Casey calls on FIFA to release corruption report

Casey calls on FIFA to release corruption report

By Ramsey Cox

October 03, 2014, 12:51 pm

http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/219683-casey-calls-on-fifa-to-release-corruption-report

Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) demanded that FIFA release a report on allegations of corruption in determining which cities host the World Cup.

                                                                                     

“I’m troubled by the lack of transparency coming from FIFA and their refusal to commit to making this report public,” Casey said Thursday. “The public deserves to know if these World Cups were awarded on the basis of bribery and corruption.”

Casey said the FIFA Ethics Committee has finished investigating the bidding processes of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, which will be held in Russian, and the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, but that the soccer organization refused to make the findings public.

The United States lost its bid to host the World Cup Tournament in 2022 to Qatar.

“I urge FIFA to make public [the] entire investigative report and that any wrongdoing be swiftly addressed especially if there is evidence that the vote for the 2022 World Cup was tainted and disadvantaged the U.S. bid,” Casey wrote in a letter to FIFA President Joseph Blatter.

USA Bid Committee Launches Official Web Site

News Aug 13, 2009

http://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2014/03/17/11/28/usa-bid-committee-launches-official-web-site

NEW YORK (Aug. 12, 2009) – The USA Bid Committee today launched the online campaign around its bid to host the FIFA World Cup™ in 2018 or 2022 with the Web site, goUSAbid.com. Developed by renowned digital media strategists Blue State Digital, goUSAbid.com will be the nerve center for all USA Bid Committee initiatives and communication leading up to FIFA’s announcement in December 2010 of the host countries for the 2018 and 2022 World Cup.

USA Bid Committee Inc.

Katharine Weymouth was a director at the USA Bid Committee Inc., and is a director at the Economic Club of Washington.

Note: David M. Rubenstein is the president for the Economic Club of Washington, and the co-chairman for the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank), the Aspen Institute (think tank), the Harlem Children's Zone, and the Robin Hood Foundation.

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, and was a benefactor at the Harlem Children's Zone.

Donna E. Shalala was a fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a director at the USA Bid Committee Inc.

Vernon E. Jordan Jr. was the president of the Economic Club of Washington, an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), Valerie B. Jarrett’s great uncle, an Oak Bluffs (MA) homeowner, a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).

Cyrus F. Freidheim Jr. is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Valerie B. Jarrett is Vernon E. Jordan Jr’s great niece, the senior adviser for the Barack Obama administration, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Rahm I. Emanuel is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, the Chicago (IL) mayor, Ari Emanuel’s brother, and was the White House chief of staff for the Barack Obama administration.

Ari Emanuel is Rahm I. Emanuel’s brother, the co-CEO & director for William Morris Endeavor Entertainment, and was a trustee at the American Film Institute.

Morgan Freeman was a trustee at the American Film Institute, and a director at the USA Bid Committee Inc.

Barbra Streisand is a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment client, and a trustee at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Casey Wasserman is a trustee at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and was a director at the USA Bid Committee Inc.

Spike Lee was a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment client, a director at the USA Bid Committee Inc., and is an Oak Bluffs (MA) homeowner.

Henry Louis Gates Jr. is an Oak Bluffs (MA) homeowner, and a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).

Stephen L. Carter is an Oak Bluffs (MA) homeowner, and a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).

David H. Koch is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and a trustee at the Reason Foundation.

Drew Carey is a trustee at the Reason Foundation, and was a director at the USA Bid Committee Inc.

Henry A. Kissinger was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), a director at the USA Bid Committee Inc., is married to Nancy M. Kissinger, a friend of Michael R. Bloomberg, a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).

Nancy M. Kissinger is married to Henry A. Kissinger, and an advisory board member for Christie's Inc.

Casey Wasserman is an advisory board member for Christie's Inc., a trustee at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and was a director at the USA Bid Committee Inc.

Michael R. Bloomberg is a friend of Henry A. Kissinger, was a benefactor at the Harlem Children's Zone, a donor for the Robin Hood Foundation, and a director at the USA Bid Committee Inc.