Miscommunications and Mistakes . . . a trail of footprints?

Here's even more evidence that the testing lab, IOC and WADO are not as organized as one might assume for organizations with the fate of athletes careers in the balance.

Conflicting statements from the director of the lab and the IOC medical chairman. They disagree as to whether freezing the blood was agreed protocol or procedural error. Both are quoted by the AP with conflicting statements.

Steven Wilson's AP article


So which is it guys? Sounds like a lot of miscommunication going on here? Are we sure we are doing the other steps in the tests right too if we can't even get the story straight or agree on the storage proceedures? Did we train the testers for the Vuelta the same way?
We're just days into this and already WADA is acknowledging changes to the testing proceedures need to be made for storage . . . perhaps we should have thought this through ahead of time?! Are there other parts of the test that also need revision?

Will we find other mistakes in the testing proceedure under more detailed and open examination?

My personal life experiences have shown that usually where you find one foot print in the mud, other's aren't far away.