Mulling the Federal Government’s Retreat from the Lance Armstrong Investigation

By Jordan Kobritz   Whoever said you can’t teach an old dog new tricks wasn’t referring to the federal government.   Last week federal prosecutors announced they were abandoning their almost two-year investigation of seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong on doping-related charges. The brief, a three-sentence press release issued by U.S. Attorney Andre Birotte Jr., gave no reason for the decision, but there was no need to state the obvious. Despite the testimony of a num