New England Compounding & Meningitis Center CEO Pleads Fifth Across The Board Before Congress

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The director of the pharmacy at the centre of a health scandal that has killed 32 people refused to answer questions from a congressional committee on Wednesday.

In answer to repeated questions from representatives investigating the meningitis outbreak which affected more than 400 people given contaminated steroid shots, Barry Cadden, co-founder of the New England Compounding Center, cited his fifth amendment right to silence in order to avoid self-incrimination.

At one point Cadden was asked by Cliff Stearns, the chairman of the energy and commerce subcommittee for oversight and investigation: "What explanation can you give to the families who have lost their loved ones?"

Cadden replied: "Under advice of counsel, I respectfully decline to answer under basis of my constitutional rights and privileges, including the fifth amendment." Cadden's appearance at the committee followed poignant testimony from the widow of a Kentucky circuit judge who was the first to die, following contaminated steroid injections distributed by NECC across the US.

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/nov/14/meningitis-outbreak-director-pleads-fifth

[DonViejo]

1. The friends of Snotty Scotty Brown and Myth Romney...

As Governor, Myth purged the President of the University of Mass for taking the 5th in front of Congress. Granted, the President was the brother of gangster Whitey Bulger but, he still took the 5th, something several Supreme Court decisions said cannot be used against any one that cops the 5th.