<story><title>FIFA Officials Arrested on Corruption Charges; Face Extradition to U.S</title><url>http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/27/sports/soccer/fifa-officials-face-corruption-charges-in-us.html?_r=0</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>JumpCrisscross</author><text>In case one wonders why the United States is enforcing this:&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;U.S. investigators got help from Chuck Blazer, the longtime general secretary of the confederation, the New York Daily News reported in November. Blazer wore a hidden recording device in a keychain to meetings with soccer officials at the London Olympics and elsewhere, the paper said. The IRS had leverage over Blazer: He hadn’t paid taxes on millions of income for more than a decade, according to the paper.&lt;p&gt;...&lt;p&gt;The choice of Qatar for the 2022 tournament angered many nations, and the U.S. in particular. The U.S. was beaten in a final vote run-off with the emirate after rival offers from Australia, South Korea and Japan had been eliminated in previous rounds. Former President Bill Clinton led a U.S. group that traveled to Zurich to make a final pitch to voters.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.bloomberg.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;articles&amp;#x2F;2015-05-27&amp;#x2F;u-s-starts-world-cup-bribery-sweep-as-swiss-police-raid-hotel&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.bloomberg.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;articles&amp;#x2F;2015-05-27&amp;#x2F;u-s-starts...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>SandB0x</author><text>&amp;gt; The investigation into Blazer’s tax affairs turned up some choice claims about his lifestyle - including the revelation that Concacaf paid $18,000 a month for his Trump Towers apartment, and another $6,000 a month for a second Trump Towers flat, used mainly by his cats.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.theguardian.com&amp;#x2F;football&amp;#x2F;live&amp;#x2F;2015&amp;#x2F;may&amp;#x2F;27&amp;#x2F;fifa-officials-arrested-on-corruption-charges-live&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.theguardian.com&amp;#x2F;football&amp;#x2F;live&amp;#x2F;2015&amp;#x2F;may&amp;#x2F;27&amp;#x2F;fifa-of...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>FIFA Officials Arrested on Corruption Charges; Face Extradition to U.S</title><url>http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/27/sports/soccer/fifa-officials-face-corruption-charges-in-us.html?_r=0</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>JumpCrisscross</author><text>In case one wonders why the United States is enforcing this:&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;U.S. investigators got help from Chuck Blazer, the longtime general secretary of the confederation, the New York Daily News reported in November. Blazer wore a hidden recording device in a keychain to meetings with soccer officials at the London Olympics and elsewhere, the paper said. The IRS had leverage over Blazer: He hadn’t paid taxes on millions of income for more than a decade, according to the paper.&lt;p&gt;...&lt;p&gt;The choice of Qatar for the 2022 tournament angered many nations, and the U.S. in particular. The U.S. was beaten in a final vote run-off with the emirate after rival offers from Australia, South Korea and Japan had been eliminated in previous rounds. Former President Bill Clinton led a U.S. group that traveled to Zurich to make a final pitch to voters.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.bloomberg.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;articles&amp;#x2F;2015-05-27&amp;#x2F;u-s-starts-world-cup-bribery-sweep-as-swiss-police-raid-hotel&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.bloomberg.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;articles&amp;#x2F;2015-05-27&amp;#x2F;u-s-starts...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>nothrabannosir</author><text>Good. I don&amp;#x27;t care how egoistic, petty or jealous their motivation; if this gets Blatter to face justice, I&amp;#x27;m all for it. Go USA!</text></comment>