Read the **** Pound Interview at L'equipe Des Cons
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Sept 10, 2005
**** Pound Speaks with Wisdom and Candor
**** Pound, President of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) took a moment to speak with L’Equipe des Cons and share some of his insights into the doping scandal of Lance Armstrong as well as reflections on his role in running WADA.
L’Equipe des Cons:
Mr. Pound, you have been running WADA for several years now. To what do you attribute your success?
****:
I’ve never been one for rules, procedures and due process and that has served me well most of the time.
EdC:
Would you care to explain?
****:
Well before I was president of WADA I was a baggage screener. A very talented baggage screener at that. You see, I could profile someone and tell right away if they had contraband items even without an X-Ray or physical search. Just by looking at a guy, sizing him up, I could tell if he was guilty. I was like a bloodhound. I would slap the cuffs on people I thought were offenders and hand them over to local police officers for processing. They were so annoying though, wanting to see evidence that would hold up in court, something about due process, and there was this thing called chain of custody that I always seemed to break. Never really got it, so I quit, well I was sort of forced to quit.
EdC:
Wow, that never would have happened in France. So what happened then?
****:
I was picked up by WADA and found the fit to be perfect from the beginning. You see, I no longer had to deal with the law, which is a pain in the rear as far as I’m concerned. We created these things called guidelines and codes. Since they aren’t laws, nobody cares if I uphold them or not. Heck that lab in France didn’t follow them and that’s O.K. in my book. Good intution and freedom of expression are much more important qualities for regulatory authorities.
EdC:
So how do you keep sports drug free if you don’t follow those codes and guidelines?
****:
I already told you. I like to profile an athlete and go after him. I just know who’s doping. I don’t care how many clean tests a guy may have, I just know…feel it in my bones. Take Lance Armstrong. He’s cocky, doesn’t seem to like me much, wins too much and he dopes, just ask the French. That’s why I made the statements about the test results you guys dug up. It confirms my intuitions. Forget those A and B sample thingies.
EdC:
Mr. Pound you’re a wise man, matter of fact I think you'd be an excellent candidate for L’Equipe des Cons man of the year award. Hope to speak to you again soon.
****:
It's been a pleasure.
www.lequipedescons.com
Sept 10, 2005
**** Pound Speaks with Wisdom and Candor
**** Pound, President of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) took a moment to speak with L’Equipe des Cons and share some of his insights into the doping scandal of Lance Armstrong as well as reflections on his role in running WADA.
L’Equipe des Cons:
Mr. Pound, you have been running WADA for several years now. To what do you attribute your success?
****:
I’ve never been one for rules, procedures and due process and that has served me well most of the time.
EdC:
Would you care to explain?
****:
Well before I was president of WADA I was a baggage screener. A very talented baggage screener at that. You see, I could profile someone and tell right away if they had contraband items even without an X-Ray or physical search. Just by looking at a guy, sizing him up, I could tell if he was guilty. I was like a bloodhound. I would slap the cuffs on people I thought were offenders and hand them over to local police officers for processing. They were so annoying though, wanting to see evidence that would hold up in court, something about due process, and there was this thing called chain of custody that I always seemed to break. Never really got it, so I quit, well I was sort of forced to quit.
EdC:
Wow, that never would have happened in France. So what happened then?
****:
I was picked up by WADA and found the fit to be perfect from the beginning. You see, I no longer had to deal with the law, which is a pain in the rear as far as I’m concerned. We created these things called guidelines and codes. Since they aren’t laws, nobody cares if I uphold them or not. Heck that lab in France didn’t follow them and that’s O.K. in my book. Good intution and freedom of expression are much more important qualities for regulatory authorities.
EdC:
So how do you keep sports drug free if you don’t follow those codes and guidelines?
****:
I already told you. I like to profile an athlete and go after him. I just know who’s doping. I don’t care how many clean tests a guy may have, I just know…feel it in my bones. Take Lance Armstrong. He’s cocky, doesn’t seem to like me much, wins too much and he dopes, just ask the French. That’s why I made the statements about the test results you guys dug up. It confirms my intuitions. Forget those A and B sample thingies.
EdC:
Mr. Pound you’re a wise man, matter of fact I think you'd be an excellent candidate for L’Equipe des Cons man of the year award. Hope to speak to you again soon.
****:
It's been a pleasure.
