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>Subject: McCaffrey's golden legacy
>Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 15:09:17 -0700
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>Here we have McCaffrey's golden legacy: millions of bottles of frozen urine.
>I do hope they call the collection The McCaffrey Archives.
>
>Enjoy,
>
>Peter
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>New York Times
>
>October 26, 1999
>
>British Back U.S. Drug Proposal
>
>LONDON (AP) -- Britain will back the U.S. proposal for a drug agency that 
is
>not controlled by the International Olympic Committee.
>
>Barry McCaffrey, head of the White House drug policy office, is touring
>Europe to build support for an independent international agency to lead 
the
>fight against performance-enhancing drugs.
>
>McCaffrey opposes the IOC's plans for such an agency, contending it would
>lack independence and accountability. But the IOC said Tuesday it plans 
to
>set up its agency next month and have it operating by the end of the year.
>
>In a joint statement after a two-day meeting in London with British
>anti-drugs coordinator Keith Hellawell, Britain endorsed McCaffrey's five
>principles:
>
>--an independent and accountable anti-drug agency.
>
>--testing on a year-round, no-notice basis.
>
>--no statute of limitations for drug offenses.
>
>--preservation of samples so they can be tested years later when new
>detection techniques are developed.
>
>--advanced research.
>
>McCaffrey will present his plan in Belgium on Wednesday to the European
>Commission. On Thursday, he will meet in Portugal with drug policy officials
>of the 15 European Union countries.
>
>In an interview, McCaffrey said he hopes to enlist European opposition 
to
>the IOC plan.
>
>``If we don't act, we're going to have a Swiss corporation, the
>International Olympic Committee, assert that they can unilaterally decide 
on
>a drug-testing agency that won't in fact be independent and probably won't
>achieve the results and won't have credibility with the world's athletes,''
>he said.
>
>McCaffrey said the agency will only be independent if it has ``the ability
>to act without being a wholly owned subsidiary to the IOC.''
>
>He said he expects support from Britain, France, Germany, Canada and
>Australia at a 26-nation drug summit in Australia next month
>
>``We're not looking for a fight,'' he said, ``but clearly we have a heavy
>responsibility. ... I can't imagine we're going to continue to ignore a
>situation that we think is untenable.''
>
>McCaffrey said he would be happy to meet with IOC president Juan Antonio
>Samaranch. And despite the standoff, he said he expects the sides can work
>together and reach some sort of consensus.
>
>``At the end of the day, I have a feeling that rational thought will win
>out,'' McCaffrey said. ``I can't imagine there isn't going to be a sensible
>outcome.''
>
>IOC spokesman Franklin Servan-Schreiber said Tuesday the IOC was going
>forward with its agency with or without McCaffrey's approval.
>
>He said the agency, set up as a Swiss foundation, will start Nov. 10 with
>the appointment of a board of directors.
>
>Servan-Schreiber said European sports ministers had responded favorably 
to
>the IOC project, and the EU's new sports commissioner, Viviane Reding, 
will
>meet with Samaranch in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Nov. 2.
>
>The spokesman said the IOC could not control the agency because the
>24-member board would include only three representatives from the IOC.
>
>``There has never been any question of the IOC controlling the agency,''
>Servan-Schreiber said. ``And the claim that the IOC should not be involved
>at all seems to us a little unfair considering we were the ones who stepped
>up to the plate.''
>
>The agency will initially be located in Lausanne. Other cities expressing
>interest in serving as headquarters include Athens, Greece; Lille, France;
>Lisbon, Portugal; Luxembourg; Madrid, Spain; and Vienna, Austria.
>
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