The steroid case of Roger Clemens may result in the federal war on steroids

Mike Wallace, a prominent investigative journalist, who was one of the original correspondents of CBS’ 60 Minutes died, when he was 93 years old. This reporter hosted interesting interviews with world celebrated persons. The most recent stories were linked with the former professional baseball player Roger Clemens and accusations related to application of anabolic steroids and HGH by this athlete. Mike Wallace’s last appearance on TV was connected with this case.
The interview with Roger Clemens about steroids was presented in January, 2008. Rusty Hardin, the defense attorney for Roger Clemens, arranged the appearing of this former baseball player in the program 60 Minutes. Roger Clemens had to defense himself against accusations of his former personal coach Brian McNamee. This trainer accused Roger Clemens in application of anabolic steroids and HGH. He cooperated with Mitchell Report investigators, when they tried to find out the extent of steroid use in the Major League Baseball.
Wallace didn’t enforce Clemens to say that he administered steroids. He just convinced him to prove to others that he had used neither steroids, nor HGH. Clemens affirmed that he would be able to pull a tractor with his teeth, if he had administered steroids.
The interview of Clemens was a calamitous public relations ploy for the attorney Rusty Hardin. It was not a perceptive interview. But it renewed the interest after death of Wallace.
In fact, Wallace hosted much more interesting interviews during his career. The steroid interview with Roger Clemens was not the most interesting. Why did it draw all people’s attention?
Other interviews of Wallace are quite significant. Wallace interviewed the lawyer of the president Richard Nixon and the assistant to the president for Domestic Affairs John Ehrlichman during the Watergate scandal. Wallace defined the Watergate scandal as “perjury”. He enumerated such methods of Richard Nixon, as thefts, spying, obstruction of justice, etc. The scandal caused resignation of the president.
The Iranian leader Ayatollah Khomeini was also interviewed by Wallace. Wallace named him a “lunatic”. But he was quoting the president Anwar el-Sadat of Egypt.
Another individual that was interviewed by Wallace was the Vice President of Research and Development at a tobacco company. Jeffrey Wigand admitted that executives of the company lied before the Congress about their knowledge about nature of nicotine.
Although these interviews were significant, numerous persons directed their attention to insignificant interview with Roger Clemens. It may be because while lying of Roger Clemens before the Congress may result in federal struggle against steroids, the war on nicotine will never take place.