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Who's on trial in the Bonds case? Not just Barry.

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Will Jeff Novitzky's aggressive tactics come under scrutiny during the Bonds trial?

The relentless pursuit of Barry Bonds, many people tend to think, was a wide-reaching effort that may have even involved a media hungry to see a narcissistic, ornery star take a fall. But much of the leg-work was pushed by a single man named Jeff Novitzky. There was a time when the once-IRS special agent was simply toiling in drug and fraud crimes in Silicon Valley. Then, his office blew the lid off a little supplement shop called BALCO, and the reality of Barry Bonds and his involvement in that drug scheme became a massive objective. But has Novitzky gone too far to catch the biggest of fish?

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