Stuff going on at Penn State

[Stranger]

Angela Liddle talks reporting requirements...

person in charge of institution has legal obligation to report within 48 hours

The grand jury concluded it “should have been reported to the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare and/or a law enforcement agency such as the university police or the Pennsylvania State Police.”

The [Grand Jury] report noted that “Pennsylvania’s mandatory reporting statute for child abuse provides that when a staff member reports abuse the person in charge of the school or institution has the responsibility and legal obligation to report or cause such a report to be made by telephone and in writing within 48 hours to the Department of Public Welfare of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.”

<a class="postlink" href="http://www.pennlive.com/editorials/index.ssf/2011/11/penn_state_child_sex_abuse_sca.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.pennlive.com/editorials/inde ... e_sca.html</a>

Angela is executive director of the Pennsylvania Family Support Alliance, a nonprofit organization that provides training on recognizing and reporting child abuse and neglect.

 

[Stranger]

Holy cow, exactly what kind of academic institution are they running at Penn State? I had forgotten about the ClimateGate affair, which centered around Penn State Prof Michael Mann's "tricks" to "hide the decline" in global temps since 1960. But I guess Penn State "cleared" Mann after its investigation. Here's one article I found:

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20009501-503544.html

An internal investigation at Penn State University has cleared meteorology professor Michael Mann of all "climate gate" charges, in which Mann stood accused (both formally and in the blogosphere) of research fraud.

The review cleared Mann of charges that he falsified climate change data, manipulated that data, improperly refused to share his research data and--generally behaved badly by trying to discredit other researchers' work. The panel mildly rebuked Mann for not getting express consent from various researchers before sharing their work -- but that was it.

Why is this important? You'd have to recall the major furor that arose from the climategate controversy from last December -- specifically how a handful of emails from one university became proof, in the eyes of climate change doubters, that the global fraud they long suspected been laid bare.

To review:

Last November someone hacked thousands of climate related emails from the servers at the Climate Research Unit of the University of East Anglia, one of the world's leading proponents of the notion that global warming is happening and is man made. Several of the emails, some going back more than 10 years, revealed the head of CRU, Dr Phil Jones, scheming with others how to criticize and marginalize those scientists who disagreed with the CRU's conclusions.

The most infamous email praises Penn State's Michael Mann of using a research "trick" to "hide the decline." What's that? Basically, scientists who used centuries worth of tree ring data to establish the baseline of global temps in the 20th century, could never explain why those same tree rings started showing a decline in global temps roughly after 1960.

Tree data showing global temps going down didn't mesh with actual recorded temperatures, so pains were taken, (most of the time disclosed, but sometimes not) to use actual temp recordings and "hide the decline" from trees. Sometimes, on the so called hockey stick charts that show global temps as a flat line and then a sharp upward spike are indeed mixing tree ring data and actual temps. Earlier this year the Penn State investigators, like most mainstream scientists, dismissed this part of the fraud charge, finding no "fraud' in the use of actual temp data -- the spiking part of the hockey stick -- which on its own is not in dispute.

You could call this an inside job, of course, and many will, but when a university formally investigates one of its own scientists for fraud, AND releases the report, that's serious. Click here for the link and you can judge for yourself.

But for Michael Mann, who was the subject of a hilarious and scathing You Tube spoof on "hide the decline," being cleared of research fraud is the sign of good day.

Not to mention -- so much for climategate.

The Penn State's report (pdf) for anyone who wants to see it can be downloaded at the following link: <a class="postlink" href="http://live.psu.edu/fullimg/userpics/10026/Final_Investigation_Report.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://live.psu.edu/fullimg/userpics/10 ... Report.pdf</a>

The most important parts are highlighted in yellow, but I draw your attention to highlighted sections on page 18 of 19. Basically, since Mann received lots of awards, grants, and was praised by his peers, the investigative committee found no wrongdoing. Wow, what a wonderfully insightful investigation. I guess we now know what king of investigation we can expect into the Sandusky affair.

 

[bluecoconuts]

Holy cow, exactly what kind of academic institution are they running at Penn State? I had forgotten about the ClimateGate affair, which centered around Penn State Prof Michael Mann's "tricks" to "hide the decline" in global temps since 1960. But I guess Penn State "cleared" Mann after its investigation. Here's one article I found:

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20009501-503544.html

An internal investigation at Penn State University has cleared meteorology professor Michael Mann of all "climate gate" charges, in which Mann stood accused (both formally and in the blogosphere) of research fraud.

The review cleared Mann of charges that he falsified climate change data, manipulated that data, improperly refused to share his research data and--generally behaved badly by trying to discredit other researchers' work. The panel mildly rebuked Mann for not getting express consent from various researchers before sharing their work -- but that was it.

Why is this important? You'd have to recall the major furor that arose from the climategate controversy from last December -- specifically how a handful of emails from one university became proof, in the eyes of climate change doubters, that the global fraud they long suspected been laid bare.

To review:

Last November someone hacked thousands of climate related emails from the servers at the Climate Research Unit of the University of East Anglia, one of the world's leading proponents of the notion that global warming is happening and is man made. Several of the emails, some going back more than 10 years, revealed the head of CRU, Dr Phil Jones, scheming with others how to criticize and marginalize those scientists who disagreed with the CRU's conclusions.

The most infamous email praises Penn State's Michael Mann of using a research "trick" to "hide the decline." What's that? Basically, scientists who used centuries worth of tree ring data to establish the baseline of global temps in the 20th century, could never explain why those same tree rings started showing a decline in global temps roughly after 1960.

Tree data showing global temps going down didn't mesh with actual recorded temperatures, so pains were taken, (most of the time disclosed, but sometimes not) to use actual temp recordings and "hide the decline" from trees. Sometimes, on the so called hockey stick charts that show global temps as a flat line and then a sharp upward spike are indeed mixing tree ring data and actual temps. Earlier this year the Penn State investigators, like most mainstream scientists, dismissed this part of the fraud charge, finding no "fraud' in the use of actual temp data -- the spiking part of the hockey stick -- which on its own is not in dispute.

You could call this an inside job, of course, and many will, but when a university formally investigates one of its own scientists for fraud, AND releases the report, that's serious. Click here for the link and you can judge for yourself.

But for Michael Mann, who was the subject of a hilarious and scathing You Tube spoof on "hide the decline," being cleared of research fraud is the sign of good day.

Not to mention -- so much for climategate.

Maybe they cleared him because an independent research team, hired and financed by the Koch brothers, confirmed that global warming was indeed a fact. The Koch brothers also agreed that the climate was changing after seeing the research done.

 

[Stranger]

Maybe they cleared him because an independent research team, hired and financed by the Koch brothers, confirmed that global warming was indeed a fact. The Koch brothers also agreed that the climate was changing after seeing the research done.

I edited my post with a link to the report... check it out and see what they say. I didn't see any mention of the Koch bros, whoever they are

Anyway, I didn't post that to get into a debate over the merits of Global Warming, I posted it to demonstrate the thoroughness and integrity of a recent Penn State internal investigation. Just reading the report shows that they were NOT thorough in their investigation. Hence, if that investigation was not thorough, how can we expect any different in any future internal investigation of the Sandusky matter.

And from my read of that report (whatever you conclude about Global Warming), the investigation, the questions that were asked, and the basis for analysis was setup to create the conclusion that Mann did not manipulate data in order to create a desired end. So, my assessment is that the report was gamed.

 

[Stranger]

Penn State trustees hire crisis PR firm to deal with Jerry Sandusky sex abuse scandal
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2011/11/report_penn_state_recruits_ket.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index. ... s_ket.html</a>

 

[Stranger]

Mike McQueary is talking to CBS at 6:30 this evening
Mike McQueary says he stopped attack on child and told PSU police of Sandusky sex abuse allegations
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2011/11/email_mcqueary_did_talk_to_pol.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index. ... o_pol.html</a>

 

[JdashSTL]

Penn State trustees hire crisis PR firm to deal with Jerry Sandusky sex abuse scandal
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2011/11/report_penn_state_recruits_ket.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index. ... s_ket.html</a>

Um...shouldnt they have done this awhile ago?

 

[JdashSTL]

Mike McQueary is talking to CBS at 6:30 this evening
Mike McQueary says he stopped attack on child and told PSU police of Sandusky sex abuse allegations
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2011/11/email_mcqueary_did_talk_to_pol.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index. ... o_pol.html</a>

This really contradicts the grand jury report. This just looks like hes changing his story to protect his image.

 

[superfan24]

Mike McQueary is talking to CBS at 6:30 this evening
Mike McQueary says he stopped attack on child and told PSU police of Sandusky sex abuse allegations
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2011/11/email_mcqueary_did_talk_to_pol.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index. ... o_pol.html</a>

This really contradicts the grand jury report. This just looks like hes changing his story to protect his image.

And screwing the prosecution :nono:

 

[superfan24]

Mike McQueary is talking to CBS at 6:30 this evening
Mike McQueary says he stopped attack on child and told PSU police of Sandusky sex abuse allegations
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2011/11/email_mcqueary_did_talk_to_pol.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index. ... o_pol.html</a>

Eastern or central?

 

[JdashSTL]

Mike McQueary is talking to CBS at 6:30 this evening
Mike McQueary says he stopped attack on child and told PSU police of Sandusky sex abuse allegations
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2011/11/email_mcqueary_did_talk_to_pol.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index. ... o_pol.html</a>

Eastern or central?

Central. I just turned on CBS News and missed it.

 

[JdashSTL]

Mike McQueary is talking to CBS at 6:30 this evening
Mike McQueary says he stopped attack on child and told PSU police of Sandusky sex abuse allegations
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2011/11/email_mcqueary_did_talk_to_pol.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index. ... o_pol.html</a>

This really contradicts the grand jury report. This just looks like hes changing his story to protect his image.

And screwing the prosecution :nono:

And its also interesting that he decides to do this the day after Sandusky comes forward to do an interview

 

[superfan24]

Mike McQueary is talking to CBS at 6:30 this evening
Mike McQueary says he stopped attack on child and told PSU police of Sandusky sex abuse allegations
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2011/11/email_mcqueary_did_talk_to_pol.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index. ... o_pol.html</a>

Eastern or central?

Central. I just turned on CBS News and missed it.

Saw it. You didn't miss much. McQueary just said he is shaken and will speak more at a later time. He was interviewed outside his front door.
Also it was reported more victims have come forward. And the victims are disgusted by the sandusky interview

 

[Stranger]

Looks like McQueary is getting his version of the story out there now...

In the new e-mail, McQueary wrote:

“I did stop it, not physically ... but made sure it was stopped when I left that locker room.”

And then he wrote that he did tell police, not just Joe Paterno, Curley and Schultz.

“... I did have discussions with police and with the official at the university in charge of police .... no one can imagine my thoughts or wants to be in my shoes for those 30-45 seconds ... trust me.

“I am getting hammered for handling this the right way ... or what I thought at the time was right ... I had to make tough, impacting quick decisions.”

<a class="postlink" href="http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2011/11/mike_mcqueary_key_witness_in_j.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index. ... _in_j.html</a>

And this regarding McQueary's value as a witness...

His account has already cost at least four people their jobs, including the legendary Paterno.

His involvement could cost him a career.

So, is his value as a prosecution witness falling apart?

Maybe not, says Beth Karas, a former prosecutor and current correspondent for “In Session” on the truTV network.

“We are not privy to the details he gave the grand jury,” Karas said. “It’s entirely possible that he is consistent with what he testified to. However, if he has, indeed, made inconsistent statements over the years, then those statements may affect his credibility at trial.”

<a class="postlink" href="http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2011/11/mike_mcqueary_key_witness_in_j.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index. ... _in_j.html</a>

 

[Stranger]

Another former victim of abuse, this time by a Penn State professor, speaks out about culture of secrecy at the university....

Now, one alleged victim of child sex abuse is speaking publicly about what he calls a culture of secrecy at Penn State.

When he first heard the allegations in the 40-count indictment of Sandusky, “I was enraged, very upset,” Paul McLaughlin said. The 45-year-old Arizona man said he was abused by a former Penn State professor and then ignored by university officials.

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McLaughlin said it wasn’t the first time that former Penn State President Graham Spanier ignored a report of possible child sex abuse.

McLaughlin said he also brought forward concerns about abuse — unrelated to Sandusky, but instead about a special-education professor, who McLaughlin accused of abusing him when he was a boy in New Jersey.
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McLaughlin went to the dean of education, David Monk, and to then-president Spanier in early 2002. Both men, he said, brushed him off.
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Documents obtained by The Patriot-News support McLaughlin’s story.

“I have a tape where [Neisworth] admits the things he’d done,” McLaughlin said. “[Spanier] treated it like an extortion attempt. I told him my concern was solely to get him away from children.”

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[brokeu91]

I posted this on the PD site

Yet another disturbing aspect to this story (if it is indeed true that McQueery went to the police) is that the police did not investigate this properly. There are laws about mandatory reporting and it's based on the idea that if the police become aware of something like this that they HAVE to investigate it.

If this is true (and again that is far from certain at this point), then the government and an entire police department have been negligent in their duty to protect the public. It wouldn't be the first time something like this happened but the police need to be held accountable.

 

[Stranger]

Victim 1 Cried When Penn State Suspect Was on TV,
Mom Wants More to Come Forward

[flv]http://video-cdn.abcnews.com/111116_gma_avila.mp4[/flv]

Victim 1 Cried When Penn State Suspect Was on TV, Mom Wants More to Come Forward
By KEVIN DOLAK and JIM AVILA
Nov. 16, 2011—

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The mother of the boy identified as Victim 1 in the Penn State sex abuse scandal said her son broke down in tears when he heard accused child molester Jerry Sandusky claim on television they were just "horsing around."

When she asked her son why he cried, "He said, 'Because I'm afraid. I'm afraid he'll go free.'"

The mom said she reassured her son that is not likely to happen.

"There's other witnesses, probably more victims out there to come forward yet," she told her son, and she urged others with information to speak up.

Her son is one of eight boys who Sandusky, 67, is accused of having molested over a 15-year period.

Lawyer Ben Andreozzi, who says he represents one of the eight alleged victims, said in a statement today "others are actually coming forward."

His own client, Andreozzi said, "wants Mr. Sandusky to know that he fully intends to testify that he was severely assaulted by Mr. Sandusky."

Andreozzi said he was "appalled by the fact that Mr. Sandusky has elected to re-victimize these young men at a time when they should be healing."

The mom of Victim 1, whose identity is being withheld by ABC News, lashed out at Sandusky and his efforts to portray the allegations of sex abuse as merely jock horse play.

"It sickened me that he would be on TV trying to downplay his charges. And I think it made him look more guilty," she said.

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Sandusky surprised many Monday night when he phoned in to NBC's Bob Costas. During the interview Sandusky denied all of the 40 charges of child sexual assault that have been leveled against him, and said that he is not sexually attracted to young boys.

"I could say that I have done some of those things," Sandusky said. "I have horsed around with kids. I have showered after workouts. I have hugged them and I have touched their legs without intent of sexual contact," he said. "Am I sexually attracted to underage boys? Sexually attracted, no -- I enjoy young people, I love to be around them ... but no, I am not sexually attracted to young boys," Sandusky replied to Costas.

The mother of Victim 1 said that there is no way what went on between her son and Sandusky was just horseplay.

"No, it's not games. It's a planned out strategy to groom children to molest," she said. "He definitely shouldn't have showered with those kids. It was sickening, I mean I don't know anybody -- anybody -- who when somebody's like 50, would get in a shower naked with a 10-year-old."

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Her son was 10 or 11 when he first met Sandusky in 2005 or 2006, and the former coach lavished presents on him, including clothing, a computer, cash and trips, the grand jury report claims. It also charges Sandusky with molesting the boy more than 20 times.

The mother said she's angry to see Sandusky a free man while she and her son, who is now a teenager, feel they must hide to protect their anonymity.

"It's very difficult for me and for my son. We spend most of our lives since this has started hiding, trying to avoid getting chased down by press, his identity being revealed, dealing with the bullies at school," she said.

"He has to leave school pretty consistently to take medication because he can't he just can't stay there and listen to it," she said.

"It makes me really mad that my son can't go out and have a normal life. He can't go out and hang out at the mall, because he might run into Jerry. [Sandusky] gets to go to the mall and shop and do whatever he wants to do. That aggravates me. He should be in jail," she said.

Victim 1 is expected to be a star witness against the former coach.

"He's scared, but he's anxious. He's ready, he wants to do it....He wants to put it to rest. He wants him to go to jail and he wants him to pay for what he's done. And he doesn't want him on the streets where he can hurt somebody else," the boy's mother said.

The case against Sandusky has has roiled the Penn State campus. Football coach Joe Paterno and the university's president have both been fired, two other top officials have been charged with perjury and failure to report sex abuse, and a coach who allegedly witnessed a 2002 rape in a locker room shower has been put on leave.

Sandusky is fighting back. His lawyer told ABC News Tuesday that the boy who was allegedly raped in the shower has said he never molested.

"The kid is... now grown up, he's in his 20s. He's adamant that nothing sexual occurred," lawyer Joe Amendola said.

Amendola said he expects other boys among the eight in the grand jury report will also contest those claims.

On the same day, however, an assistant coach who the report states saw the rape sent an email to a friend suggesting he did witness a sexual act and that he intervened to stop it.

"I did stop it, not physically ... but made sure it was stopped when I left that locker room," Mike McQueary wrote in his email.

McQueary also wrote that he spoke to police about the alleged assault. The grand jury report states that no one at the school ever notified police about the rape allegation.

McQueary is refusing to react publicly to Sandusky calling his testimony about what he says he witnessed in the shower a lie. When ABC News asked if he would be willing to make a statement about Sandusky's allegations, McQueary simply said "no sir."

 

[Stranger]

Caught this interesting comment by a reader at Pennlive and thought it's worth posting...

Erica November 16, 2011 at 11:44AM
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Hmmmm... it just gets more interesting every day.

I hope CORBETT is questioned on the morals of granting $3 million to a group he knew was enabling a child molester.

Isn't that the height of fiduciary irresponsibility to give the state's money to an organization that he has to know is going to be sued for every penny they have in the near future?

This would certainly explain why the uppermost level of state government came out swinging at Joe, instead of providing the least bit of support. It appears that Corby could only divert attention for so long... $3,000,000 to JS's charity... Hmmmm!?!

Coincidence... don't think so!

It's coinky-dink, as is the "accidental release" of portions of the Grand Jury Presentment! Have you noticed how the State's handling of this matter has taken all attention off of the ACTUAL VICTIM AND HIS ALLEGATIONS that supposedly generated the necessity for a Grand Jury in the first place???

All anybody is talking about is PSU and the 2002 incident, but nobody is saying a word about the fact that the ACTUAL VICTIM'S ALLEGATIONS HAVE BEEN LARGELY IGNORED and the case has been badly botched and damaged over the past 3 years.

Rather than ask questions about a 2002 incident where we don't even have a known victim, why isn't anyone in the press asking how a Pennsylvania High School could allow Jerry Sandusky to pull the ACTUAL VICTIM out of class and even school without parental permission and then sexually abuse the kid?

How could Corbett not have done more for this ACTUAL VICTIM back in March 2009 when he got the case and should have instantly known about a similar case from the same DA's Office in 1998 (including the reporting of sexual abuse by the parent of a child participating in 2nd Mile charities!)?

Why does it take three and one-half years for JS to be arrested regarding the ACTUAL VICTIMS allegations? Why has the High School not been held to account for their role in enabling JS and allowing him unauthorized to take the kid out of class/school for alone time with Sandusky?

Why has all attention of the probe been deflected to PSU and PSU employees when THEY HAD ZERO TO DO WITH ANY OF THE ALLEGATIONS MADE BY THE ACTUAL VICTIM THAT GENERATED THE INVESTIGATION?

Given all the above and the fact that the GJ (Grand Jury) Presentment was the lightening rod for the attack on PSU (i.e., "the deflection"), is it really credible to believe that the release of a court ordered sealed GJ report was "accidental"?

THOSE THE LIVE IN CLASS HOUSES SHOULD NOT THROW STONES, CORBETT KNEW IT, AND DID NOTHING, HMMMNN, AND HE DEMANDED JOE PATERNO’S RESIGNATION, SOUND FAMILIAR?

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Erica has a point, Victim 1's testimony is being ignored, and it is far more damning of the entire community. This is bigger than PSU. Ugh, I don't think I want to know anymore

 

[superfan24]

Still don't understand why/how he's out on bail? How many rapists that are accused of these crimes are let out on bail?

 

[Stranger]

Still don't understand why/how he's out on bail? How many rapists that are accused of these crimes are let out on bail?

Chairman of the Board of the Second Mile did fundraising for the Judge. Sorry, I forgot link for where I read that.

More from Erica, helps explain earlier comment I posted...

So let me get this straight, first Governor Corbett as AG does very little regarding the 2008 Case that was forwarded to him by his former protege Madeira, who is now Centre County DA (and tied into the same wealthy 2nd Mile donors - Madeira's wife apparently is the sister of one of JS's adopted daughters).

He doesn't even bother to look at the similarities of the 2008 Case forwarded by the Centre County DA's Office to a 1998 Case adjudicated by the same Centre County DA's Office - both cases included the parents of children participating in 2nd Mile charity programs reporting alleged sexual abuse of their children.

Somehow though, Madeira and Corbett are able to notify JS that he is under criminal investigation in 2008 (we know this because the 2nd Mile says Sandusky disassociated himself from the charity in 2008 citing this reason).

Again, Corbett gets this case in March 2009 and would quickly be able to establish all of these facts (including the allegations that a Clinton County School not only allowed JS on site by making him a volunteer FB Coach, but also allowed JS to pull the child out of class and school without parental permission during many of his sexual assaults - one partially witnessed by a wrestling coach apparently).

But Corbett does nothing to establish evidence on electronic devices and files at the Sandusky home and offices or 2nd Mile Offices - doesn't investigate the 2nd Mile at all despite the AG having regulation and reporting authority and the "consumer protection mandate" for charities????

Instead, he kicks the can down the road doing very little, while JS and the 2nd Mile are given three and one-half years to tamper with and destroy evidence???

Then, after the new AG blows the case wide open in a brief amount of time in the last months of 2010 and early-2011, he begins to direct the focus of the investigation toward PSU who he has repeatedly tried to politically bludgeon.

Then he approves a $3 million grant to the 2nd Mile in the summer 2011. Then participates in the "accidental release" of GJ testimony and directs a media circus focused on PSU and its football program via the New York Times.... Who is it again that is "covering up" the fact that they were highly tied into the 2nd Mile via political donors and his protege Michael Madeira?

The way this thing has been handled by Madeira and Corbett every step of the way stinks to high-heaven!

How can the national press not be focusing on the fact that the VICTIM IN THE 2008 CASE and the actions of Pennsylvania State Employees at that school have been totally forgotten - this boy's claims were kicked down the road effectively by Corbett at the same time JS and 2nd Mile were alerted resulting in three and one-half years to tamper with and potentially destroy evidence, but the press has no problem with this Dereliction of Duty (forget about dereliction of moral obligation!).