Hincapies leaked grand jury testimony should seal the deal for just about anyone, shouldn't it? I suppose the leak could have been a complete fabrication, but history shows that such leaks are a technique Novitsky used frequently to gain public support. Is it unethical? I think so. But I can't recall any of his leaks turning out to be false, can any of you?
I remember seeing Hincapie interviewed briefly on the day the leak was broadcast by CBS News. He didn't say that the leak was false, only that he didn't want to drag his sport through the mud, and that the sport had come a long way since then. In later interviews he simply said "I never said a word to CBS News." That was the truth, but of course nobody claimed he had. It was his way to show that the story contained an unethical leak and to sound like he was denying the leak, something he's never done to my knowledge.
I think you have to believe that leak was a total fabrication to believe that Lance was clean. Hincapie and Armstrong are as close as brothers and the only way Hincapie would give up the truth on Lance like that would be under threat of prosecution, a technique for which Novitsky is well known in his PED hunts. I think Novitsky is a slimeball, but unfortunately I think his methods have yielded the truth.
I remember seeing Hincapie interviewed briefly on the day the leak was broadcast by CBS News. He didn't say that the leak was false, only that he didn't want to drag his sport through the mud, and that the sport had come a long way since then. In later interviews he simply said "I never said a word to CBS News." That was the truth, but of course nobody claimed he had. It was his way to show that the story contained an unethical leak and to sound like he was denying the leak, something he's never done to my knowledge.
I think you have to believe that leak was a total fabrication to believe that Lance was clean. Hincapie and Armstrong are as close as brothers and the only way Hincapie would give up the truth on Lance like that would be under threat of prosecution, a technique for which Novitsky is well known in his PED hunts. I think Novitsky is a slimeball, but unfortunately I think his methods have yielded the truth.
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