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they pushed to the absolute limits of what is allowed within the rules...applying for TUEs when there was no real medical need
Applying for a TUE where there is no medical need is not allowed. Either the TUEC which approved them was corrupt (i.e. they knew they were being lied to but did nothing about it), or the applicant engaged in fraud (i.e. they successfully deceived the TUEC with falsified evidence)
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I think they pushed to the absolute limits of what is allowed within the rules, so using drugs that are banned in competition but not out of it, applying for TUEs when there was no real medical need, etc., but there's no evidence of crossing that line. By the rules of the sport, that means they are clean, irrespective of the ethics.
I'd argue that if you think what they were doing was in isolation, i.e. other teams weren't doing exactly the same, then you don't understand how professional sport works.