The attorney for Lance Armstrong says anti-doping authorities determined that the cyclist was guilty — Transcript

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1. 0:00our reaction uh was uh one of not
2. 0:04surprise what they call a reasoned
3. 0:07decision is neither reason or nor a
4. 0:10decision they what they what usada has
5. 0:15done has uh they have characterized the
6. 0:19evidence and testimony that they think
7. 0:22they have and they've characterized it
8. 0:24and spun it in in a way that they uh
9. 0:27want to do it without any test of it
10. 0:30without any due process guarantees for
11. 0:34uh uh confrontation of witnesses testing
12. 0:37Witnesses memories and so
13. 0:39forth when they charged uh Lance and
14. 0:45five others with
15. 0:48uh oh charges or allegations that go
16. 0:50back 17 years when their own statute of
17. 0:54limitations and the international
18. 0:56statute and the world anti-doping code
19. 0:59statute
20. 1:00says that you cannot go back further
21. 1:02than 8 years well we knew it was unfair
22. 1:05the outcome was predetermined we know
23. 1:09that since the mid 2000s that uh the
24. 1:13president of wat's and the usada people
25. 1:17have been out to get Lance and uh even
26. 1:20Floyd Landis in
27. 1:232006 when he was uh uh caught
28. 1:27cheating uh by a a drug test
29. 1:30he uh in his book wrote about how Yad
30. 1:33had approached him and said theyd let
31. 1:35him off the hook if he would turn over
32. 1:38Armstrong our reaction uh was one of not
33. 1:43surprise what they call a reasoned
34. 1:46decision is neither reason or nor a
35. 1:50decision they what they what usada has
36. 1:54done has uh they have characterized the
37. 1:59evidence and testimony that they think
38. 2:02they have and they've characterized it
39. 2:03and spun it in in a way that they want
40. 2:07to do it without any testing of it
41. 2:10without any due process guarantees for
42. 2:13uh uh confrontation of witnesses testing
43. 2:17Witnesses memories and so
44. 2:19forth when they charged uh Lance and
45. 2:25five others with
46. 2:27uh oh charges or allegations that go
47. 2:30back 17 years when their own statute of
48. 2:34limitations and the international
49. 2:36statute and the world anti-doping code
50. 2:39statute says that you cannot go back
51. 2:42further than eight years well we knew it
52. 2:45was unfair the outcome was predetermined
53. 2:47we know that since the mid 2000s that uh
54. 2:53the president of watas and the usada
55. 2:57people have been out to get Lance and
56. 2:59and uh even Floyd Landis in
57. 3:032006 when he was uh uh caught
58. 3:07cheating uh by a a drug test he uh in
59. 3:12his book wrote about how usad had
60. 3:14approached him and said they let him off
61. 3:15the hook if he would turn over Armstrong