And Charles Robinson (y'all will know him as the guy that's always exposing College Football violations) had this to say about Spanier/PSU today:
CharlesRobinson: W/ surfacing of brutal Penn State emails, think long and hard about why Graham Spanier lobbied to make Penn State exempt from records laws.
CharlesRobinson: At time PSU emails were written, PSU was still subject to FOIA laws. It's likely why Spanier/Schultz/Curley don't reference Sandusky by name
CharlesRobinson: Obscuring Sandusky's name in those emails means if someone had asked for emails containing "Sandusky", the PSU emails wouldn't have shown up
CharlesRobinson: PSU emails are classic example of methods used to duck open records. & Spanier trumped it all by lobbying for PSU records exemption in 2007.
CharlesRobinson: When you read this, think long & hard about dangers of zero open records oversight for colleges. Easy out for crime.
Disturbing e-mails could spell more trouble for Penn State officials - CNN.com
CharlesRobinson: What Spanier did in 2007, lobbying to exempt Penn State from open records laws, was assure Sandusky emails could only surface via subpoena.
He (Spanier) knew exactly what he was doing, and now we know why he did it. This shyt is just disgusting.