Ohio's attorney general has revealed that student witnesses during a preliminary hearing never got an immunity deal, throwing open the possibility that testimony could be used against at least three more members of the Big Red football team. Who are they? And what does it say about that alleged cover-up?
On Wednesday night, reports surfaced that the FBI had opened an investigation into threats on Jefferson County Sheriff Fred Abdalla's family and a suspected computer virus that targeted Steubenville Police Chief William McCafferty.
Ahead of next month's rape trial of two Ohio high-school football players, the secretive editors, hackers, and lawyers behind LocalLeaks disclose to The Atlantic Wire how they're enhancing their operation — and the "huge revelations" still on the way.
Fred Abdalla has been targeted as a symbol of the corrupt nature of the Ohio city and its football team ever since the hacking collective made the rape charges national news again this week. So it was strange to see the sheriff on stage at the Anonymous rally Saturday afternoon.
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