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Subject: =?iso-8859-1?q?Re:_French_antidoping_laboratory_computer_system_=AB_visited_=BB_by_Floyd_LA Posted on: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 10:59:55 +0000 (UTC)

I meant laWyer : another "erreur purement mat=E9rielle" :+)

didier Meurgues a =E9crit :

> http://www.lemonde.fr/web/article/0,1-0@2-3242,36-834698@51-834397,0.html
>
> Nevertheless, IF it happens that the serie were is kept the tube is
> really in the 995.000s one as well as the number written on the tube
> tested in presence of Landis layer, so before his very eyes, a dactylo
> mistake is considered by french courts as an "erreur purement
> materielle" and as such never taken in count by them.
>
> serach the expression in
> http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/WAspad/RechercheExperteJade.jsp
> didier Meurgues
>
> Earl Evleth a =E9crit :
>
> > On 16/11/06 4:13, in article
> > 1163646794.982053.9240@k70g2000cwa.googlegroups.com, "yeosmyth"
> > wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > d
> > >> http://www.lequipe.fr/Aussi/20061114_101515Dev.html
> > >>
> > >> http://sports.lefigaro.fr/article_cyclisme_des_pirates_pour_sauver_l=
andis__12
> > >> 140.html
> > >>
> > >> didier Meurgues
> > >
> > > en anglais?
> > > ss
> > >
> >
> >
> > Lots but here is the IHT article this morning, first the administrative
> > error talked about was
> >
> > "Le Monde quoted unidentified sources as having said that the laboratory
> > wrote that the B sample tested was number 994,474, while the actual num=
ber
> > was 995,474."
> >
> > The only problem there is whether there is a sample number 994,474 at a=
ll.
> >
> > As for the other side of the story, the hacker and any associates who
> > prepared the phoney e-mail which sent up red flags immediately.
> >
> > "The newspaper said that the messages were written in poor French and t=
hat
> > they lacked the signature of the laboratory's director, Jacques de Ceau=
rriz.
> > Also, the messages wrongly spelled Ch=E2tenay-Malabry.
> >
> > Finally, being hacked at all speaks generally to the security of the
> > lab. For an American defense lawyer this presents all sorts of opportun=
ity
> > to challenge the reliability of the lab's report. We saw it before in
> > the case of OJ, he as obviously guilty but the job of confusing the jur=
ors
> > was made easy by goofups.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Cycling: Landis camp denies it hacked computers at French laboratory
> >
> > Samuel Abt
> >
> > International Herald Tribune
> >
> >
> >
> > The Floyd Landis camp denied Wednesday that it was involved in computer
> > hacking to discredit the French laboratory that ruled the rider had fai=
led a
> > doping test while he was finishing first in the Tour de France.
> >
> > "We don't know who would perpetrate this," said Michael Henson, a spoke=
sman
> > for Landis. "We certainly don't know what the source of this incident i=
s=2E
> >
> > "We're following the news, but we haven't been contacted by any
> > authorities," Henson continued. "We're not challenging the report, but =
we
> > need to see details of the investigation."
> >
> > Landis was traveling and unavailable for comment, Henson said by phone =
from
> > the United States.
> >
> > Henson also cited a report by the French newspaper Le Monde on Wednesday
> > that the laboratory at Ch=E2tenay- Malabry had made what the paper desc=
ribed
> > as an "administrative error" when it reported its findings on Landis's
> > backup B urine sample. Le Monde quoted unidentified sources as having s=
aid
> > that the laboratory wrote that the B sample tested was number 994,474, =
while
> > the actual number was 995,474.
> >
> > "The error, of an administrative nature, does not mean the positive B s=
ample
> > was not that of the American," Le Monde said. "But it is being used tod=
ay by
> > his lawyers to contest his positive doping results."
> >
> > Henson confirmed that, saying, "It's not news to us. This is the error =
we
> > pointed to weeks ago, the misidentified sample. It supports the defense=
we
> > laid out.
> >
> > "This points to a sloppiness in the lab work," he continued. "It's part=
and
> > parcel of the mistakes made."
> >
> > In the hacking case, the French police began investigating after the
> > computer system of the main French anti-doping laboratory at
> > Ch=E2tenay-Malabry outside Paris was entered and bogus e-mail messages
> > reflecting on the laboratory's reliability were sent, the public prosec=
utor
> > said Tuesday.
> >
> > "Some e-mails have been sent as if they were from the laboratory to oth=
er
> > laboratories" specializing in doping, the head of the country's anti-do=
ping
> > agency, Pierre Bordry, told Radio France Info.
> >
> > Other recipients included the International Cycling Union, the Internat=
ional
> > Olympic Committee and the World Anti-Doping Agency. The bogus e-mail
> > messages contained excerpts of internal documents concerning rectificat=
ions
> > made during previous doping tests, but, according to the sports newspap=
er
> > l'=C9quipe, these had been taken out of context.
> >
> > The newspaper said that the messages were written in poor French and th=
at
> > they lacked the signature of the laboratory's director, Jacques de Ceau=
rriz.
> > Also, the messages wrongly spelled Ch=E2tenay-Malabry.
> >
> > According to l'=C9quipe, investigators have identified a person with cl=
ose
> > ties to Landis as the author of the e-mail messages. The suspect was not
> > identified.
> >
> > "This doesn't help the process to bring the truth to light," Henson sai=
d=2E
> > Landis tested positive for an illegally high testosterone level followi=
ng
> > his comeback victory during a late stage of this year's Tour de France.=
That
> > test was carried out at Ch=E2tenay-Malabry.
> >
> > If he loses his appeal, he will be stripped of his overall victory and =
could
> > be banned for two years. The appeal will be heard in January in the Uni=
ted
> > States.
> >
> > On Sunday, Landis appeared on French television in an effort to present=
his
> > side of the case and raise questions about the French laboratory's
> > reliability.
> >
> > "I did not take testosterone," Landis, a 31-year-old American, told the
> > station France 2 from his home in California.
> >
> > Discussing the laboratory, he said, "Even the best people make mistakes=
. I
> > can't say that the lab has always been the best lab, but I can say that=
in
> > this case, they made some mistakes."