Newly-released documents cast new doubts on the original investigation into the Salt Lake Olympic bribery scandal. Specifically, they raise new questions about who knew what, when. News Specialist John Daley has been researching this story and has more.

This report from the Board of Ethics of the Salt Lake Organizing Committee was released just months after the scandal broke. It painted Tom Welch and Dave Johnson as the main culprits of the bribery scandal, while saying others were kept in the dark.

But these just released documents from the Attorney General's office raise new questions about that official account.

When the report by the Salt Lake Organizing Committee's Board of Ethics was released, the toughest Olympic critics called it a "whitewash."

One reason they were skeptical was because it seemed to gloss over what the board overseeing Olympic leaders Tom Welch and Dave Johnson knew about the thing that started the whole scandal--scholarships for the relatives of IOC members.

The now-notorious scholarships became part of the federal case against the pair. Specifically, critics doubted the Ethics report's statement that trustees were "not aware" bid committee money was being used for the scholarships.

Documents from the Attorney General's probe once again echo those doubts. Though there's no direct proof, there are a handful of comments from witnesses whose identity was not revealed, saying the program was common knowledge. One says there was "no effort to hide the program" and that it was "well known in the office."

Another inteviewee says "the scholarship program was no secret." One witness declares, "Everybody in the Bid Committee/SLOC office knew about the scholarship program; that the scholarships were given to the IOC member's relatives; there was no secret about this, and everyone thought the scholarship program was well known."

If those comments are true, then how could trustees not know the real reason for the scholarships, or at least, why did they not ask more questions?

And how could SLOC's Board of Ethics not at least challenge the accounts of some, like former President Frank Joklik, who days after the scandal broke, acknowledged knowing about the scholarship program but saw nothing wrong with it.

Frank Joklik/Former SLOC President: "THE INTENTION OF THE PROGRAM WAS TRULY TO BE OF ASSISTANCE TO SPORTS PROGRAMS IN LESS PRIVILEGED COUNTRIES AND TO HELP WITH THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE THERE WITH LEADERSHIP POTENTIAL."

But one of the key members of that Ethics Board says he's not sure if there's anything new here. I spoke with David Jordan Friday night.

He told me: "We never sought to be the ultimate end all, be all, of investigations. It wouldn't be surprising to find other facts and details."

By the way, the trial in the Olympic case is scheduled to begin in June.