by Helen Tansey ©

Who does the Board of Trustees at Penn State think they are kidding? Hiring the former master of cover ups FBI Director, Louis Freeh, is a big ass flag signalling the board at Penn State is in serious cover-up mode. Add to this Freeh’s possible conflict of interest which would only lead to his own bias toward this investigation. Philly.com reported Freeh’s ties to Penn State itself in a blockbuster article titled “Penn State investigator is ex-exec at firm with PSU ties: Update. One doesn’t bring in a hired “cover up” gun like Freeh unless, well, unless tentacles start to creep into lets say the Governor’s office –

“In 2009 more allegations were brought against Jerry Sandusky by Clinton County High School for molesting young boys where Sandusky was a volunteer coach. The 2009 charges were the responsibility of than Attorney General (Republican) Tom Corbett. Corbett claims he put off the case because he had ties to the Sandusky family. In 2009 Corbett had enough evidence to arrest Sandusky but chose to wait. Ironically the Second Mile Charity had donated over $640,000 to Corbett’s political campaigning including $200,000 for Corbett’s 2010 race for Governor of Pennsylvania http://earlyreturns.sites.post-gazette.com/index.php/early-returns-20/53-post-gazette-staff/3641-more-second-mile-psucorbett-ties To make matters worse Governor Tom Corbett aware of the Sandusky child molestation case in 2009 as attorney general approved a $3,000,000 state grant to The Second Mile Charity in 2010 and this is the same governor who refused to spend $40 million for disabled citizens but had $3 million to give a charity who he knew was the focus point of a child molestation case. http://thepennsylvaniaprogressive.com/“

It has also been reported by Goupstate.com that when acting as Pennsylvania’s top cop, Corbett assigned one measly investigator to the Sandusky case –

“Gov. Tom Corbett took the case on a referral from the Centre County district attorney in early 2009 while he was serving as attorney general.

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The attorney general’s office declined to comment on the pace of the investigation.

The Patriot-News of Harrisburg reported Monday that only one trooper was assigned to the case after the state took it over in 2009. After Corbett became governor early this year and his former investigations supervisor in the attorney general’s office, Frank Noonan, became state police commissioner, seven more investigators were put on it, the newspaper said.”

And if it is leading to Corbett’s office you just know it will lead to former Governor Rendell –

“Pittsburgh — The charity established by the former Penn State coach at the heart of a child sex abuse scandal received approval for a $3 million state grant but the release of those funds is now on hold.

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports Wednesday the grant for The Second Mile was approved by Gov. Tom Corbett’s office earlier this year. Corbett was the attorney general whose office began the investigation into the alleged sexual contact between charity founder Jerry Sandusky and young boys.

The Post-Gazette report says the legislature budgeted for the grant last year and the funds were approved for release by Gov. Ed Rendell. Corbett’s office reviewed the grant agreement after he took office in January and approved the money.

Corbett’s office says the grant is now on hold.”

The children who are the victims of a nearly 30 year cover up by all parties involved will likely never see the justice they so richly deserve if this farce of an “independent” investigation goes forward. Instead, these kids, many now young adults, will endure yet a second level of trauma none should ever have to go through, while adding an entirely new class of victims – Penn State Almunae!

The Board of Trustees at Penn State and the Second Mile Foundation are culpable for the most horrendous and despicable acts perpetrated on the innocent. Nothing short of a full housecleaning and all parties involved locked behind bars for life will even come close to satisfying the disgust, the absolute disgust, citizens hold toward those who looked the other way and did nothing to protect these young kids from the most heinous acts by those entrusted to care for them. NOTHING!

It’s high time the Alumnae of Penn State rally around the victims and conduct their own damned independent investigation of the multiple crimes committed by the leadership of Penn State who has absolutely failed you. Independent meaning removing the professional hired guns like Louis Freeh from doing further emotional damage to these victims and their families and giving cover to those in positions of power who neutered or quashed police investigation after police investigation.

Silence or sitting on the sidelines won’t suffice. Not this time. People have absolutely had it with supposed adults placed in leadership positions using their power to further their sick and twisted abuse of children.

Do you hear me Penn State Alumnae?

Do the children, the citizens of Pennsylvania, the nation a favor and rip this “pretend” internal investigation out of the Board of Trustees hands and hire your own independent team so as to get to the bottom of this God awful mess. Be the leaders your alma mater inspired you to be.

By not taking the future of your beloved school into your own hands, you too will become a victim of this ongoing cover up. Don’t let that happen. Take the bull by the horns and lead!

The victims, their families, Happy Valley, your college, current and future students and the entire Alumnae deserve nothing less. The people of this nation will support you in earnest. We desperately need you to lead and succeed. Please take control of your beloved alma mater’s destiny today!

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Below are three charts that clearly demonstrate the relationships between Louis Freeh, Gov Tom Corbett, Penn State and News Corps, yes, News Corp. –

A. Louis Freeh –

Here’s a link to a second Muckety map of Gov Tom Corbett.