I found this interesting...
A poster at TigerDroppings who's been extremely accurate with his Newton info, says that the FBI actually stumbled across the Newton situation when they were investigating into "bigger fish" with ties to southern universities.
Speculation is that several Auburn boosters (Jimmy Rane, Bobby Lowder, and one Milton McGregor) may have had their cell phone and landlines wiretapped during an investigation of the failure of Colonial Bank, and this may have provided info on Cecil's dealings with AU.
Here's a 10/21 article from the Tuskegee News:
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"Fine-Geddie is the premier lobbying group in Alabama with a client list akin to the Fortune 500. The firm’s leaders are Joe Fine, a former University of Alabama trustee and legislator, and Robert Geddie, an Auburn graduate. They’ve cut more deals than a blackjack player and now, according to the Department of Justice, one its key lobbyists, Geddie, has been indicted. He has allegedly been working with the state’s major gambling interests to influence a vote favoring the gambling houses.
A whopping amount of the money flowing to the firm, almost a million dollars thus far, has been paid by the Auburn Athletics/Tigers Unlimited Foundation.
Some Auburn grads, who send in money which goes to Fine-Geddie, now say they want a review of the ties between the lobby giant and Auburn University. Geddie is tainted by the federal indictment and thus is tainting the University, according to concerns voiced in e-mails making the rounds in cyberspace..."
