I had direct experience with people involved and I can say that these claims are accurate. The 90's was an unethical time period in track cycling, it's a shame that World and Olympic medals during this time were so badly tainted and that USAC allowed it to happen.

Yeah nothing new that USAC like the UCI made sure at a minimum they were looking the other way when there was something to be seen. Probably reality was much worse, taking steps to try to make sure riders didn't get popped.

Also Armstrong & Weisel's control of USAC has been discussed quite a bit.

UCI & USAC are as complicit in this whole mess as much as Armstrong and company.

At the same time it seems pretty apparent the UCI was not in an envious position. They had to try to regulate a sport with an entrenched doping culture during a period of transition from essentially permitted doping to a time when it was no longer copacetic to dope.

USAC on the other hand maybe didn't have the same problem but had to deal with road riders who wanted to play ball in Europe.

I'd be interested in hearing more...

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Also, Marty Nothstein is still pretty involved in track cycling, so to claim it is in the 90's is to understate the issue. http://www.thevelodrome.com/about-us/staff/ IIRC he mentored one of the top women on the USA crits national series.