In an interview, Mr. Terhune, who became commissioner after the Bayside lockdown and most of the subsequent investigation ended, said he was not told of specific details of the investigation, like the ombudsmen's reports.
The head of the F.B.I., Robert S. Mueller III, provides a daily update on the case during his regular morning briefing for President Bush, who officials said has asked to be told of specific details of the case.
The new director of the Office of Homeland Defense, Tom Ridge, watched in amazement on Thursday when Gov. Gray Davis of California, who has already clashed with Mr. Bush on energy policy, declared that he had been told of "credible, specific" threats to several suspension bridges in California and called out the National Guard.
He said he was not told of any specific allegations, and did not recall any conversation which might have led him to believe the investigation was about sexual abuse.
Mara said he was told of two specific examples in which Condon, who represents dozens of N.F.L. athletes as a player agent, told players they could be seriously injured, perhaps permanently, because the replacements were not capably trained to guard their safety.
In other cases, they have been told of no specific evidence or instance of such behaviour.
You may be told of a specific game plan or procedure and asked to agree to follow it.
Asked on BBC's Radio 4's Today programme where Gazans should flee to once warnings are issued, Lieutenant Colonel Peter Lerner said residents were told of specific areas where they would be safe.
They were informed that this experiment would assist in our understanding of cognitive processes but were otherwise not told about the specific purpose of the experiment until after the fMRI session.
Barriers to reporting included: taking responsibility for self prescribing, lack of awareness of who to tell and the specific reporting process, perceived complexity of the reporting process and fear of losing access to NHPs.
