HBO has produced a docu-drama about Joe Paterno & the Jerry Sandusky/Penn State scandal starring Al Pacino as Paterno. This column first ran in 2012 and is a summary of what the investigation of the scandal revealed and poses the question, how Bo Schembechler would have dealt with the Sandusky and the scandal. By Greg…
HBO has produced a docu-drama about Joe Paterno & the Jerry Sandusky/Penn State scandal starring Al Pacino as Paterno. This column first ran in 2012 and is a summary of what the investigation of the scandal revealed and poses the question, how Bo Schembechler would have dealt with the Sandusky and the scandal. By Greg…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An attorney charged with challenging a landmark report on the Penn State University investigation slammed the findings, saying they are inaccurate and misleading, the Pittsburgh Tribune Review reports. The attorney, Michael L. Bangs, criticized the author of the report, former FBI Director Louis Freeh. Bangs questions every page of the 267-page review…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A defense lawyer whose expertise is white-collar crime was nominated Tuesday to be assistant attorney general for the Justice Department’s criminal division, the New York Times reports. President Obama nominated Leslie R. Caldwell, a former federal prosecutor who worked in the Northern District of California and the Eastern District of New York….
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Former FBI director Louis Freeh is being sued for libel and defamation over his detailed report about the child sex abuse scandal at Penn State University, the Associated Press reports. The university’s former president, Graham Spanier, initiated the suit because of how he was characterized in the report. The filing came…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The family of Joe Paterno commissioned a report that suggests the Penn State University coach did nothing wrong and was the victim of a rushed investigation, CBS News and the Associated Press report. The report argues that the probe into the handling of the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal, which was…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The NCAA wanted to send a message that protecting children is more important than Penn State football. But if the NCAA really meant it, it would have suspended play for at least a year. A $60 million fine essentially amounts to one year of revenue generated from the program. And no…
Greg Stejskal served as an FBI agent for 31 years and retired as resident agent in charge of the Ann Arbor office. By Greg Stejskal ticklethewire.com Last November I wrote a column about how I thought legendary Michigan football coach Bo Schembechler would have handled the Penn State scandal. Since then Joe Paterno was fired…
