Thursday, January 12

The Rabbit Hole - How Deep Does It Go? The Second Mile Deep

This is long complicated and I believe is my most comprehensive yet on the Second Mile Sandusky Scandal. It will require some time and attention. The conclusions and connections offer a clear conception of why this disaster was pushed on Penn State, and exactly who is culpable (outside of Jerry Sandusky) for the clearly unfair defamation of Penn State University and Joe Paterno. At the end you may have a new slant on the situation with some teeth that might have some traction outside of the Penn State community. It seems the world needs someone to blame - a villain to whom they can point or give the finger and rant and rage against. Maybe we can give them targets that are not Penn State or Paterno.  You should find this compelling and useful, please bear with me- your Tennessee friend
DUELING CONSPIRACY THEORIES
The media frenzy defaming PSU was created from misleading statements by Attorney General Linda Kelly and her Grand Jury Presentment leading to a common belief that Penn State through AD Tim Curley & Sr VP Gary Schultz as "Penn State" conspired to cover up an eyewitness account of sexual assault..People who tend to accept conspiracy theories have Linda Kelly's flawed theory. So. In order to satisfy conspiracy lovers I offer an alternative. First we must agree that a cover up is a conspiracy by definition an agreement by two or more persons to commit a wrongful act.
This is a companion piece to the: Attorney General Linda Kelly Words and Motives fanpost - please visit the SECOND MILE SANDUSKY SEX SCANDAL WEBLOG for the full archive of my posts leading up to this one.
CONSPIRACY THEORY ONE  --- The Penn State cover up conspiracy theory is written in the Victim 2 account in the Grand Jury Presentment and explicitly stated in Attorney General Linda Kelly's Press Release. This conspiracy theory gained maximum exposure and traction in the National Media Frenzy and is widely accepted in the court of public opinion. This video of Linda Kelley' press conference - particularly the statements of Kelly and PA State Police Commissioner Frank Noonan - and part two of that video support thier cover up conspiracy theory. Noonan goes out of his way to make Penn State's culture and climate a villiain in the investigation. Kelly equates Curley and Schultz with Sandusky in her remarks and their "complicity" makes this a conspiracy. Kelly dwells on the unidentified alleged victim 2 and speaks more about Curley and Schultz than she does about Sandusky. These statements by Kelley and Noonan are indefensible and with the Victim 2 section of the presentment were designed to bring down a firestorm of negative public opinion on the Penn State coach and administrators along with the entire Penn State community by association. This was no accident - It was a malicious act of defamation.
Linda Kelly and Frank Noonan Kelly_and_noonan_up_medium
There are 8 brave young men who stepped up to lodge complaints against Jerry Sandusky but the Attorney General would have the country believe that Penn State's involvement is "EQUALLY SIGNIFICANT". Penn State is left with no choice but to defend itself and it's reputation against such malicious slander by the highest ranking law enforcement officer in the state and her mentor the Governor. The Board of Trustees and the new President failed to mount a defense. Penn State tried to be helpful to underprivileged kids by providing use of facilities to The Second Mile. Penn State raised millions to raise awareness about child abuse. Penn State has been made a villain by the Attorney General over the 2 sections of the Grand Jury Presentment with unidentified victims - victims 2 and 8
Conspiracy Theory Two  -- A cover up involving The Second Mile and it's board and executive director Jack Raykovitz who seem to have escaped notice or mention in anything issued by the Attorney General or her predecessor who is now Governor Tom Corbett. They are thus implicated in this conspiracy to make Penn State a defendant in the case against Jerry Sandusky in order to distract from shortcomings in the Attorney General's office investigation and the actions of The Second Mile where they got thousands of dollars for their campaigns.

Talking Cover up - the media trumpets the Linda Kelly theory of conspiracy that promotes the idea of a cover up to protect a football program.
Conspiracy Theory ONE involves two respected medical people Doctor Jonathan Dranov and John Mcqueary along with Head Coach Joe Paterno and PSU represented by President Graham Spanier, Athletic Director Tim Curley, and Sr. Vice-President Gary Schultz. Failure to report to police or child services suspicions from a 45 second locker room visit in March 2002 by a graduate assistant coach Mike McQueary is the issue. The sub text is that these men conspired to cover up a clear specific incident in order to protect a football program. Every crime requires a motive and cover up is the only motive possible here. Is there a need to cover up? So many seem to assume so.
But what would have been the downside for PSU if the good Doctor, John McQueary, Joe Paterno, and the PSU administrators had reported the strange "3 slap & 1 or 2 second glances" suspicion of Mike McQueary to police and child services? How would that have damaged the men who did not believe Mike McQueary's suspicions credible enough to involve police when compared with their view of the Second Mile Charity founder and foster father of six?
1) An investigation like the 1998 investigation could have been initiated.
Claiming that an investigation of Jerry Sandusky might have harmed the football program or the university seems odd given that Sandusky was investigated just 3 years prior to the 2002 incident when he was actually employed by PSU. No harm to PSU came from that investigation did it?
1b) Suppose a police investigation had implicated Sandusky and he had been arrested, tried, and convicted. We can argue about any potential damage that might have done to PSU. I suspect any damage to be minimal if any. Since AD Tim Curley spoke to Sandusky and we have the contention by the defense that this boy has claimed he was not molested - and he has not been identified it seems the available information tends to support another investigation with no charges. But I find it difficult to credit any idea that Curley, Schultz or Spanier would fear investigation or conviction.
2) Did any money change hands?
Some who argue cover up and conspiracy contend a guilty Sandusky would cost PSU money in sports revenues. Would State College residents and other alumni stop buying football tickets or T Shirts because a criminal had been caught who was a former coach? Would TV revenues or donations have suffered from a successful conviction of a predator 4 years removed from PSU employment?
3) Would careers be wrecked or jobs lost?
Would McQueary or Dr. Dranov, Joe Paterno, Curley, Schultz or Spanier have been fired or lost money if a GA's suspicions resulted in the conviction of a former coach? The obvious answer to that is NO.
4) Is there any evidence of collusion, cover up or conspiracy?
Read the testimony of Paterno Curley and Schultz in the Perjury Hearing Transcript page 173 forward is the reading of their Grand Jury Testimony. If you can find any evidence of an attempt by Curley, Schultz, and Paterno trying to get their stories straight about a couple of 10 minute meetings with Mike McQueary in 2002 please post it in the comments. No one asked Mike McQueary to remain silent. They did not draw up a statement for him to sign. No one threatened him with dismissal as a coach. They didn't even record the meeting or take minutes. Take my word for it - the obvious evidence shows no attempt to match testimonies or shape them to avoid any suspicion of a cover up. If anything the rather muddled testimony recollecting a 10 minute meeting in 2002 seemed completely unconsidered, confused, and unrehearsed. If this was a cover up it was the worst one in history.
So we have a very insubstantial and debatable motive, no monetary reward, no threat to employment, and good evidence that no collusion took place to support this widely held idea that some cover up conspiracy promoted by the Attorney General existed at Penn State. When you break it down the conspiracy by cover up is plainly ABSURD.
We know the cover up idea was introduced by the Attorney General and her prosecutors. What was LInda Kelly thinking? Why would she equate the actions of Curley and Schultz with Jerry Sandusky like this?
Equally significant, however, is the role that several top Penn State University administrators, Athletic Director Tim Curley and Vice President of Business and Finance Gary Schultz, played in this matter, allegedly failing to report suspected child abuse and later providing false testimony and false statements to the grand jury
top administration officials at PSU, Curley and Schultz, after receiving a report of the sexual assault from both a graduate assistant and the coach Paterno, not only failed to report the incident, as required by law, but never made any attempt to identify that child.
Equally significant? The sexual molestation of 8 identified alleged victims is equal to the actions of Schultz and Curley who did not consider the report they got from Mike McQueary evidence of a crime or abuse or that their recollections of a 10 minute meeting 10 years in the past were false? This claim is the equivalent of Kelly's Grand Jury Presentment's description of Mike McQueary's testimony as "He SAW a boy subjected to anal intercourse" and reported it to Paterno, Curley and Schultz now we know this was not the testimony of Mike McQueary. We also know the second part of the above quote is false. Paterno did not inform Curley and Schultz of a sexual assault, and the law in 2002 did not require Paterno, Curley or Schultz to report suspicions. 
The 2002 law required that the abused child come directly in contact with a person in his or her professional capacity in order for that person to be considered a mandatory reporter. The law was then amended in 2007 to broaden the reporting requirements
How can the chief law enforcement officer of Pennsylvania be so uninformed of the law. How can she get away with such obvious slander, libel and defamation of Penn State, Curley and Schultz. Were I a Penn State alumni or a resident of Pennsylvania I would be outraged by the Attorney General and the Governor. Kelly's presentment description was a LIE, her press release cover up conspiracy and equivalency was absurd, and her application of the law was incorrect. It's easier to to list what was right about Kelly's statements and theory - NOTHING.
It seems obvious that Attorney General Kelly has a serious ax to grind with Penn State. Why else would she make the Grand Jury Presentment and her Press Release revolve around the weakest unidentified victim case in her file?.
So on to Conspiracy theory TWO: 
Let us examine the second conspiracy in-depth, in particular, motives for AG Kelly to blame Penn State instead of Jack Raykovitz and The Second Mile and the lack of a response by Raykovitz and Second Mile 

There are several questions that remain to be answered:

First let's look again at the 2002 law concerning who is mandated to report incidents of potential child abuse 
The 2002 law required that the abused child come directly in contact with a person in his or her professional capacity in order for that person to be considered a mandatory reporter.
Neither Schultz, Curley or Joe Paterno fit the mandatory reporter description only people who are part of The Second Mile so that means one individual who was told of the 2002 incident. That person is Jack Raykovitz who's professional capacity involved children exclusively. So why isn't Raykovitz  charged by Attorney General Kelly for the failure to report suspicious contact with a minor child? 
Raykovitz already knows about the Second Mile mother who complained in 1998 and likely heard Sandusky's. "I'm so sorry I wish I was dead" remark. Now he is faced with a second complaint from the institution that supports his charity. Raykovitz is the expert on underprivileged children. He has the access to counselors and programs for the kids. His awareness of the potential evils of child abuse should be a clear part of his box of tools. And he likely has close contacts in the Child Services agency from his charity work. So why isn't Raykovitz all over this. It threatens his livelihood, his reputation, and the very existence of the charity he directs and even more it threatens his kids.
Now add the following into the pot and stir.
Why isn't The Second Mile central to the Grand Jury Investigation since The Second Mile is the organization founded by Jerry Sandusky and the place were he stalked his prey? Ask yourself if there is some reasonable motive for the Attorney General to focus on the flimsy Penn State association and disregard the obvious Second Mile association? Is there a reason why the then AG now Gov got $25,000 from The Second Mile and thousands more from Second Mile Board Members? Some reason why he approved 3 million in grants for the charity in 2010? If someone really followed the money where would it lead?
1) With whom was Jerry Sandusky most associated? Obviously The Second Mile since his coaching days at PSU ended in 1999. How does the prosecution benefit from eliminating Second Mile from their investigation?
2) Who's jobs and income are at risk? Jobs and board positions were lost when Second Mile ended and it is certainly a significant threat to the Governor and Attorney General if it becomes common knowledge that the Governor took money from Second Mile while he was investigating if the investigation of Second Mile was limited as a result. Jack Raykovitz and his wife lost $233,000 in combined salaries. When Sandusky was arrested it was a matter of weeks before Second Mile was history and the Governor is scrambling to explain his actions in not returning a donation from a group he was investigating.
3) Did money change hands?
Former AG now  Gov Tom Corbett recieved $25,000 from Second Mile and thousands more from Second Mile board  members while he was prolonging the Jerry Sandusky investigation instead of immediately charging him with victim one's complaints. We have to ask whether or not the Executive Director or volunteers at Second Mile were aware of any complaints from other kids about Jerry Sandusky who might have immediately come forward if the Victim one charges were immediately filed.The salary of Raykovitz and wife would have been and have been lost because of the scandal. We have 10 million in assets with 2.7 million a year budget that ended. Where did that 2.7 million per year or 24 million dollars after 2002 in revenue go. We need to know who benefited from the prolonged investigation and lack of action? And Second Mile receives a 3 million dollar taxpayer grant from Gov Corbett in 2010? Where is all that money? Second Mile had many volunteers, used school counselors, school facilities, and facilities at Penn State. See the Annual Report linked below for "In Kind" donations. Where was the money spent?
4) The list of Second Mile donors and Board Members is Impressive
Board members can be found on the last page and donors throughout the 2010 Annual Second Mile Report They would obviously prefer not to be associated with an organization under investigation by the Attorney General. President Bush praised Second Mile as a "shining example of his Thousand Points of Light". Senator Rick Santorum honored Sandusky with an Angels in Adoption Award in 2002. Eagles Coaches Vermeil and Reid, owner R.R.M. Carpenter, Matt Millen of ESPN, actor Mark Wahlberg, and Golfer Arnold Palmer served on the board.
5) Linda Kelly and Frank Noonan's press conference along with the Grand Jury Presentment misled everyone making PSU the equal to Jerry Sandusky in this case to distract attention from The Second Mile and her and Gov Corbett's remarkably slow investigation and the donations their party received from The Second Mile. That is now a fact.
The following news articles offer evidence of The Second Mile's involvement in the prosecution of Jerry Sandusky and their relationship with Governor and Attorneys General. We've seen nothing of the Grand Jury testimony of Jack Raykovitz or heard anything from the parents of Second Mile kids who may have been harmed by that organizations failure to protect the kids entrusted to Second Mile. What did they know and when did they know it?
Raykovitz Did Not Inform Board Members of PSU Decision to Ban Sandusky 
It seems Sandusky and Raykovitz were close friends. This is the guy who was protecting Sandusky while running the Second Mile charity where JS took his victims. Why did Raykovitz keep Tim Curley's report about Jerry Sandusky from his board of directors? 
Raykovitz and his wife received $233,000. in annual salaries
from Second Mile for the years following the notification by Tim Curley that Sandusky would no longer be allowed to bring kids to use PSU facilities. That adds up to over 2 million in salaries that were paid over 9 years to the guy who failed to investigate Second Mile internally to see if there were more kids taking showers with the founder. 2.7 million a year distributed by Second Mile somewhere 27 million dollars spent
Second Mile contributed $25,000 to then Attorney General Tom Corbett's campaign for Governor and board members contributed thousands more.
Second Mile knew of the 1998 investigation
and Executive Director Raykovitz was informed of the PSU decision to ban Sandusky from bringing kids to workout at PSU in early 2002, but did nothing to restrict his access to children using Second Mile or to question kids about possible inappropriate behavior.
Second Mile CEO Raykovitz was assured by prosecutors that The Second Mile was not a target of investigation. 
Gov. Corbett Can’t Have It Both Ways in Penn State Case 
the governor personally approved a $3 million taxpayer-funded grant to Sandusky’s Second Mile charity while Sandusky was under an investigation he started? 
Questions on the Way Corbett Handled Sandusky Investigation
"How many more victims were victimized by Jerry Sandusky during the course of that three years? ... He should’ve been cuffed and stuffed as soon as the first allegation came in the door," Philadelphia attorney Dan McCaffery said. "Everybody talks about a bureaucratic breakdown at Penn State," said Lackawanna County attorney Kathleen Kane. "What about the Attorney General’s Office? It was either the product of politics or inexperience. And either way we cannot allow that."
Botched investigation by Corbett 
"It was completely mishandled," one source close to the investigation told The Patriot-News. "I know these investigations take time, some of them, but someone should have been on this day and night from the beginning because of the severity" of the allegations. It wasn’t until early 2011 that The Second Mile — which Attorney General Linda Kelly said Sandusky used to find his victims — was officially notified by authorities of a child abuse investigation according to the Second Mile. Second Mile CEO Jack Raykovitz did not testify before the Grand Jury until April 2011. Why?
Sandusky charity faced contempt motion over missing records
Pennsylvania state prosecutors filed a secret motion to hold The Second Mile children’s charity in contempt in July but was withdrawn in October after some of the  missing Sandusky records were found and produced, But the charity’s new lawyers are still looking for the rest of the subpoenaed material and seeking to determine whether the missing records were destroyed or removed in an effort to impede the investigation into Sandusky’s relationships with The Second Mile children
Did Second Mile Charity Do Enough To Protect Its Children From Sex Abuse?
law experts say it was within Second Mile's grip to find out if its children were at risk for abuse. "If they really wanted to find out the truth, they could have," Jeff Herman, a Miami lawyer specializing in sex abuse cases told USA Today. "One allegation is a red flag. It puts you on notice. If after that point you don't do anything, it's on you." Herman said several Second Mile families had contacted him
Taking these revelations into account we are left with several burning questions.

    • Why did the investigation take 3 years from 2008 until the presentment in Nov 2011?
    • How could it possibly take 3 years to check out the claims of victim 1 and charge JS?
    • How could it take until April of 2011 to even interview Jack Raykovitz?
    • How many more victims were abused after 2008 when Gov Corbett had victim One? 
    • Why was The Second Mile not notified of the investigation until early 2011?
    • Why didn't Jack Raykovitz take steps to protect The Second Mile Children in 98 or 02?
    • Why didn't The Second Mile identify kids who were spending time with Sandusky?
    • Is the Governor afraid of consequences for his evident inaction & campaign donations?
    • Is AG Linda Kelly covering for the Governor by making PSU her point of focus?
    • Who benefited financially from 2.7 million in annual expenditures by The Second Mile?
    • What is happening to the near 10 million in Second Mile assets?
    • Did the failure to charge Sandusky in 2008 threaten the statute of limitations? 
    • Did that failure lead to more victims? 
    • Why didn't Raykovitz report McQueary's suspicions to child services? 
    • Was Jack Raykovitz made aware of suspicions about JS from other Second Mile parents?
    • Did anyone at Second Mile make inquiries to kids or families who spent time with JS?
    • Were Corbett cronies beneficiaries of Second Mile money?
    • How could Corbett approve a 3 million grant of Pa taxpayer money to 2nd Mile in 2010?
    • Does it benefit Corbett and his party's office holders to implicate PSU as a distraction?
WHY ISN'T JACK RAYKOVITZ THE KEY NAME TIED TO THE SECOND MILE SANDUSKY SCANDAL?
Given notification to Raykovitz from Tim Curley that actions suspicious enough to prompt PSU to deny JS access to PSU facilities in the company of children should that have prompted Raykovitz to make an effort to see if there was anything to the 1998 and 2002 investigations that required a closer look at Jerry Sandusky? Raykovitz was the only one told of the McQueary allegations who was by law required to report to child services and police. His job involved children as specified by the 2002 law. Why isn't he charged with failure to report? 
Jack Raykovitz  Raykovitz_up_medium The Sandusky name is inextricably linked to the Second Mile much like Paterno's name and Penn State Football. Sandusky is not an employee of Penn State and at this point in 2002 he is no longer welcome to bring Second Mile kids on campus so the organization that is saddled with his situation clearly becomes The Second Mile. It is the Second Mile kids that are at risk and Jack Raykovitz who is responsible for the well being of The Second Mile kids. Where Curley and Schultz's responsibility is Penn State - Raykovitz expertise and responsibility is at risk children. This is clearly in his realm of concern and knowledge.  

The Second Mile already had programs in place *(see appendix b below) that would offer Raykovitz an easy way to interview the Second Mile kids. Counselors are available for the PEAK and CHALLENGE programs who could look for signs of abuse. It should have been easy for Second Mile to ascertain which kids were with Sandusky on a regular basis away from Second Mile facilities and have those kids interviewed by these counselors to see if abuse was possible. The Second Mile had significant resources *(see appendix A below) close to 10 million in assets and over 2.6 million in revenue. Spending some time and money to research any potential problem indicated by the 98 and 2002 reports would have been money well spent.
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I'm not promoting a Second Mile,  Attorney General's Office and Gov Corbett conspiracy theory but how do we explain this obvious attempt by the Attorney General to make this into the Penn State Sex Scandal? It seems clear that theory 2 is far more plausible than any conspiracy at Penn State involving a cover up by Paterno, Spanier, Curley and Schultz. There is clear motive, evidence, and opportunity for Theory Two - no motive, evidence or opportunity for Theory One. 

When the Attorney General's office tells Raykovitz that The Second Mile is not under investigation we are left to wonder why that is? All of the victims were Second Mile kids and that was this predators hunting ground. Corbett says McQueary failed his moral responsibility but what about the Governor as AG in 2008. Why was he not morally responsible for failure to notify The Second Mile or to indict Sandusky with the charges of Victim One in 2008? What about the moral responsibility of The Second Mile and exec Jack Raykovitz to inquire about other kids close to Sandusky who were their responsibility?
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When The Second Mile learned from a Second Mile mother about the 1998 incident why was there no action taken by The Second Mile to restrict Jerry Sandusky from taking Second Mile kids to PSU or anywhere else? When it happened again in 2002 Jack Raykovitz now had two showering incidents - one that resulted in a full scale investigation in 98 and one that resulted in Sandusky putting the good relationship between Second Mile and PSU at risk. Did that not prompt Jack Raykovitz to question what he should do about Jerry Sandusky? Why didn't he protect his Second Mile kids by going to the police or child services? Surely Second Mile had a working relationship with Child Services. These showering incidents were causing problems for the institution that was helping his charity by providing facilities for their services. Did Second Mile tell Sandusky that it had to stop? Or did Raykovitz and his board approve of Sandusky showering with the kids of The Second Mile?
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Once Sandusky was charged and the Presentment came out The Second Mile was finished. So it is quite clear that The Second Mile had by far the most to lose if Sandusky was charged and arrested.That is a motive for a cover up. The Second Mile lost everything along with the kids who were benefited by the Second Mile program. Maybe Raykovitz recognized that losing Sandusky to molestation charges would put an end to The Second Mile and the $233,000 in combined salaries enjoyed by his family. The annual 2.7 million dollars spent by The Second Mile would no longer be available. And there was a 3 million dollar grant from the Gov in 2010? Where did all that money go? 
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Penn State thought a service to kids was being performed by arranging events on campus and at campus facilities but the welfare of The Second Mile kids was not Penn State's primary responsibility. That responsibility rightly belongs to The Second Mile and Jack Raykovitz and his board. Now we have identified a problem that might have negative impact on donors and board members associated with the charity. This brings to mind the Pennsylvania detention center "jail youth for profit" scandal. Is it possible there was some fraud in the funding of The Second Mile? Who is looking into the 2.7 million "expenses" to see how that money was spent and who benefited from 9 years of inaction after Raykovitz was informed of the 2nd showering incident and did nothing? 34 Million dollars includes Second Miles assets and revenues since 2002. Who got it and why?
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There is no need for a conspiracy theory to question the actions of Second Mile Executive Director Jack Raykovitz for failure to notify his board or to launch an internal investigation of Jerry Sandusky's contact with Second Mile kids. We don't need a conspiracy theory to question the actions of the Governor taking 3 years to notify Second Mile of the investigation when he was Attorney General or his acceptance of Second Mile donations for his campaign while he was investigating. No conspiracy theory is required to question the AG's office informing Raykovitz that Second Mile was not a target or her making this Second Mile Sandusky Sex scandal into the Penn State Sex Scandal.

Gov Corbett explains away his failure to return donations from Second Mile as an effort to avoid tipping off Second Mile about the investigation. Can you believe that? How does that make any sense? Second Mile should not only be tipped off but employed to locate other potential victims. Why was Corbett concerned about tipping off Second Mile? Did he expect they would cover up abuse? If so why wasn't The Second Mile a prime target of the investigation instead of a source of campaign donations and recipient of grant millions? 
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Notifying The Second Mile in 2008 and asking them to find all of their kids who spent time with Sandusky and to have counselors interview them in order to identify victims seems like a no-brainer. But we have an investigation that started with Victim One in 2008 that took three long years. Victim One alone was worthy of charges being levied against Sandusky and his immediate arrest. If the Statute of Limitations comes into play this is a massive mistake. If any more kids were molested after 2008 the AG and her predecessor are responsible. Raykovitz knew in March of 2002 about a 2nd showering incident that banned JS from taking his kids to PSU - he could have stopped Sandusky in 2002 if he had acted to warn The Second Mile families and maybe child services.
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The net effect of this public pillorying of Penn State will be to dampen the enthusiasm of institutions to support children's charities and will wipe out the good things The Second Mile did for underprivileged kids. There is no doubt some very good people did good things for underprivileged kids through The Second Mile, but this catastrophic failure on the part of Sandusky's friend Jack Raykovitz to stop Sandusky when he had to know his Second Mile kids were at least showering naked with a grown man in questionable circumstances was intolerable and inexcusable. Jack was the man close to Sandusky and the kids. Jack is the guy who knew of both showering situations. Jack is the man who should be under the microscope because he is the man with 2 million in salary and control of 34 million more who did nothing to protect the Second Mile kids his organization should have protected. Raykovitz is the one guy required by law to report the 2002 McQueary suspicions. Not Paterno, Not Curley or Schultz (see Appendix C) but Jack Raykovitz.

The new and proper list of responsible parties in the Second Mile Sandusky Sex Scandal
  1. Jerry Sandusky
  2. Jack Raykovitz
  3. Tom Corbett
  4. Linda Kelly
  5. Frank Noonan
Joe Paterno, Tim Curley and Gary Schultz were perhaps gullible in believing that Jerry Sandusky was a good man who built a fine charity and fostered six kids as a selfless act. They had no reason to believe otherwise. They may have been fooled into dismissing Mike McQueary's muddled suspicions in favor of their regard for Jerry Sandusky. But they were not Jack Raykovitz and charged with the well being of The Second Mile kids and required by law to report suspicions. Their chief concern was as a football coach and as PSU administrators. They notified the man who was responsible for The Second Mile - a most reasonable solution under the circumstances they knew in 2002. They don't deserve the insane attack of the Attorney General who should be focused on the kids of The Second Mile and the responsible people in that organization which includes Jerry Sandusky. Penn State in this case was a building used by a predator not an institution organized to be responsible for kids. I can support Jesse's solution of a campus SUV and a policy denying the use of facilities to children without university affiliated parents. But I am not longer on the fence about the propriety of the actions of Paterno, Curley or Schultz - reporting McQueary's less than definitive suspicions to Jack Raykovitz was the proper thing to do. He was the man responsible for Sandusky and the Second Mile kids with the resources and knowledge to deal with the situation. 

The Governor, Attorney General and Police Commissioner want you to believe that Paterno, Curley, and Schultz could have stopped a child predator in 2002 but they don't want you to look at Jack Raykovitz and his cozy relationship with Sandusky where the problem really existed - at the intersection where The Second Mile involves the kids and Jack Raykovitz knew of the 98 and 02 complaints and did nothing even though he was the man responsible for those kids and required by law to report suspicions. Why don't they want that closer look? 

So vote in the poll and add your comments about who you think is most culpable and most likely to have conspired to cover up their actions or inaction. As usual your recs, comments, votes, and likes are most appreciated. And if you need another answer added to the poll to fit your opinion let me know in the comments. -
Aurabass - The hookah smoking caterpillar down the rabbit hole in Wonderland

APPENDIXES
While Second Mile is nowhere near Penn State in revenues and assets it is still a considerable entity
REVENUES
 Individuals $ 438,308 Corporations 633,880Foundations 361,783Organizations 57,833Special Events Income $ 1,030,384Special Projects 147,944 Total Revenues $ 2,689,396 
EXPENSES Who gets this money?
Community Education $ 290,080Foster Care 241,295Friend/Friend Fitness 398,362Fundraising 423,586General Programs 239,640Leadership Institute 247,567Management and General 269,099 $233,000 go to Raykovitz and wife.Nittany Lion Tips 131,090Prevention: Ed & Awareness for Kids (PEAK) 31,988Summer Challenge 571,318 Total Expenses $ 2,844,025
    NET ASSETS $ 9,142,485
    Among programs offered by the charity that include counseling on self-awareness and self-esteem: PEAK
    • Prevention: Education and Awareness for Kids (PEAK) is a series of videotapes and a play kit that highlight issues such as peer pressure, rejection, and selfesteem. There are currently three modules available to educators, with more than 2,075 school counselors currently using them.
    Early Intervention Programs Challenge
    • This year, The Second Mile helped 782 young people develop the skills they need to succeed through its Challenge Program. During their week-long session of residence, Challenge Program participants set behavior and academic goals and decide on community service projects for the upcoming school year. Through encouragement and a positive environment, collegiate counselors, professional staff, and volunteers guide the children to work on self-awareness and skills in conflict resolution and effective communicationDuring the following year, participants use these new skills to earn their way back to the Challenge Program by meeting their goals. The Second Mile offers year-round support to participants, their families, and their counselors through written, phone, or in-person contact to assist in the child’s efforts to achieve his or her goals. During the 2009-2010 school year, The Second Mile staff made 9,308 contacts to participants and 6,924 contacts to school counselors to help them stay connected to the program and focused on their goals. We also held 32 mid-year events, attended by 1,295 participants and their families.
    Appendix C Who to Blame: To those of you who blame Spanier, Curley or Schultz as culpable in this Sandusky situation: You are stuck with Kelly's cover up conspiracy theory. The Attorney General has to make a case for cover up in order to supply a motive. Think about that before you react. Why would Curley or Schultz sweep a credible accusation by Mike McQueary under the rug? Why can't you accept that Curley and Schultz heard Mike's account, compared it to their view of the charity founder and foster father of six who they knew and chose to notify The Second Mile where Sandusky spent his time and the key responsibility for the Second Mile kids resided? The Second Mile had the reasons to check on Sandusky and they were the experts on kids. They had the resources, the people, the responsibility and they were the ones who's children were at risk. Why blame PSU, Paterno, Curley or Schultz when you have Kelly, Corbett, and Raykovitz?
    And why take Mike McQueary's word over the word of Schultz and Curley? Mike's statements have evidently been contradictory. He's the guy who did not bother to ask the boy if he was in need of help. He couldn't even ask Sandusky what was happening. He left the boy with Sandusky. He appeared to be fine with everything when Joe asked him. He continued to participate in Second Mile events. I am having trouble understanding why thinking the worst of Tim Curley or Gary Schultz seems so popular even here on BSD. I don't get the desire to blame Gary and Tim for thinking Jerry Sandusky was a good guy under the circumstances in 2002. Have Linda Kelly's lies and distortions had her desired effect even here?
    I don't think Mike McQueary is a bad guy. I suspect he has been guilt tripped by the Attorney General into embellishing his account after learning the extent of Jerry Sanduskys crimes. He wishes he had done more to confirm his suspicions that night in 2002. He wishes he had not run out of that locker room and he's trying to make up for it. Either way I don't see that making Curley or Schultz into pedophile enablers or even mistaken. It's difficult to clear our minds of what we know now and look dispassionately at March of 2002 when Sandusky was known as a good guy and all was right at Penn State. Curley told Raykovitz and in a perfect world without a clever monster that would be the right thing to do.  
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    Jack Raykovitz and Second Mile

    Jack Raykovitz Did not inform Second Mile Board Members

    This article gives several names of Second Mile Board Members who were not informed of Tim Curley's contact with Raykovitz about Jerry Sandusky. It seems Sandusky and Raykovitz were close friends. This is the guy who was protecting Sandusky while running the Second Mile charity where JS took his victims. Why did Raykovitz keep Tim Curley's information about Jerry Sandusky from his Board of Directors? 
    from Second Mile for the decade following the notification by Tim Curley that Sandusky would no longer be allowed to bring kids to use PSU facilities.


    Second Mile knew of the 1998 investigation and the Exec Director Raykovitz was informed of the 2001 decision by PSU administrators to ban Sandusky from bringing kids to workout at PSU, but it was not until the 2008 revelation by Sandusky himself that Second Mile acted to restrict his access to children using Second Mile

    What about The Second Mile itself? Second Mile President Jack Raykovitz was told about the incident and the ban in 2001, the report says. Raykovitz, too, never contacted the police.When The Patriot-News first reported details of the investigation in March, Raykovitz said he was assured by prosecutors that The Second Mile and its programs were not targets of the investigation.

    “It was completely mishandled,” one source close to the investigation told The Patriot-News. “I know these investigations take time, some of them, but someone should have been on this day and night from the beginning because of the severity” of the allegations.
    It wasn’t until early 2011 that The Second Mile — which Attorney General Linda Kelly said Sandusky used to find his victims — was officially notified by authorities of a child abuse investigation,according to The Second Mile. Second Mile CEO Jack Raykovitz did not testify before the Grand Jury until April 2011.  Why?
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    Saturday, January 7

    Grand Jury & Media Manufactured "PSU Sex Scandal"

    ATTY. GENERAL LINDA KELLY Manufactures the "PENN STATE SEX SCANDAL"
    by Barry Bozeman
    Kelly makes it about PSU
    My most concise overview based on all available evidence after the Perjury Hearing on Friday Dec 16th - an attempt to boil down my obese verbiage into it's basic essence. Toss out everything else I've written - this is the whole story in as small a nutshell as I can make it - from the outsider in Tennessee. There is NO PSU Sex Scandal.
    If the Grand Jury Presentment had simply accurately described Mike McQueary's testimony as "strong suspicion of sexual activity based on a brief glance in the shower and some slapping sounds" do you think Joe and PSU would have suffered this vilification? That is the first question you need to answer.

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    The Rhythm of Reasonable Doubt

    How do you get RHYTHM from 3 claps Mike McQueary? 
    by Barry Bozeman

    Rhythm Method?
    How about an over the top take on the rhythm of the Grand Jury Presentment while we celebrate the new year? Because It seems so strange that Joe Paterno would be in this current predicament because of a couple of 2 second glances and the "Rhythmic Slapping Sounds that led Mike McQueary to suspect sexual activity"? I am not trying to make light of the clever, evil, and devious Sandusky and the horror of his sick actions.
    I believe the Attorney General and the Governor have a lot of explaining to do as it turns out. Joe and the good people of Penn State have paid the price for the misleading false statements in the Grand Jury presentment authored by the Attorney General's office. Her press release was another study in totally misleading overstatement and we haven't even gotten to that absurdity but we will. But this week I've Got RHYTHM to discuss.

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    Anatomy of a Media Frenzy

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    The sheer number of 'news and sports' stories that flooded the airwaves, internet, and news stands was epic. And the vast majority used the Grand Jury Presentment - a summary of allegations designed to justify an indictment - as if it were the unassailable truth. Few if any chose to point out this document contained no quotes, Q&A, exculpatory evidence, or cross examination and was strictly the prosecutions carefully crafted theory of the case.
    The Presentment buried a victim 2 section with no identifiable victim in a raft of testimony by six brave young men who had come forward to launch the investigation of Jerry Sandusky. There was little to indicate that victim 2 of the Mar 1, 2002 incident that claimed a graduate assistant coach later identified as Mike McQueary "SAW a young boy BEING SUBJECTED TO ANAL INTERCOURSE", was not among those who were known to prosecutors.

    It was thus the Penn State Scandal was born instead of the Sandusky Scandal or the Second Mile Scandal and Head Coach Joe Paterno, AD Tim Curley, Senior VP Gary Schultz, and PSU President Graham Spanier became the villains raked over the coals by frothing talking heads and writers attempting to out holy each other on national TV or fill the internet and printed media with ever bolder muck-raking.

    If you care or dare - below the jump is a sample of the hysterical preaching that has attempted to rob Penn State students and alumni of their justified pride in their university and it's honorable football program run by a good and decent man who spent 61 years building a fine reputation only to see it in ruins as the result of that bold lie in the presentment.


    As much as we might wish this over and done with, this harm done to Penn State and the public perception by our National Media and it's thirst for victims should not be forgotten or forgiven. As an outsider I am repelled by this mass of misinformation and it pains me to know there were far too few outside of Penn State people who even attempt to see past this flood of crap.


    This sample of press and internet accounts is archived here for reference. Anyone who has more odious articles is encouraged to link them in the comments so they too can be archived for future repudiation when the full truth comes out. We should remember the names of the writers and be certain they know of our contempt for their failure to seek the truth before embarrassing themselves.

    BIRD CAGE LINER & FISH GUT WRAPPINGS - on the Rhythm of three slaps

     HOW A SCANDAL BROUGHT DOWN JOE PATERNO  by APs Genaro C. Armas & Marc Levy  (LINK BROKEN) 
    The tipping point came when the state's top cop said what everyone was thinking: Why didn't Joe Paterno do more? Why didn't anyone at Penn State? ...... accused of covering up a 2002 incident in which a witness claimed he saw Sandusky sodomizing a boy of about 10 in a shower at the Nittany Lions' practice center.
    McQueary did not testify that he saw Sandusky sodomizing

     In wake of Jerry Sandusky scandal, Penn State coach Joe Paterno must go By Ryan Cooper
    I am in no way calling Paterno a victim. According to that grand jury report linked above, there was an incident involving Sandusky and a young boy in 1998, which went unpunished, followed by another incident in 2002, which was also swept under the rug
    Hey Numbskull - the 98 incident was thoroughly investigated by police & child services - not "swept under the rug"

     The Post’s View --- Penn State’s abdication of legal and moral obligations
    Most egregious was the 2002 incident in which a 28-year-old graduate assistant returning to the football facility was surprised to see the lights and shower on at 9:30 p.m. According to the grand jury, "he saw a naked boy . . . whose age he estimated to be ten years old, with his hands up against the wall, being subjected to anal intercourse by a naked Sandusky."
    of course we now know that the grad asst. saw no such thing and the victim 2 incident was far from the "most egregious".

    In Penn State’s scandal, where was the leadership?

    Edward Robinson Washington Post
    In 2002, after Sandusky had retired — although he still had an office and enjoyed the run of the Penn State athletic facilities — a football team "graduate assistant" saw Sandusky raping a young boy in the showers, according to the grand jury report.
    Once again the lie in the Grand Jury Presentment leads the piece.

     Joe Paterno must leave now: a religious argument By Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld
    According to the grand jury indictment, a graduate assistant told Joe Paterno that he saw what appeared to be an anal sexual assault by Sandusky on a boy he estimated to be ten years old in the Penn State showers and that he reported this incident to Paterno.
    another example of the effect of the lie in the presentment

     Penn State and Joe Paterno deserve part of the blame Mike Wise
    They would all be party to a worse crime than any crooked, pay-for-play booster at Miami, Ohio State or even SMU ever committed: guilty of protecting a program before a child.
    You can’t read the 23-page grand jury report and come to any other conclusion; Penn State football and its pristine reputation apparently superseded the alleged sexual assault of a young boy — perhaps as many as eight young boys — over 15 years by Sandusky.
    The 23 page Presentment is cause for their blame? The only part ever reported to Paterno was the 2002 ambiguous report by McQuery - Mr Wise.

     Joe Paterno ignored his moral responsibility by Tracee Hamilton
    complete with inflammatory picture of Joe with Sandusky
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    from way back when
    After reading the grand jury report, what I can’t get out of my head is, well, all of it. But particularly disturbing is the account of that poor child in the football facility showers in 2002
    Yes when buried in the pile of 40 counts the victim 2 account absorbs the weight of the rest

     Penn State’s abdication of legal and moral obligations WaPo Editorial
    Most egregious was the 2002 incident in which a 28-year-old graduate assistant returning to the football facility was surprised to see the lights and shower on at 9:30 p.m. According to the grand jury, "he saw a naked boy . . . whose age he estimated to be ten years old, with his hands up against the wall, being subjected to anal intercourse by a naked Sandusky."
    another example of the impact of the false Grand Jury Presentment taken as "most egregious" fact.
    ESPN took great delight in publishing daily pieces to go along with an onslaught of talking heads waxing serious about the dearth of moral values in Happy Valley.


    The tragedy of Joe Paterno By Gene Wojciechowski
    The descriptions from one administrator: "Fabulous and horrendous" … "Surreptitious" … "Self-absorbed" … "Calculating" … "Protective of everything he's done."
    JoePa is three-dimensional, capable of extraordinary acts of kindness and charity, as well as extraordinary acts of backroom politics. But he isn't who we thought he was. If he were, he would have called the police nine years ago when first alerted to the alleged misconduct of former Nittany Lions assistant coach and friend Jerry Sandusky.
    Too much disinformation to quote in this hit piece

     Why Penn State Needs to Change Its Name...Now! By John Tantillo
    With legendary former football coach Joe Paterno’s grand jury admission on December 16 that he knew of Jerry Sandusky’s "inappropriate" behavior with a minor as far back as 2002, it is clear that the rot goes deep at Penn State.
    Radical measures are needed to restore this once great institution. They must be taken now.Bottom line? Penn State needs to change its name.
    The insanity of this FOX NEWS Opinion piece is self-explanatory

     Scandal sullies Joe Paterno's legacy by Ivan Maisel
    Since Pennsylvania attorney general Linda Kelly released the grand jury's findings in the Sandusky case on Nov. 5, the sort of feeding frenzy that has developed is typically reserved for Hollywood or Washington.
    The public is outraged. The public wants blood. The cries of moral superiority have been loud and visceral and long. How could Paterno have not done something?
    The public is outraged because you outraged them!!!

     Joe Paterno's name off Big Ten trophy
    "We believe that it would be inappropriate to keep Joe Paterno's name on the trophy at this time," Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany said in a statment. "The trophy and its namesake are intended to be celebratory and aspirational, not controversial.
    Penn State story's expanding horizons by Lester Munson

    Was everybody in on it?

    It's already arguably the worst scandal in the history of sports, and it might be even worse than we think. How can that be?
    The view from our Courtside Seat doesn't naturally lend itself to conspiracy theories. Our long life in sports and the law has taught us the value of cold, sober consideration over feverish, hand-wringing speculation, and the better part of valor might suggest we ignore the cumulative effect of the series of developments being reported out of Penn State this week. Then again, it is, as they say, what it is. So while it pains us to jump off this cliff, we're going to take the plunge in this case.
    Here, then, are some elements to the story suggesting the possibility that the Jerry Sandusky-Joe Paterno-Mike McQueary saga and its alleged cover-up could be deeper and wider than we know.
    The worst scandal in sports history and everybody at Penn State was in on it?

     No easy answers for Mike McQueary
    So who should we believe? And how did Mike McQueary get here?
    But now, in the wake of the sexual abuse scandal and McQueary's role in it, it seems everyone from South Beach to Seattle is evaluating his moral compass. There are questions about why he supposedly didn't intervene when, on March 1, 2002, according to the grand jury report, he said he saw Sandusky raping a boy in a shower at the Nittany Lions' practice center. Why didn't he stop it? Why didn't he call police immediately?
    Joe Paterno will have to live with choice by Ian O'Conner
    The legendary coach's ultimate punishment will be looking in the mirror each morning
    Paterno will have to live with his inaction in the Jerry Sandusky case. He'll have to live with the graphic details of young boys allegedly being raped, of young lives being destroyed. He'll have to live with the fact that some victims might've been spared if the great grandfather of college athletics -- a beloved do-gooder in a sport often lacking in redeeming social value -- hadn't spent less time & energy on trying to stop an alleged predator than he spends on his average game plan.
    GOOD GRIEF!!! Can you be more hyperbolic?

     Penn State's long road to recovery By Mark Schlabach
    As the shock of the news that former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky is alleged to have abused eight boys over 15 years -- and that Penn State officials knew about the allegations and did nothing -- begins to subside, Penn State's faculty, students, alumni and fans must begin to pick up the pieces.
    Obviously PSU officials only knew about one allegation.

     Joe Paterno failed his biggest decision By Mark Schlabach
    Paterno was fired because he failed miserably while making the biggest decision of his life.
    Told by a graduate assistant in 2002 that former Nittany Lions defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky had sexually assaulted a boy, believed to be 10 years old, in the showers of Penn State's football complex, Paterno did nothing more than inform athletic director Tim Curley and university vice president Gary Schultz of the allegation.
    and the beat goes on and on about the PENN STATE Scandal

    Penn State Nittany Lions again deficient in leadership Mechelle Voepel

    Penn State sexual abuse scandal puts faith in all college sports ...Scoop Jackson

    Penn State Scandal -- TV van gets flipped as Joe Paterno riots .

    Penn State and Syracuse scandals have exposed college coaches as ...Howard Bryant

    In ESPN The Magazine, Howard Bryant writes that college coaches have become so focused on winning that they're in danger of losing their moral authority.

    Penn State, scorched by scandal, struggles to define its itself Wright Thompson

    Penn State was a place from another time, in a self-proclaimed happy valley. Now, scorched by scandal, the town that Joe Paterno built struggles to define its icon and itself.

    In the Penn State child sexual abuse scandal, there are no easy answers Wayne Drehs

     ---In the wake of the sexual abuse scandal at Penn State, and assistant coach Mike McQueary's reported role in reporting it, it seems everyone from South Beach to Seattle is evaluating his moral compass.
    Then we got the piece that deserved it's own fanpost on BSD by the heel
    Bernstein Shreds The Penn State Letter by Dasshole Bernstein

     and this insanity
    Penn State football should be retired, permanently By Jennifer Rubin

    AP IMPACT: PSU culture explained away Sandusky

    In this article published this morning Sports Illustrated repackages the common knowledge of what has been known for a month and builds it into an indictment of Penn State building thin and circumstantial bits of data into the worst case scenario.
    PSU ABUSE SCANDAL CHILLING DETAILS USA Today By Steve Wieberg  Jack Carey
    Paterno, who a week earlier collected the 409th victory of his 46-year Hall of Fame tenure, breaking the NCAA Division Irecord, has not been implicated in the scandal. The 23-page grand jury report, in fact, credits him with going to Curley with one of the most serious charges against Sandusky — brought by a graduate assistant coach who in March 2002 told Paterno he'd seen the older assistant sexually assaulting a naked boy who appeared to be about 10 years old in the shower in Penn State's Lasch Football Building.
    PSU SCANDAL THE STORY SO FAR - by Michael Solomon   The Guardian 
    By his own account, Paterno did what was legally required of him at the time: he reported news of Sandusky's behavior to his superiors in 2002. But his official statement to the media has only angered those who held JoePa to the higher standard he holds himself:

     We cannot forget or forgive the inimitable Gregg Doyel and his one man crusade

    Gricar's 2005 disappearance only one of many mysteries in PSU scandal

    Jerry Sandusky was investigated before he allegedly was caught in the act in 2009. Why the former PSU defensive coordinator wasn't charged is a mystery. Gregg Doyel says another mystery is why the prosecutor in the case later disappeared.

    The real Penn State? In Room 206, plenty of heart to be found

    In State College, Pa., since Tuesday, the horrific, jaw-dropping developments there wore him down. But Gregg Doyel gets a better view of Penn State from the students at the Carnegie Building, Room 206.

    McQueary to coach Saturday? Reasoning difficult to comprehend

    Mike McQueary will coach for Penn State vs. Nebraska despite not doing the same things Joe Paterno didn't in 2002. Gregg Doyel doesn't understand and hopes there's more to it than concern for the Nittany Lions receiving corps.

    PSU students flood campus with misplaced Paterno adoration

    Penn State students take to the streets to vent after the firing of Joe Paterno. Gregg Doyel witnesses the scene and hopes one day these kids will understand that the school they profess to love had no choice.

    Untouchable no more: Paterno out at Penn State

    Joe Paterno called the shots at Penn State for years. When he tried to retire on his terms after the scandal, the Board of Trustees called his bluff. Call it a retirement. Call it a firing. Gregg Doyel calls it over.

    Want to find JoePa supporters? Get on his lawn

    Joe Paterno's career at Penn State could be nearing its end as the sexual abuse scandal rages on. Gregg Doyel visits an impromptu rally outside of JoePa's house to find fans lauding their legendary coach, no matter what the facts say.

    Calling off Paterno conference shows Penn State's cowardice

    There have been many missteps since the Sandusky allegations started at Penn State, some by Joe Paterno. Gregg Doyel says not allowing Paterno to address the issue, or at least hear questions, was dead wrong.
    Penn State may be trying diligently to fix the Jerry Sandusky/Joe Paterno fiasco, but to some protestors, the damage is evidently permanent and beyond redemption. How else to explain this picture tweeted by Philadelphia news anchor Jim Gardner?



    According to Gardner, that's a 1975 graduate of the university burning his diploma, and others have described the situation as multiple protestors doing the same.
    Joe Paterno 'delayed forwarding report of Sandusky sex abuse because he didn't want to ruin the weekend'
    Even the British Press got it wrong after the Perjury hearing.

    McQueary on stand: 'I was shocked, horrifed' article post only most damaging parts of McQueary testimony

    NY TIMES interview with Sandusky - interesting to hear

    WHAT ABOUT THE BOYS? Andrew Rosenthal is horrified
    He then explained that he went to see Mr. Paterno, but that he did not tell Mr. Paterno the details of what he witnessed in the shower, out of respect for the coach.
    When I read that, I shouted something I can’t print here. He didn’t tell what he saw out of respect for Mr. Paterno? 

    The Devil and Joe Paterno by Russ Dothat 

    No higher cause can trump that obligation — not a church, and certainly not a football program. And not even a lifetime of heroism can make up for leaving a single child alone, abandoned to evil, weeping in the dark.

     I won't even get into the plethora of similar stuff that filled The Patriot News or other Pennsylvanian papers. This should be quite sufficient to prove the point we already know. The public opinion was shaped and fed by this media frenzy and convicted Penn State and Joe Paterno in the court of public opinion without hope of a defense. And it all was thanks to AG Linda Kelley and her Grand Jury Presentment that launched a lie into a tsunami that swept away all reason and any presumption of innocence.

     CNN TIMELINE 

    NPR TIMELINE 

    LINKS BELOW ARE BROKEN some can be recoverd with GOOGLE search. 

    The End of Paterno Joe Posnanski

    1. I think Joe Paterno had the responsibility as a leader and a man to stop the horrific rapes allegedly committed by Jerry Sandusky, and I believe he will have regrets about this for the rest of his life.
    2. Because of this, Joe Paterno could no longer coach at Penn State University.
    Beyond these two points, though, I said I wasn’t going to write about this because I feel like there’s still a lot of darkness around. I don’t know what Joe Paterno knew. I don’t know how he handled it. I don’t know if he followed up. I don’t know anything about Paterno’s role in this except for what little was said about that in the horrifying and stomach-turning grand jury findings. People have jumped to many conclusions about Paterno’s role and his negligence, and they might be right. I’ll say it again: They might be right. But they might be wrong, too. And I’m writing a book about the man. I can’t live in that world of maybes.
    In 2000, the late Myles Brand made the controversial decision to oust revered Indiana basketball coach Bob Knight. Brand, then Indiana Univ president, drew the scorn of students and alumni but the admiration of his peers, who named him NCAA president two years later
    • JoePa: Shocked, saddened by sex abuse charges (11.06.2011)
      • STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) -- Penn State coach Joe Paterno said he was shocked, saddened and as surprised as everyone else to learn longtime assistant Jerry Sandusky was charged with sexually abusing young boys over a 15-year period, including four years when Sandusky still was a member of the Nittany Lions' staff.
    • Accusations of child sex, cover-up rock Penn St.(11.06.2011)
      • STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) -- An explosive sex abuse scandal and allegations of a cover-up rocked Happy Valley after former Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky, once considered Joe Paterno's heir apparent, was charged with sexually assaulting eight boys over 15 years. Among the allegations was that a graduate assistant saw Sandusky assault a boy in the shower at the team's practice center in 2002.
    • Michael McCann: Did Joe Paterno break the law?(11.09.2011)
      • While Pennsylvania Attorney General Linda Kelly says that her office won't file charges against Joe Paterno for not reporting the alleged child sexual abuse by former Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky, the 84-year-old coach could eventually face criminal charges for perjury, obstruction of justice and violating the state's Child Protective Services Law. Paterno could also become a defendant in civil lawsuits filed by Sandusky's alleged victims
    • Penn State trustees fire Paterno, Spanier amid scandal(11.09.2011)
      • STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) -- Joe Paterno was fired by the Penn State board of trustees Wednesday night despite saying he would retire as coach after the football season ended, brought down by the growing furor over the handling of child sex abuse allegations against an assistant coach.
    • Richard Deitsch: Big Ten Network responds to charges of soft-pedaling Penn State story
      • On Tuesday, USA Today offered an aggressive takedown of the Big Ten Network's coverage of the Penn State child abuse scandal, writing that the network (which is owned by The Big Ten Conference along with Fox Networks) "seems to be tiptoeing around the scandal." It further stated the Big Ten Network had provided "no coverage of the young boys allegedly victimized, no debates about what should happen next, no analysis of the impact on PSU and the surrounding community." .
    • Andy Staples: Joe Paterno's Penn State legacy forever marred by scandal
      • First things first. Penn State coach Joe Paterno is not a monster, and he is not evil. A lot of people who read what I wrote about Paterno on Tuesday seem to think I painted him that way. If the charges against former Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky are true, Sandusky is an unspeakably evil monster. Paterno, on the other hand, is an otherwise decent person who made a mistake
    • Lawyer: Sandusky victims could become scapegoats
      • HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- A lawyer who is advising some of those who reported being sexually abused by a former Penn State assistant football coach said he is worried that people angry about Joe Paterno's firing could turn them into scapegoats for the longtime coach's sudden departure
    • Stewart Mandel: Horrific closing chapter shouldn't overshadow Paterno's entire career(11.10.2011)
      • It seems the longer a legendary coach stays on the job, the slimmer his chances become to exit on his own terms. Woody Hayes won 13 Big Ten titles at Ohio State, but his tenure ended overnight after he punched a Clemson player on national television. Bob Knight won three NCAA titles at Indiana, but he was eventually fired for choking a player in practice, then violating a zero-tolerance policy by grabbing a student's arm. Bobby Bowden single-handedly built Florida State into ..
    • Governor: I'd lost confidence in Paterno, Spanier
      • STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- (AP) Gov. Tom Corbett said Thursday that he supported moves by Penn State's board of trustees to force out famed football coach Joe Paterno and president Graham Spanier, saying he'd lost confidence in their leadership capacity.
    • Penn State board member Joyner named acting AD
      • STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) -- Penn State is turning to a member of its board of trustees who played football and wrestled for the school to serve as its acting athletic director in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky child sex-abuse scandal.
    • Jon Wertheim: Penn State alum John Amaechi wants to help school heal
      • On the other side of the Atlantic, 3,500 miles from State College, Pa., a very tall Penn State alum tries to make some sense of this contemporary Greek tragedy. Like so many, his emotions whipsaw. He is devastated for the alleged victims. He is disappointed by how his school handled this from the outset -- whenever that may have been.
    • Police: McQueary didn't report incident to us
      • STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) -- Penn State police and their counterparts in State College said they had no record of a former graduate assistant reporting a sexual assault by former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky on a 10-year-old boy in a campus shower, a detail that runs counter to claims made in an email to former teammates.
    Jerry Sandusky's interview Monday night with Bob Costas on NBC's Rock Center raises more questions as to what legal issues may emerge as this story unfolds. SI.com legal expert Michael McCann answers five key questions
    • Report: Ex-PSU officer questioned player treatment
      • CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) -- A former Penn State official charged with enforcing discipline at the school said Tuesday that Joe Paterno's players got in trouble more often than other students, and got special treatment compared to non-athletes.
    • THIS IS PENN STATE
      • "HAD SANDUSKY NOT BEEN SO BRAZEN, HAD HE SIMPLY RESTRICTED HIMSELF TO THE FOOTBALL FACILITIES, THERE IS LITTLE TO SUGGEST HE WOULD HAVE BEEN CAUGHT. FOR SANDUSKY—IF NOT FOR THE BOYS—PENN STATE FOOTBALL WAS A SAFE HAVEN."
    Paterno's place in the record book is assured, but SI special contributor Jack McCallum says the dark final chapter ruined the story
    College Football NCAA Penn State scandal Penn State and Joe Paterno and Heinz Kluetmeier and Jon Wertheim and SI 2011
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    Weak and Contradictory McQueary Hearing Testimony

    by Barry Bozeman 

     Herein are images of the Perjury Hearing Testimony Transcript of Mike McQueary under oath. These are offered so no mistake or misquote can be made to alter the impact of the testimony. The Q & A is done by Mr Beemer for the prosecution, Ms Roberto for Tim Curley, and Mr Farrell for Mr Schultz. I have taken the time to give you key parts of the 250 page testimony if you don't have the time to read the whole thing.

    In my view Mike McQueary makes a terrible witness for the prosecution against both Mr. Sandusky and Mssrs. Curley and Schultz. His beliefs are strong but his actual observations do not merit his beliefs.
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    Atty Gen Linda Kelly Words and Motives - Where is Second Mile in This?

    Kelly links JS to Curley & Schultz
    by Barry Bozeman

    I find the Attorney Generals website featuring the Attorney General's Press Release on the Sandusky case is a study in misrepresentation of facts and truth.
    We should blame this misrepresentation on an overzealous prosecutor in charge of the Grand Jury investigation for the language in the Grand Jury Presentment that was laughably wide of the mark in it's misleading description of the testimony of Mike McQueary. The Press Release by Attorney General Linda Harris leaves no doubt that the intentionally distorted Finding of Fact in the Presentment was a product of the woman in charge.
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    Dr Dranov and the Perjury Trap

    This Sunday morning I am very happy for my new friends here at BSD and PSU. The probability that the entire Victim 2 March 1, 2002 incident is much like what I've speculated in two earlier fan posts seems very close to a reality. If this is true Joe Paterno and PSU will be totally vindicated and a lot of stone throwers will be wearing their morning eggs as a facial mask.
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    Mike McQueary - Many Questions and No Easy Answers

    It is interesting to see the people who have such superior moral character when compared to Joe Paterno, Tim Curley and Gary Schultz. Those mostly anonymous comment givers, media members, and letter writers who seem so certain of their ability to have made a difference in the days following March 1, 2002. How did 3 men of such weak character rise to such positions of responsibility at Penn State? I am struck by what I see as a common thread in the comments of those who write to scold or condemn Joe Paterno, or Curley or Schultz or all three. They seem to have an unshakable moral compass that tells them what they would have done that these three men failed to do some 9 years ago.
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    Monday, January 2

    Victim 2 - Pretense of Perjury - Perjury Trap - Revised

    Use Occam's Razor and decide for yourself the most likely truth but don't rush to judge based on the little we know about the events of March 1, 2002 and their aftermath. Remember that Joe Paterno, Tim Curley and Gary Schultz along with Mike McQueary had no 40 count report in advance of their involvement in these events. I hope my continued interest in following and trying to dissect this situation as an outsider does not cause any concern here on BSD. The deeper I get into this the angrier I get at the treatment of Paterno and Penn State at the hands of the Mark May's, Gregg Doyle's, ESPN and the rest.

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