"The sources relied on in the article today were never in a position to understand Theranos’ technology and know nothing about the processes currently employed by the company."
This is exactly the problem! Nobody has sufficient information to judge Theranos's technology outside the company, and they're asking the scientific community and public to accept their claims at face value because they've submitted some documents to the FDA.
> The sources relied on in the article today were never in a position to understand Theranos’ technology and know nothing about the processes currently employed by the company.
Note the use of the word "current". Implicitly, they're admitting that the process has changed since the time of the former employees, and they're not disputing the process described by those former employees. Which means, that at some point they indulged in rigging proficiency testing.
> The Journal even declined an opportunity to experience the technology themselves by turning down our offer to send proprietary Theranos devices to their offices so they could have a demonstration of tests conducted themselves, and compare the results to those of other testing providers.
I can't believe the reporter didn't take Theranos up on its free offer to collect his blood and analyze it for personal health information that might be useful to Theranos...er, I mean, to the reporter.
