Penn State taps ex-FBI director to probe sex abuse

In this file photo, FBI Director Louis Freeh remarks about today's indictment of 13 Saudis and a Lebanese for the 1996 Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia, during a press conference in Washington, June 21, 2001.

By Dave Warner

PHILADELPHIA | Mon Nov 21, 2011 3:21pm EST

(Reuters) - Penn State University trustees named former FBI director and federal judge Louis Freeh on Monday to head an independent investigation into the child sex abuse scandal that has rocked the university.

Freeh told a news conference that the investigative team run by his law firm would examine gaps in Penn State's "control environment," oversight and culture that allowed years of alleged abuse to go undetected and unreported.

"The scope of our work will be broad, covering a lengthy period of time," Freeh said.
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