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    White House Subcommittee on Forensic Science: Interesting Stats in the Roster

    on May 31, 2011 by Amy Driver in Accreditation, ASCLD, Forensic Reform, Ken Melson, White House Subcommittee on Forensic Science, Comments (0)

    I keep meaning to get to this subject, but there are a lot of other things going on and a lot of other things I want (and need) to write […]

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    Some ASCLD Updates

    on May 5, 2011 by Amy Driver in ASCLD, Comments (0)

    They’re gettin’ squirrely…

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    The Unraveling, Turbocharged: Crime Lab Report, Part 2

    on April 26, 2011 by Amy Driver in Accreditation, ASCLD, CJFSRA, Forensic Reform, Ken Melson, N&O, NC SBI, Comments (0)

    Last time I talked about the Crazy Hypocrisy of Crime Lab Report’s latest ramblings. Today I’m going to go through the Lies & Misrepresentations they tried to use to justify […]

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    The Unraveling, Turbocharged: Crime Lab Report, Part I

    on April 22, 2011 by Amy Driver in Accreditation, ASCLD, CFSO, Forensic Reform, Ken Melson, N&O, NC SBI, Comments (0)

    I’ve been really busy trying to get some other big things done for the site, but, as so many of you have brought to my attention, the ASCLDs have really […]

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    The Unraveling, Part 4, Revisited: Message Received, and a Lesson for Us All

    on March 15, 2011 by Amy Driver in Accreditation, ASCLD, Charlatans, Forensic Reform, N&O, NC SBI, White House Subcommittee on Forensic Science, Comments (0)

    On February 18, 2011, ASCLD/LAB’s Board of Directors published their counterintuitive, hypocritical Position Statement defending (but not by name) the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation (NC SBI) for its […]

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    The White House Subcommittee on Forensic Science Roster, Part 1: Michael Sheppo’s Office

    on March 8, 2011 by Amy Driver in ASCLD, Forensic Reform, Ken Melson, NC SBI, White House Subcommittee on Forensic Science, Comments (1)

    The White House Subcommittee on Forensic Science is stocked with lots of players from ASCLD-related organizations that a lot of people, even others on the Subcommittee, may not be aware […]

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    The Unraveling, Part 5: The White House Subcommittee on Forensic Science: Caveat Emptor- UPDATED

    on March 3, 2011 by Amy Driver in Accreditation, ASCLD, CFSO, Forensic Reform, Ken Melson, White House Subcommittee on Forensic Science, Comments (0)

    Updated- I got the date of Ken Melson’s presentation at UCLA wrong. This update corrects that. Before I get into the rest of the roster of Ken Melson’s White House […]

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    The Unraveling, Part 4: ASCLD/LAB Keeps Digging

    on February 28, 2011 by Amy Driver in Accreditation, ASCLD, Forensic Reform, Ken Melson, NC SBI, Comments (0)

    On February 18, 2011, ASCLD/LAB’s Board of Directors released a three page detailed position statement in full support of the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation’s (NC SBI) report writing […]

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    The Unraveling, Part 3: The Barry Fisher Problem

    on February 18, 2011 by Amy Driver in AAFS, Accreditation, ASCLD, CFSO, Forensic Reform, Comments (0)

    Barry Fisher isn’t just a problem for the AAFS or FQS or the ASCLDs or the CFSO or any of the many, many other organizations that he is a part […]

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    Struggles and Blindness in the AAFS, Part 2

    on February 15, 2011 by Amy Driver in AAFS, ASCLD, Charlatans, Forensic Reform, NAS Report, Comments (0)

    In my last

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