With Clemens, the government believes it has a strong case. Clemens didn't head home to Houston because he was acquitted; he left because the government made a monstrous error. Whatever the outcome of the Bonds or Clemens cases, they should have little effect on the government's pursuit of Lance Armstrong.
Clemens and Bonds were peripheral to criminal investigations; neither was a target, and both were accused of perjury. Armstrong appears to be a target in a case expected to charge him with defrauding the government to run a doping operation. Charges could include fraud, conspiracy and trafficking. One source close to the case told ESPN that investigators feel like the evidence already collected against Armstrong is the strongest of any of the PED-related cases. That evaluation will be up to a judge and jury, but it doesn't sound like the government is backing off.
