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How & Why the Feds Will Investigate Roger Clemens
newsweek.com — The FBI is expected to make the initial call on whether to open a criminal investigation into whether legendary pitcher Roger Clemens lied about his alleged use of performance-enhancing drugs when he testified at a House Oversight Committee hearing earlier this month.
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- burntsac, on 02/29/2008, -4/+43WAY TO PRIORITIZE, CONGRESS!
- bingobongony, on 02/29/2008, -10/+4Yup..someone cheating a multi-billion dolar business should be investigated. Just like Kenneth Lay.
And before you say that Kenneth Lay cost people money, so does cheating in baseball. EVery player that got struck out by Clemens may have not gotten a salary increase. Or even worse, a rookie may have been sent down becuase he struck out rather than hitting the game winning double. Every owner that saw his team lose the playoffs or miss the playoffs entirely because of losses to Clemens lost out on MILLIONS of dollars of revenue. PEople who legally bet on any game that Clemens pitched was defrauded out of money.- HotDogBun, on 02/29/2008, -2/+6to much typing from a baseball fanboy. buried.
- Jenadae, on 02/29/2008, -1/+3Blah blah blah blah QQ
/mature - mikesbaker, on 02/29/2008, -2/+6boo ***** hoo if it wasn't for crazy ass home runs and fast ball pitching there wouldn't be baseball anymore
- Akraz, on 02/29/2008, -1/+2You care this much about baseball?
LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL- bingobongony, on 02/29/2008, -2/+1Do you SEE your digg history? and you are laughing at OTHERS?
- pushmouse, on 02/29/2008, -1/+2We're at war and Congress is giving Baseball this kind of priority?
- bingobongony, on 02/29/2008, -0/+2Yeah...because Congress should really shut down and do NOTHING else but war related stuff.
You truly are a ***** idiot
- bingobongony, on 02/29/2008, -0/+2Yeah...because Congress should really shut down and do NOTHING else but war related stuff.
- quomen, on 02/29/2008, -0/+1Okay, if i'm not mistaken, Roger Clemens DID NOT HAVE TO TESTIFY. He actually WANTED a hearing so that he could get his message out.. However he was a dumbass and realized that shouting and pouting won't hide the fact that he's living a lie, and subsequently he's going to go to jail for lying under oath. Perjury. Self Inflicted Failure.
- marvin69, on 02/29/2008, -1/+4Who pays for most of the ball parks in this country? Public tax dollars. If baseball becomes illegitimate then we lost our investment to our communities.
- senatorpjt, on 02/29/2008, -2/+1If so, then they shouldn't investigate it. Baseball is only becoming illegitimate because of the investigation. Without it, nobody would know if they used steroids.
- Noods, on 02/29/2008, -1/+3Good call. Why the ***** is steroids in baseball a federal government issue?
- DrDash, on 02/29/2008, -1/+1I have asked myself this all the time. Whats next? Testing people in other companies. MLB is a company and not part of the government.
- kocurejd, on 02/29/2008, -1/+1This seems to be the standard comment, but does Congress have nothing better to do with their time and our money? I mean, these are our ***** legislators! If this is any indication of the route our elected representatives are heading down, I'm pretty sure I could be a Senator.
- bingobongony, on 02/29/2008, -10/+4Yup..someone cheating a multi-billion dolar business should be investigated. Just like Kenneth Lay.
- mark076h, on 02/29/2008, -4/+22i am pretty sure the FBI could find more important things to investigate
- Gndoab, on 02/29/2008, -1/+8Nope. A sports figure using steroids is pretty much the top of the list.
- bingobongony, on 02/29/2008, -6/+2I am pretty sure that the entire FBI is not handling this one case.
- HotDogBun, on 02/29/2008, -3/+9even having one person working on it for 15 minutes is a huge waste of money on something extremely unimportant. Buried.
- ziromix, on 02/29/2008, -1/+1i'm with you on this one, what a time waster investigation! they should investigate more pressing matters like is the burger king REALLY the king of burgers, or did they blackmail the real king and make him trade his title? i think someone needs to look into this, burger king should be taken down for fraud.
- rpgmaker, on 02/29/2008, -1/+1Yes, not screwing up one of my favorites pitchers :/
- Gndoab, on 02/29/2008, -8/+2first.
did anyone catch the hearing? "The only thing I'm guilty of is caring too much!!"
right. Just like MJ.- bingobongony, on 02/29/2008, -2/+4The only thing sadder than someone who tries to be first is one that declares himself first and has other people beat him while he is submtting his comment.
- HotDogBun, on 02/29/2008, -2/+1and the one thing worse than that is the some douchebag taking the time ot point it out. buried.
- Gndoab, on 02/29/2008, -2/+1yeah so two people beat me. Penis.
- sarixe, on 02/29/2008, -0/+1lesson learned: never declare first
- bingobongony, on 02/29/2008, -2/+4The only thing sadder than someone who tries to be first is one that declares himself first and has other people beat him while he is submtting his comment.
- HotDogBun, on 02/29/2008, -2/+20Who gives a *****. Why are we wasting tax dollars investigating.... Baseball!? What's next, a federal inquisition against Hulk Hogan? This is such a tremendous waste of my money and a waste of time for the half assed government i get stuck paying for.
- bingobongony, on 02/29/2008, -7/+2Why did they waste tax dollars investigating an energy company like Enron? Oh yeah...because it is a MAJOR business. Just like major league baseball.
- HotDogBun, on 02/29/2008, -1/+8Did we investigate enron because of MILLIONS of dollars tied to our government, or because one of their employees might have used performance enhancing drugs?
LMAO, L2analogy.- bingobongony, on 02/29/2008, -1/+2Cheating in business, you stupid *****.
- HotDogBun, on 03/01/2008, -0/+1well i guess we need a federal investigation into the counter girl at a local pizza business who pocketed 5 dollars out of the till.
Enjoy your down's syndrome.
- HotDogBun, on 03/01/2008, -0/+1well i guess we need a federal investigation into the counter girl at a local pizza business who pocketed 5 dollars out of the till.
- bc289, on 03/02/2008, -0/+0cheating in business? haha
- bingobongony, on 02/29/2008, -1/+2Cheating in business, you stupid *****.
- Jenadae, on 02/29/2008, -1/+3Just because "major" is in the name dosnt mean we should care.
- bingobongony, on 02/29/2008, -1/+2Then you should care about any business in which one employee cheats and steals from it at the detriment of another
- bingobongony, on 02/29/2008, -1/+1I am sure yo would whine like a little bitch if some business that you had financial stake in somehow was a victim of fraud...even if it brought in FAR less money to the government in the forms of taxes, etc. Baseball is a multi-billion dollar a year business. Not a game.
- sarixe, on 02/29/2008, -0/+2you're a major dick! should we investigate you?
- HotDogBun, on 02/29/2008, -1/+8Did we investigate enron because of MILLIONS of dollars tied to our government, or because one of their employees might have used performance enhancing drugs?
- potisreallygood, on 02/29/2008, -0/+1Forbes.com
February 27, 2008
Congressman Lee Terry of Nebraska opened his statement at today's congressional hearings in Washington D.C. regarding performance enhancing drugs by commending chairman Bobby Rush for calling out Vince McMahon earlier (who said he was "exceptionally and extremely disappointed" as McMahon was the only person to turn down their invitation). Terry said, "Mr. chairman, you rightfully called out Vince McMahon. Someone that flips his finger at this committee or at Congress deserves to be called out. On the other hand, we have a really esteemed panel and in my personal opinion Vince McMahon does not belong at this table with these people." It's interesting to note that NFL commissioner Roger Goodell smiled when Terry said that McMahon didn't belong on the same panel as them. Also, NFL union chief Gene Upshaw chuckled at Terry's remark, while the rest of the panel did not openly react it.
McMahon sent word to the committee that he would be unable to attend the conference because his lawyer, Jerry McDevitt, was unavailable to accompany him due to scheduling issues. This is actually true because McDevitt is working on a high profile fraud case in Pittsburgh. This is high-profile enough that the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review is covering it on a daily basis with their "Wecht Watch" feature that gives updates on the trial. To sum the case up, they wrote: "Dr. Cyril H. Wecht, a former Allegheny County coroner, is accused of using his public office for private gain and of defrauding clients of his private pathology consulting business." - reddikilowatt, on 02/29/2008, -2/+3These businesses (NFL, NBA, MLB, etc), get a legal monopoly, extort tax breaks and hold municipalities hostage as normal operational procedures. Hell yes, congress should be investigating them! Just make sure they keep investigating everyone for foul play, not just the star players.
- bingobongony, on 02/29/2008, -1/+1This is no longer about steroids with Clemens. It is about perjury and obstruction of justice. They had NO plans on pursuing criminal charges against any of the players named on the Mitchell Report based on steroid use alone.
- HotDogBun, on 03/01/2008, -0/+1lol.
- bingobongony, on 03/01/2008, -1/+1What is funny about that? It is true...they are not pursuing ANY of the other people in the Mitchell report. If they were prosecuting people for steroid using, they would go after Pettitte who outright admitted that he did it. They are not, because he did not commit perjury and obstruct justice.
People want to bitch about why are they going after a game (because they are iditos and consider a multi-billion dollar business a game) and say it is not important, but if it is not important, then Clemens shouldn't have lied under oath.
- bingobongony, on 03/01/2008, -1/+1What is funny about that? It is true...they are not pursuing ANY of the other people in the Mitchell report. If they were prosecuting people for steroid using, they would go after Pettitte who outright admitted that he did it. They are not, because he did not commit perjury and obstruct justice.
- HotDogBun, on 03/01/2008, -0/+1lol.
- bingobongony, on 02/29/2008, -1/+1This is no longer about steroids with Clemens. It is about perjury and obstruction of justice. They had NO plans on pursuing criminal charges against any of the players named on the Mitchell Report based on steroid use alone.
- bingobongony, on 02/29/2008, -7/+2Why did they waste tax dollars investigating an energy company like Enron? Oh yeah...because it is a MAJOR business. Just like major league baseball.
- ufia, on 02/29/2008, -1/+5Baseball pitchers are responsible for illegal wiretap in America.
- bingobongony, on 02/29/2008, -4/+2I almost wonder if Barry Bonds paid Roger Clemens to do this. Bonds has to be hte happiest man on the planet to have Clemens take the spot of biggest idiot in the game.
- potisreallygood, on 02/29/2008, -0/+1are you going to hit 10,000 post tonight? i think thats a record considering the short amount of time you have been on this site.
- burntsac, on 02/29/2008, -2/+4obviously Congress received an anonymous tip that the WMDs are in hidden in baseball players' biceps.
- Jenadae, on 02/29/2008, -2/+12This is a pathetic waste of our tax money
- spyd3rweb, on 02/29/2008, -2/+2Can't the MLB investigate privately?
- silentsirens, on 02/29/2008, -4/+1wow, the third sports related article I've read on Digg today. FTW
- MrsButtersworth, on 02/29/2008, -2/+2Why are you reading sports related articles on digg? Sounds like a personal problem.
- fartbuttes, on 02/29/2008, -0/+4I know I'm echoing others here but remind me again why he even testified at the House Oversight Committee in the first place??? this is so dumb. every time something new comes up in this fiasco I have to hear it all day on NPR. I just want to reach through the radio and strangle Robert Siegel every time I hear something about this completely worthless topic.
- reddikilowatt, on 02/29/2008, -1/+1Agreed. Yes, I think this (and all the sports monopolies) need a lot of oversight, there's no real reason for congress make such a big deal about it. But, the cameras give the congress critters a lot of face time, and it is an election year, so that's all we'll hear (even NPR has to pay the electric bill).
- prcrimm1, on 02/29/2008, -4/+2Well this is easier than actually doing something about what really matters. More of the left wings, er Democratics, stage show. Let's have another show trial to keep the public occupied so they don't notice what is really going on.
- XxLindyxX, on 02/29/2008, -4/+4And all of this will end up being for nothing. G.W. Bush is going to pardon him anyway. They are baseball buddies.
- malman4, on 02/29/2008, -1/+0Some even have to bring Bush into this. Can you spell Waxman?
- dime, on 02/29/2008, -3/+3Should have invoked executive privilege! I'm sure one can make the case that baseball, our official national pastime, is protected under such blankets.
I mean, really, if government officials can avoid testifying under oath about things like warrentless wiretaps, we should at least extend the same courtesy to our brave men in uniform who hit balls with sticks. - Air420, on 02/29/2008, -3/+5WHO CARES! If these dumb ***** think theres a problem with human enhancement in sports now, just wait 5 years when gene doping will be mainstream (it can't be tested for). Get over this romanticized naturalist view of the human species, and start spending time on real issues.
- reddikilowatt, on 02/29/2008, -1/+2You should. You pay a lot of money to ESPN, even if you don't watch it. You pay extra in taxes to finance the fancy new stadium the city had to build to keep the franchise in town. MLB and the like are a legal monopoly and are just as dirty as the mob, yet everyone just accepts it.
Now, congress' way of investigation is just election year pandering, but this is something they should be doing.
- reddikilowatt, on 02/29/2008, -1/+2You should. You pay a lot of money to ESPN, even if you don't watch it. You pay extra in taxes to finance the fancy new stadium the city had to build to keep the franchise in town. MLB and the like are a legal monopoly and are just as dirty as the mob, yet everyone just accepts it.
- tomis, on 02/29/2008, -3/+4Isn't it amazing how politicians and the powerful think this kind of crap will actually distract the citizenry away from things which actually matter? And even more amazing is the fact that it actually works. Just when people start wondering; "hey what happened to fixing the health care system, or the education system, and are we out of Iraq yet?" Then they'll cook up some new scandal to distract us again. And it works every time....
- lndmn01, on 02/29/2008, -3/+1Could someone explain to me why Clemens even testified in the first place? When was congress given the power to investigate any sport?
- iPirate, on 02/29/2008, -0/+5When congress decided to allow the MLB to monopolize baseball.
- jjones20, on 02/29/2008, -3/+1I havent read much into this, but why is this even an issue? If he did it, they cant prove it, and even if he did, what does he get? a fine of some sort? itd be nowhere near the amount of money being wasted on this crap.
- bxblox, on 02/29/2008, -3/+6Clemens is the new pete rose. Just ***** admit it and stop wasting our time.
- tinotheelf, on 03/01/2008, -0/+0Disagree. NOTHING is more damaging to baseball than gambling. At least we know Clemens was still trying his best to win.
Yeah I know, Rose only bet on his team to win, yadda yadda - what if he went on a losing streak and REALLY needed some cash? Gambling opens doors that steroids don't, and nobody should be banned from baseball for using steroids/HGH.
- tinotheelf, on 03/01/2008, -0/+0Disagree. NOTHING is more damaging to baseball than gambling. At least we know Clemens was still trying his best to win.
- donutwant, on 02/29/2008, -2/+4Nothing like a good ol' Stalinesque show trial to keep the sheeple distracted.
- wakananda, on 02/29/2008, -4/+2Pure, childish spectacle to give the infants something to suck on. Pathetic.
- adml_shake, on 02/29/2008, -2/+3Well it's nice to know that our government officials have solved every single problem in D.C. and we can now worry about worthless ***** such as this.
- meed, on 02/29/2008, -2/+3People lying under oath should be considered a major crime. But there seems to be a double standard, especially if your Bill Clinton.
Am I the only one that thinks this witch hunt is going out of control? I can't believe how much time,money and other resources are being used to determine is some baseball pitcher juiced up. There are so many more important matters for our federal government to worry about than juiced up baseball players lying about jucing up. How about trade deficits, industrial spying, the price of oil, the russians, and healthcare just to name a few.- sabarsky, on 02/29/2008, -0/+2I like how you mention Bill Clinton but make no mention of President Bush.
- meed, on 02/29/2008, -0/+2President bush is no doubt a liar, but so far to my knowledge he hasn't lied under oath while in office. Unlike President Clinton did do while in office.
- Treoinmypocket, on 02/29/2008, -0/+1Sabarsky, get your head out of your knee-jerk ass and actually pay attention to the words used in a criticism. If you only respond to criticism based upon its source and its target you;ll never learn anything and your opinion will be worth nothing.
Meed's reply is 100% accurate.
- reddikilowatt, on 02/29/2008, -0/+1Maybe he's taking a chance that contempt of congress is just a fine, or at best a plea bargain and club fed, while admitting to steroid abuse means he's in breech of contract, which might cost him millions, and his place in the record books.
And, he's got a lot of people telling him he can do anything, so lying to congress is certainly on the list.
- sabarsky, on 02/29/2008, -0/+2I like how you mention Bill Clinton but make no mention of President Bush.
- StanleyKoolPrik, on 02/29/2008, -4/+3Welcome to America.
The dollar is junk, our salaries are junk, and our economy is junk. Good thing their chasing steroid using professional athletes. Because, after all, this is what we elect our representatives to do: oversee our professional sports.- reddikilowatt, on 02/29/2008, -0/+1Actually, we do:
http://www.foley.com/files/tbl_s31Publications/Fil ...
However, the media spectacle is over the top, and unnecessary for the oversight committee to do a proper investgation.
- reddikilowatt, on 02/29/2008, -0/+1Actually, we do:
- Treoinmypocket, on 02/29/2008, -1/+1Forget Clemens - The Senate is about to bring charges against The Patriots over the spying incidents. They're going after The Patriots under the RICO statutes.
THAT is going to get UGLY. - justinx0r, on 02/29/2008, -3/+1You know, I hope Clemens beats them.
- megabozz, on 02/29/2008, -1/+2With a baseball bat.
- bphicke, on 02/29/2008, -1/+1If Bill Clinton does lies its ok, but if a lowly citizen does it we shoot to kill.
- stellarceltic, on 02/29/2008, -1/+1Don't drop the soap Roger...
- mr.hostility, on 02/29/2008, -3/+1Because Baseball is more exciting than the ***** Mortgage industry which in part helped destroy the economy? Who gives a flying ***** who took what, how about investigating people like Angelo Mozilo instead? It shows just how screwed up America is that we take more interest in cheating in sports.
- daivos, on 02/29/2008, -1/+1And think...if he would have just said 'Yeah, I did it' like everyone else when the Mitchel report came out. It would have all blown over.
- hockey, on 02/29/2008, -1/+2To everyone complaining about "what about priorities" and "what a waste of tax dollars" I saw an explanation from a previous digger (can't remember who) and even in this thread about why.
MLB has an exemption to the Sherman Anti-trust laws. In other words they've gotten special perks from the government and they've had them since 1922. Furthermore, as was said, most of the stadiums today are built using public funds or partly by public funds.
The reason Congress is investigation all of these steroid claims is probably due to the fact that Congress is asking "if this is how you guys are going to act by participating in illegal activies (remember HGH is not only banned it's illegal under most circumstances) then maybe we'll remove the special anti-trust exemption we let you guys have back in the 20's. Furthermore since most of your 200+million dollar stadiums are built mostly off of the public dime with the proceeds going into the owners pockets. . . well maybe we have a problem with that too if all of you guys are on roid rage."
Think before you rant folks. - solefald, on 02/29/2008, -1/+3roger clemens is a lying sack of *****.
i really hope he gets his baseball superstar title stripped off and go to jail for lying under oath - harry8227, on 02/29/2008, -3/+0Why doesn't the Congress get off this B.S. it is not their job to investigate and they are not doing the job they are suppose to be doing. I'd love for them to investigate me, I'd tell them where to go!
- Hodor, on 02/29/2008, -0/+1it's not congress investigating his alleged perjury, it's the FBI.
- Hodor, on 02/29/2008, -1/+3"Roger will continue to fight these false allegations with every ounce of strength he has."
that should be quite a bit of strength, considering all the steroids he took. - CarbonAndroid, on 02/29/2008, -2/+1Another step toward the elimination of a meaningful congress.
- goodwillie7, on 02/29/2008, -2/+2Wtf Congress? Ummm.....War, Social Security, AMERICA.....but oh yeah steroids in baseball is obviously more important
- GenericZ, on 02/29/2008, -2/+0You are correct HOCKEY-- but.... i can think of two things right off the bat (no pun intend) that Congress and the Federal govt should be focusing all their attention on right now --- THE ECONOMNY and Getting our men and woman out of IRAQ! not Roger Clemens and baseball... Neither are going anywhere and nobody is getting hurt by them... Its called Priorities and steroids is sports, at this time in our nation history, shouldn't be this high on the list....
- mrcybermac, on 02/29/2008, -2/+2The feds should be investigating themselves. Let's see... some guy enhanced his performance, maybe... or the US government/mortgage markets have led the country into a recession..... hmmm let's investigate the baseball guy!!
- adamroach, on 02/29/2008, -1/+1But the baseball guy is the reason for our poor economy. Duh!?!?
- jpmulli, on 02/29/2008, -0/+0I'm sure Roger will mis-remember his earlier testimony as well.
- wfar, on 03/02/2008, -0/+0What a waste of time considering the thievery, lying, and stealing that has been going on in the Bush administration. Let's compare the effect of Secretary Powell (former) lying about intelligence regarding Iraq's intentions (embellishing at the very least) to a baseball player getting scrutinized to a fault by a congressional committee. I think this is about being seen as doing something. We all know this congress has done very little to stop the spying and lying by Bush, his cabinet, and the political commisars running the bureaucracy. How 'bout this congress, do a real investigation and let baseball straighten itself out.
- acmowery23oh, on 03/10/2008, -0/+0I agree. This is absurd. Congress turns a blind eye to real issues, while at the same time, leading an investigation into steroids in baseball. NICE PRIORITIES!
- habenneas, on 03/04/2008, -0/+1Lynxcache.org mirror: http://www.lynxcache.org/usr/1/A_High_Hard_One_Pri ...
- acmowery23oh, on 03/10/2008, -0/+0Dear Major League Baseball,
This case has lasted way too long.
Regards,
The O.J. Trial - lolo2007, on 06/23/2008, -0/+0Because Baseball is more exciting than the ***** Mortgage industry which in part helped destroy the economy? Who gives a flying ***** who took what, how about investigating people like Angelo Mozilo instead? It shows just how screwed up America is that we take more interest in cheating in sports.
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