tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2260510730184507282.post3992904756000240265..comments2024-01-30T04:57:48.673-05:00Comments on Second Mile Sandusky Scandal: Freeh's Fake Investigation Covered Up the Ties Between The PSU BOT and The Second MileBarry Bozemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03484041114078117845noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2260510730184507282.post-74975506912795871422014-03-28T17:21:32.375-04:002014-03-28T17:21:32.375-04:00Holy Crapola! WOW Ray great job! I had to read ...Holy Crapola! WOW Ray great job! I had to read this a few times to understand all the questionable relationships and events here. Amazing facts. It's quite clear that children have never been top of mind for any of the BOT and TSM power players - but this makes it substantially clear what was at the center of it ($$) and why they were so willing to control and blow the PSU smoke screen! Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13555659183597795426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2260510730184507282.post-41911973203320506822013-12-09T08:12:48.916-05:002013-12-09T08:12:48.916-05:00I don't think that Tom Poole is related to Bob...I don't think that Tom Poole is related to Bob Poole.Ray Bleharhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14557326921056183979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2260510730184507282.post-51328020332502901532013-12-01T19:55:10.116-05:002013-12-01T19:55:10.116-05:00This is a great question rdk! I also believe Pool...This is a great question rdk! I also believe Poole's brother, Thomas Poole, is PSU's VP Administration serving the Board and president's office... things that make you go hmmmmmmmmmm. Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13555659183597795426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2260510730184507282.post-3309363218781596122013-11-23T14:10:21.073-05:002013-11-23T14:10:21.073-05:00Any basic consideration of conflicts of interest w...Any basic consideration of conflicts of interest would have certainly included Robert Poole. TSM Board Chair, recipient of MAJOR PSU building contracts since 1998, and on Exec Committee that pledges to raise $2 billion for PSU. How could Poole not have been investigated???? rdkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11007253694089460950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2260510730184507282.post-1743290783013483202013-11-21T22:37:34.745-05:002013-11-21T22:37:34.745-05:00We need an Edward Snowden of the 1990s, someone wh...We need an Edward Snowden of the 1990s, someone who worked for the FBI as a contractor, employee, source.<br /><br />Ray, can you or your network find such a person who perhaps worked on the Atlanta Olympics, Ruby Ridge, or other fed fiascos back in Freeh's days?rdkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11007253694089460950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2260510730184507282.post-57218997449076729522013-11-21T20:28:30.923-05:002013-11-21T20:28:30.923-05:00Well said, Truthseeker. You have my word that I ...Well said, Truthseeker. You have my word that I will do everything I can possibly to do take Louis Freeh off the streets. Ray Bleharhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14557326921056183979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2260510730184507282.post-59885997420560186922013-11-21T12:11:50.687-05:002013-11-21T12:11:50.687-05:00I agree with you about the "strategic targets... I agree with you about the "strategic targets" for Kane's investigation should be Corbett, Frazier and Fina. But Freeh is the bigger cancer here that needs to be removed. His illegal racketeering business is what gives these corrupt corporate and political thugs the courage to brazenly break the law with their stealing, lying, and slandering of innocent people. They know that there is a former director of the FBI that will "get them out of" their crimes for the right price. Freeh's very existence gives impetus to these corporate and governmental attacks on innocent people.<br /> To me, it is almost surreal that someone like Freeh is running around freely (no pun intended), to blatantly, and illegally offer services of professional slander and false reports. It's nothing short of obstruction of justice and racketeering. And for some unknown reason, our federal government is allowing it. If this truly is America, as we think we know it, then Louis Freeh should not even exist as he does, a criminal operating out in the open with impunity.<br /> Does anyone have any ideas as to why Louis Freeh seems to be untouchable? Does he hold dirty secrets against our government that he has acquired while director of the FBI? And in essence, he is engaging in a sort of silent blackmail to run his criminal business? This is "1984" George Orwell kind of stuff that gives unimpeded power to any corrupt element of government to turn on any citizen whenever a scapegoat is needed. I believe the citizens of this country should insist that Louis Freeh be taken off the streets. Because any one of us is a potential target. Who would have thought that someone like Paterno, and even Spanier, devoting their lives to good and the university, could be so easily destroyed by falsehoods presented as truth by a corrupt state government?<br /> Kane, you've got some work to do. Let's hope you do the right thing to prove that you want to right these wrongs committed against the Pennsylvania people. Truthseekerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06434780738644463324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2260510730184507282.post-42363287095248211752013-11-21T10:48:10.806-05:002013-11-21T10:48:10.806-05:00Gregory,
I agree that a lot of good people (like B...Gregory,<br />I agree that a lot of good people (like Blake & Linda Gall and Lloyd & Dottie Huck) believed in TSM's mission. And TSM did help a lot of kids, but there were people in the know about Jerry at TSM and they covered it up. <br /><br />Ray Bleharhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14557326921056183979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2260510730184507282.post-1431648800102859122013-11-21T10:44:32.917-05:002013-11-21T10:44:32.917-05:00Steve Girard,
First, the intent of this blogpost w...Steve Girard,<br />First, the intent of this blogpost was to point out that the Freeh Report and investigation was faked and biased. In Chapter 7, Freeh makes points about financial ties only to the extent that "students solicited donations" for golf tournaments and TSM events and that Schultz went to bat for TSM for a loan. Thus, he mentions a couple piddly things while overlooking ALL of the donations to TSM by Board members go unreported. Then there are the business and PERSONAL relationships between the TSM Board and PSU. <br /><br />But Freeh doesn't report those and makes the ridiculous claim that Spanier, who himself was abused as a child and was often criticized in the press, didn't report child abuse to avoid bad publicity? Talk about a "conspiracy theory."<br /><br />As for Lubert, I am simply pointing out he deserves the same level of blame from Freeh as the other guys if Freeh believes providing facilities is an enabler of child abuse. <br /><br />Read Report 1. Freeh clearly omitted the evidence that proved the state screwed up the 1998 investigation. Freeh was recommended by Corbett for the job. Frazier and Tomalis guided his investigation so that it put all the focus on PSU athletics. There is also ample evidence that Corbett steered the investigation away from TSM -- as did PSU.<br /><br />For example, why did it take the police 25 months to get a subpoena for the participant records of TSM? The police knew Fisher met Sandusky through TSM. They knew that Sandusky volunteered at CMHS because he had some TSM kids on the team there. Any real police investigation would have made TSM its first stop and Sandusky's house its second stop. The search warrant for Sandusky's house was obtained 31 months into the investigation. Those actions were pro-forma. No information from either place was used to find a victim. As you know, the Kane investigation is looking into this footdragging -- and some suspect it was done because many people at TSM were donors to the Corbett campaign.<br /><br />All I can say is you're very naive if you think money isn't involved in this scandal and that there was not a concerted effort by both Corbett and the BOT to protect TSM.<br /><br />Ray Bleharhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14557326921056183979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2260510730184507282.post-33110179072545241162013-11-21T02:27:34.574-05:002013-11-21T02:27:34.574-05:00Freeh is a pathetic human being, but the strategic...Freeh is a pathetic human being, but the strategic targets should be Corbett, Frazier, and Frank Fina.<br /><br />Maybe John Zigler can take a break from getting into pissing battles with skunks, and go after Fina to make himself useful.<br /><br />Frank Fina: Crooked Cop, fabricator of the janitor Hoax, subordinator of perjury, witness tamperer, leaker of GJ testimony. Not so smart in changing dates, though. August 2001 in the Lasch Building? Anyone who knows how JP conducted preseason practice would know that the CIA would have trouble getting within 200 yards of the Lasch Building, let alone Sandusky and a kid.<br /><br />I can just imagine Fina talking to McQuerry: " Listen kid, we know about your sexting and gambling debts. We know you go places where they have slap happy sex. Maybe you are into a little S&M. We know that we can revoke the medical practitioner certificates from your dad and that Dranov guy for not reporting whatever it was you told them. If you're a smart kid, you don't want that to happen, and you don't want us breathing down your back for the other stuff. Now this is what you are going to do for us..."<br /><br />From my point of view, what happens to Frank Fina will be the METRIC of Kathleen Kane's investigation.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04946697156007688080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2260510730184507282.post-51333503007815566492013-11-21T01:55:08.339-05:002013-11-21T01:55:08.339-05:00I've always thought that the Second Mile was a...I've always thought that the Second Mile was a victim in this fiasco. Lots of good people helping kids. Raykovitz and his wife were feathering their nest with their outrageous salaries, so I really didn't see any culpability beyond them. Whether their behavior was criminal is problematic. They, like everyone else knew that Jerry was rigorously vetted for adopting children and receiving foster children. That seemed to function like a force field when inappropriate behavior occurred.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04946697156007688080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2260510730184507282.post-38623539568444439502013-11-21T00:04:09.722-05:002013-11-21T00:04:09.722-05:00Ray... not clear on why you would apply the 'f...Ray... not clear on why you would apply the 'facility enabler' charge to Lubert for Greenhills events. Not being snarky, but hasn't the stand of the BOT been that they didn't know anything about the '98 event or the 2001 incident? So how would Lubert be putting the kids in danger in the same way Freeh alleges Paterno, et al did?<br /><br />And since they didn't know Sandusky was a pervert while they were donating to and supporting TSM... how does all of this financial linking matter? Unless someone can show that the BOT members knew about Jerry's activities, how does all of this info amount to a Freeh-BOT coverup? <br /><br />I mean, I can see how they would want to avoid closer scrutiny of their connections to TSM if some people at TSM were aiding Jerry's activities or looking the other way... but those people would also say they just didn't know Jerry was a monster. <br /><br />So to say that many PSU BOT-ers and Campaign for the Future folks were involved with TSM only means that they put their bucks into an organization that was also hoodwinked by Jerry... not that they could be hurt by their TSM activity.<br />Don't get me wrong, I'm all in for exposing the Freeh report, mandating a better-constructed BOT, and getting due process for Joe and Co., I just don't see where creating this vast conspiracy theory involving the power plays within the BOT, other cash-creation entities at PSU and TSM gets us anywhere.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11565961634673846906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2260510730184507282.post-48997333447194822872013-11-20T22:32:08.917-05:002013-11-20T22:32:08.917-05:00Gregory,
So many people to pound -- so little time...Gregory,<br />So many people to pound -- so little time. I'm going to beat up Freeh a little while longer and will probably pound Frazier and Tomalis for being enablers.<br /><br />I do have a little something special planned for Frazier because of his sanctimonious comments on people's obligations to protect children. Maybe we'll have Linda Berkland put a nice video together on that too.<br /><br />Ray Bleharhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14557326921056183979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2260510730184507282.post-13697246149147101892013-11-20T20:34:54.281-05:002013-11-20T20:34:54.281-05:00Bob,
Thanks, but this is just one (or two) possibl...Bob,<br />Thanks, but this is just one (or two) possible reasons why the BOT (and Corbett) did what they did. Freeh ran a phony investigation because that's what he does for a living -- nothing special about the screw job he did at PSU. BP, Wynn, and FIFA all got shafted too.Ray Bleharhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14557326921056183979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2260510730184507282.post-21389664699280028042013-11-20T20:10:50.947-05:002013-11-20T20:10:50.947-05:00I also find it hard to believe that Frazier did no...I also find it hard to believe that Frazier did not know that Pepper Hamilton was about to acquire FSS and name Freeh head of its excom. And lots of $$$ subcontracted to Pepper Hamilton for the fraudulent report. What was Pepper Hamilton's output?<br /><br />Frazier needs to be pounded harder.....relentlessly. Anyone who reads the Wikipedia article on the Vioxx Fraud, Frazier and Pepper Hamilton's strong-arm tactics to cover the fraudulent FDA Data Package, and the final discovery of the depth of the fraud in 2009, will scratch their heads as to why Frazier was not prosecuted for negligent homicide. There is certainly enough evidence to support that, and 98,000 dead Americans.<br /><br />His scripting of the well rehearsed 2012 Press Conference and the heavy handed tactics he is using on the BOT fit his MO perfectly.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04946697156007688080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2260510730184507282.post-1980384449030179952013-11-20T17:02:15.377-05:002013-11-20T17:02:15.377-05:00Incredible, I have always thought that there was m...Incredible, I have always thought that there was more to this than was told in the beginning. How everything was done so quickly always promotes questions as to why. You have done an excellent job putting the blame wre it belongs.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08313128547272683793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2260510730184507282.post-83128445739333041452013-11-20T14:48:01.191-05:002013-11-20T14:48:01.191-05:00Excellent work Ray!!! I knew something smelled rot...Excellent work Ray!!! I knew something smelled rotten and this looks like it. Keep up the good fight!<br /><br />I know your work gets criticized by others for blaming/criticizing victims and shilling for JoePa, but this article gets to the heart of the matter. Powerful and corrupt men are covering up their financial ties which enabled a pedophile to roam free longer than he should. They framed innocent men to take the fall, so they continued to line their pockets.<br /><br />All of the naysayers said this was an unsupported conspiracy theory. I'd say this adds some meat to the theory and offers a compelling counter-narrative to the original railroaded story. There may even be enough here for the media to pickup a new narrative. However, that would require them to admit they were wrong.stevekirschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18140362048199788298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2260510730184507282.post-13895144223727568922013-11-20T09:28:08.747-05:002013-11-20T09:28:08.747-05:00This is excellent! I think what we're seeing h...This is excellent! I think what we're seeing here is, there really just can't be "financial relationships" allowed for a BOT that is truly impartial and actually has the university's best interest at heart. Otherwise as you have shown, the BOT just becomes a self-serving and self-protecting entity. It can and will intentionally turn on the very thing it has been put in place to protect.<br /> I truly hope these BOT members, Corbett included, are brought to justice for the kind of dishonesty, greed, and appalling damage they have done to the university.Truthseekerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06434780738644463324noreply@blogger.com