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Those are not "facts as we know them". Where did you get this information ? This information is not in the public domain, unless you count numerous posts in online forums from various people. Is that reliable information ? Good luck with that.
Facts in public domain :
Dr Mikovits under investigation by Science magazine for research misconduct.
Dr Mikovits research materials reported as stolen from WPI around the time of her firing.
Dr Mikovits is under arrest.
Where did you get all the extra information in your post ?
People who just want their stuff back don't usually manage to send nine policemen into a friend's house to look for the stuff. (The police found nothing--no stuff.)
As Mary Schweitzer commented on Hillary's blog, "This is the sort of thing reserved for child molesters, not contested NIH grants." Mary also wrote, "I've spent my life in or around universities - I was a professor before my collapse in 1994, and my husband has been a professor at U of Delaware for 30 years - we're shocked."
Indeed. I can't get the legal authorities to do anything, despite ample evidence of crimes committed against me. And since when does returning home constitute a flight risk? Regardless of whether the accusations stick, this is class justice.
What also strikes me as odd is that supposedly there exists only a single copy of those notes. If true, that is remarkably unprofessional.
I think it's only fair to point out that the Whittemores are a very influential family in Nevada. That helped them get the WPI built in the first place. But if they requested that a warrant be issued for someone against whom they had a lawsuit, it would be given more weight than if the average Joe Blow made a similar request.
On the surface, it seems very unusual that a fugitive from justice warrant would be issued in a case like this. It seems a fairly drastic escalation. And realistically, someone who really was fleeing justice wouldn't go home from Reno to Ventura.
I can't help but wonder if moving this from the civil to the criminal realm doesn't give them probable cause to conduct a search of Dr Mikovits' home, car, etc., and if that isn't the point.
(For the record, I'm not backing either horse in this race.)
Yes, I admit that at this point there could be so many different reasons for why this is happening. My question though is why didn't they get the information from her BEFORE they fired her?
To have been responsible for having that done to a respected scientist who has only ever acted with absolute professionalism is worse than shame, its absolutely and utterly appalling, it shows the WPI in a different light for me without any doubt, I will not be giving them a jot of support again.
Here is the official story: http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/11/lawsuit-filed-against-chronic-fatigue.html
Jill, why would the WPI try to set-up Judy for something she did not do? She obviously stole the lab notebooks since they disappeared after she locked them up in her desk drawer , but the real question is why??
OK, so what do we know?
I've been doing a bit of research. Let's look at the facts as we know them. A week after the publication of the BWG results, on the evening of the 29th September outside her house in Reno, Judy got a phone call from Annette Whittemore to tell her she was fired. Judy did what we all do at that point, she got in her car and set off for hubby and home in Ventura. She arrived there at 11:30 am having driven all night, and was met by Lilly Meehan, who testifies that there were no lab notebooks or computer gear in her car.
The last time Judy had had access to her lab, she was still an employee of the WPI. Once she was fired she was locked out.
The restraining order was issued on the 4th November, more than a month after Judy was locked out of the lab.
Two weeks later, Judy is arrested in at her home in Ventura County, where she had been, apart from fulfilling pre-existing obligations, since the 30th September.
Things don't add up. There was far too long between the firing and lock-out and the writ. Why arrest Judy at a time that will prevent her attending the Mount Sinai symposium?
Here's a timeline with links
22nd Sept. BWG published
29th Sept (pm) Judy fired http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/10/xmrv-researcher-fired.html, http://treatingxmrv.blogspot.com/2011/10/square-one.html
30th Sept (am) Arrives home in Ventura County. Lilly Meehan witnesses. https://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=235983363131553 (not sure if people who are not friends of Lilly can see this link. Please supply another public one if you have it)
30th Sept. ERV publishes the Gelgate blog
Oct 19th Rituximab Study published http://www.plosone.org/article/metr...8;jsessionid=D4DAC1F728D21AB12ACAFC8FC7FBCB27
Oct 26th, Annette Whittemore on Nevada Newsmakers http://www.nevadanewsmakers.com/video/default.asp?showID=1375&forumid=331851
Nov. 4th Writ issued http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/11/lawsuit-filed-against-chronic-fatigue.html http://treatingxmrv.blogspot.com/2011/11/game-with-no-winner.html http://www.oslersweb.com/blog.htm?post=823082
November 18th Judy arrested http://treatingxmrv.blogspot.com/2011/11/china-syndrome-at-wpi.html http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/11/controversial-cfs-researcher-arr.html
November 20th Mount Sinai conference with Dr Endlander - Judy was to attend.
Neilk said 'are they using donations' a reasonable question I would have thought? I also believe in innocent until proven guilty, and I see nowhere in this thread that points to anyone making patients look like lunatics, apart from people shouting in capitals.
How about possibly absconding with years of research data thus potentially causing the WPI to abandon fruitful work on CFS? How about taking off with proprietary research information that your contract clearly states you have no claim to? Do you agree with that? Have your opinions changed about Dr. Mikovits as well?
This is absolute speculation, 'how about' 'possibly'? what on earth does that mean? I am not speculating about Dr Mikovits character, she has proven her worth to me in every way, in all her work and at every conference she has attended over the past 2 years. Am I wrong in thinking that people are innocent until proven guilty in the USA? No my opinions about her haven't changed, if anything I respect her more now for having gone through this situation, that has been brought about by the actions of the WPI.