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Awaiting trial, ex-Penn State president Spanier opposes travel restrictions

As he waits for his trial on charges that he conspired to cover up child sex assaults by Jerry Sandusky, former Penn State University president Graham Spanier is complaining about restrictions that prevent him from being a globe-trotting education consultant.

Mr. Spanier wants to fly to Saudi Arabia this fall to meet with that country’s higher education leaders, but the head of probation in Dauphin County, where he is to be tried, denied the request out of concern that they would not be able to force him back.

"There is no existing 'extradition treaty' between Saudi Arabia and the U.