in 2001, the incident with mike mcqueary.ge, an emil that was apparently between graham spanier and gary schultz and tim curley. he said after giving it more thought and talking it over with joe yesterday, i am uncomfortable with what we agreed were the next steps. i am having trouble with going to everyone, but the person involved. if he is cooperative, we would work with him to handle informing the organization. i would indicate that we feel there is a problem and we want to assist the individual get professional help. you're saying that e-mail doesn't add to to sufficient evidence that joe conspired to clear up the evidence. some say after speaking to joe, they decided to back off. >> let me say two things. first of all, the accusation that mr. paterno tried to conceal anything that happened in 2001 is palpably false because he was the one who reported it to the administration and the people who had a responsibility for looking after those things. secondly, they have a difficult time distinguishing between y and we. if you

later, in 2001, another one of his assistance, mike mcqueary, directly reported to mr.s sexually abusing a young boy in the locker room. the evidence shows that mr. paterno purposefully ignored the evidence. when you say walks among us, if you father knew in 1998, how does that add up? >> there is no evidence he did know in 1998. in fact, there are several men who testified under oath he was not told. as governor thornburg's report, it also states that the pennsylvania law at the time had a very high level of confidentiality as it related to investigations and job sexual abuse, so that fact has not been established. in fact, there's a preponderance of the evidence that he waz not aware. >> let me ask you this, louis freeh said there was an active attempt to conceal jerry sandusky's behavior. in 2001, the incident with mike mckwheery. louis freeh cites this exchange, an emil that was apparently between graham spanier and gary schultz and tim curlily. he said after giving it more thought and talking it over with joe yesterday, i am uncomfortable with what we agreed were t