An unnamed “independent, special counsel experienced in federal grants who had served as general counsel for a major research university” examined how Wheeling Jesuit U. allocated its NASA grants and issued a clean bill for the U. in 2008, WJU president Richard Beyer says in the wake of recently publicized findings to the contrary by a NASA investigator:
That person, who was not named in Beyer’s statement, “determined the university’s cost-allocation method to be permissible under federal regulations and found no improprieties.”
The period covered by the NASA agent’s report was 2005 through 2011 and referred to WJU vice president Davitt McAteer, who oversaw the grant expenditures..
McAteer’s attorney hasn’t commented on the allegations, but the affidavit suggests he and the university could face five possible federal crimes — theft of federal funds; major fraud; conspiracy; false claims; and wire fraud.
Blithe Spirit 
WJU President Rick Beyer tells a whopper: “Wheeling Jesuit University is committed to openness in all dealings regarding the University.”
Rick says WJU hired a “special counsel,” but Rick will not tell us his name. Rick says he had been “general counsel for a major research university,” but Rick will not identify that university. Rick says he “found no improprieties,” but Rick will not show us his finding. Rick says WJU hired “a former United States Attorney,” but his name is a secret too. Openness, Rick?
Only stonewalling silence and secrecy have emitted from WJU’s entrenched regime since they fired President Julio Giulietti, S.J., two days after the 8/3/9 NASA audit report. Rick, you cannot keep a lid on it much longer; openness will flow at the criminal trial of Wheeling Jesuit University.
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