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By Ray Blehar
Louis Freeh, who failed to perform due diligence in tracing the banknotes in the FIFA investigation, has likely bungled the Sandusky Sex Scandal Investigation.
Disgraced former FBI director, Louis Freeh has done it again. Screwed up another investigation.
Freeh decided it was a better option to concoct a story about a "secret file" that S-VP Gary Schultz had "concealed" in his office than it was to ditch it so no one would ever know the details of the first day of the investigation.
Freeh thought that if he shoved it far into the Appendices of his report, behind the boring discussions about Sandusky's retirement and those "incriminating" e-mails that showed Joe knew everything (?), there were Schultz's "secret files," poorly copies, and turned on their sides. Who the heck would even check to see what they said?
I would.
Another thing you should know about Gary Schultz's hand written notes. They are the closest thing you will get about the truth of the 1998 child abuse investigation of two boys.
Because they were "sent up the flagpole" by a cop.
You know. Joe Friday, from Dragnet, used to say "just the facts, ma'am."
So Detective Schreffler, one of the good guys in this scandal, told his boss what the mom and the two kids told him. Things get filtered when the boss relays them "up the flagpole" so you won't get the whole story, just what the "big boss" needs to know.
The most important thing Tom Harmon sent up to Gary Shultz was:
"Mother concerned something more. Kid took another shower last night & this am."
That's a sure sign of child sexual abuse indicating inappropriate touching. And the folks from CYS investigating the case knew about it on the morning of the first day.
I think that fact takes Joe Paterno and Penn State off the hook for 1998.
The people paid with our tax dollars didn't get only that piece of information, but 13 other indicators of child sexual abuse. And they still have their jobs. And they still have their reputations.
The chronology of the first day of the investigation, May 4th, 1998, are laid out below. The red flags indicating child abuse are in bold. By my count, it's seven.
5/4/98 5:00PM
· Woman
· 11 ½ year old son
· Nittany Gardens
· Involved in Second Mile
· Jerry picked up son & [undetermined] to FB locker rooms
· Behavior – at best inappropriate @ worst sexually inappropriate
· Police interview
o Taped
o May be [undetermined]
o By themselves, wrestled
o Gave him other clothes
o Even though wearing shorts
-2-
· Worked out on treadmill, etc
· Jerry – to take shower
· Undressed no? other shower
· 4 in here
· Shampoo
· Jerry came up behind & gave him bear hug
· Said he would squeeze his guts out – all
· Keep clothes – socks JVP’s hat
· Took home
· Mother concerned something more
· Kid took another shower last night and this am
-3-
· Mother asked how did he give hug
· Had to be genital contact because of size difference but when asked the boy quickly said no
· Friend Brendan, age 10, also at Nittany Gardens – claims same thing went on with him
· Mother also asked Brendan
· Children and Youth has been notified & [unknown] to talk to Brendan tonight
-4-
· Mother overeacting – no
· Genuinely concerned
· At min – poor judgment
· Critical issues – contact with genitals
· Assuming same experience with Brendan? – not criminal
The next set of notes are reflect the events of the night of May 4th, 1998. The red flags indicating child abuse are in bold. By my count, it's seven again. I've also noted the comments that would logically be attributed to the CYS caseworker in underlined italics.
· Tom Harmon 5/5
· re: interview with 11 ½ year old last night
· only change – added what happened in shower last night demonstrated on chair how Jerry hugged him
· hands around abdomen & down to thighs
· picked him up and held him at shower head – rinse soap out of ears
· Obsessed with Penn State football
· Concerned about getting Jerry in trouble – getting football tickets
-2-
· Kid has been seeing psychologist
· Probably emotional problems but articulate and believable
· Mother to psychologist and said she would call child abuse hotline & will generate an incident number – with Department of Welfare
· Other boy – interviewed last night
· Similar behavior
· Wrestling
· Kissed on head
-3-
· Hugging from behind in shower
· No allegation beyond that
· Kids drew diagram of shower rooms
· He initially went down to shower 3 yds [unknown] away & Jerry told him to come down
· Local child abuse people Mtg at 0900 today to decide what to do.
-4-
· Either way, caseworker felt they would interview Jerry.
· Is this the opening of Pandora’s Box? Other children?
They knew Sandusky was hanging out with eight kids at the time.
Six of those children are now known as Victims 3,4,5,6,7, and 10.
I'll tell you about the seventh victim soon.
Freeh supressed almost all the red flags and otherwise critical information in the text of his report. What he kept in the text, he mostly misinterpreted.
