Theranos Field Test - What's the Holdup?

Elizabeth Theranos sent a blistering email to General Mattis, accusing LTC Shoemaker of giving "blatant false information" The general was in Afghanistan at the time and read her email. He forwarded it to Colonel Aaron Edgar, the officer he'd put in charge of making the Theranos field test happen. A CMS inspector showed up unannounced that Theranos' offices to lecture the company about how it couldn't deploy its devices outside the lab without FDA approval.