!!!

It could be wrose - there were other boxes contained his wife's used tampons.

Posted by: rmt at February 6, 2008 07:19 PM

It looks like McNamee didn't hand over the evidence until January. As others have mentioned, I'm also concerned with the chain of evidence here.

Posted by: David Pinto at February 6, 2008 07:25 PM

sorry, thye were not McNamee's wife's tampons - the DNA testing showed that they were Mike Lupica's tampons.....

Posted by: rmt at February 7, 2008 12:25 PM

The bell tolls for Clemens. Doubt this evidence gets used in front of a jury, but perjury convictions are easy to attain. Libbey went down on straight he said/she said. What this does is increase the likelihood the Feds prosecute, and that is more than half the battle. If they bring it he will do time. That phone call game put behind square behind the 8 ball. Another scummy bully doing time, cya Rog.
Time to stop carrying water for the man, RMT.

Posted by: abe at February 7, 2008 03:53 PM

McNamee is a former NYC cop-red flag?
When Clemens said he took shots of a pain killer that isn't administered in the butt on 60minutes I didn't understand why his represntatives would allow him to say something that made no medical sense. It sounds like he threw that story out there so if evidance of shots came up he could use the Bond's defense--"I trusted my trainer didn't know what was in the needles."
Whatever, talking about this stuff 1 week before pitchers and catchers is sad.

Posted by: Mark at February 7, 2008 03:56 PM

Abe - I am not carrying water for him, I want this all to go to a real court. I don't trust Congress to administer justice and I do not want sportswriters to be my moral compass.

Is lying in Congress is OK, but lying to Congress a no-no?

Posted by: rmt at February 7, 2008 04:35 PM

Mitchell wasn't going on anything but what had been xeroxed and handed to him by a separate investigation of New York area dealers. Paul Byrd's 1000 syringes and 100 units of HGH have been out in the open, kept in team fridges etc., and it cost him nothing.

Posted by: susan mullen at February 7, 2008 05:09 PM

"Is lying in Congress is OK, but lying to Congress a no-no?"
Comment of the day, and sadly, yes. God, I despise politicians.

Posted by: abe at February 7, 2008 05:57 PM

Arlen Spector is now going after the NFL and the Patriots for destroying "evidence" of the Patriots spygate filming - has he made any statement regarding the destruction of Guantanamo torture tapes by the CIA?

Let's put things in perspective...and at least admit that Congress is the LAST place to go to solve the issue.

Henry Waxman was the House comittee shepard and a co-sponsor of the DSHEA act in 1994 which liberlaized supplement distribution and only allowed the FDA to take action after too many of those precious kids politicians whine about died. It also allowed the current state of affiars where 25% of supplements contain steroids and 12% contain illegal stimulants. Waxman has recanted his support, but it is too late.

Bravo Congress - you are the LAST place to go to evaluate anyone's integrity.

Posted by: rmt at February 7, 2008 07:36 PM

rmt,
"25% of supplements contain steroids"
What is the source of this info? I used to work in the industry years ago. There were rumors curious where it is documented.

Posted by: Mark at February 8, 2008 06:51 AM

Research Indicates Nearly 25 Percent of Supplements Are Contaminated With Steroids,...

http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/12-06-2007/0004718473&EDATE=

Posted by: rmt at February 9, 2008 11:45 PM
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