Spanier's lawyer did not respond to calls from CNN seeking comment for this story.
Mr. Spanier and the others officials are awaiting trial on obstruction and conspiracy, among other charges.
Spanier, Curley and Schultz are awaiting trial on obstruction and conspiracy, among other charges.
Paterno and Spanier were ousted from their jobs after the Sandusky scandal broke in November.
The scandal's fallout included the firings of legendary football coach Joe Paterno and university President Graham Spanier.
But at a late-night news conference, university trustees announced that Mr Paterno had been sacked, along with Mr Spanier.
Spanier allegedly calls the plan "acceptable, " but worries whether it's the right thing to do, according to two sources.
Spanier spoke to Freeh six days before the report was released July 12.
Mr. Paterno and University President Graham Spanier were dismissed after being criticized for not doing enough to stop the abuse.
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Graham Spanier was forced out of office last November, a few days after the grand-jury indictment of Sandusky was released.
Spanier, Curley and Schultz face charges stemming from the Sandusky scandal, including perjury, conspiracy and endangering the welfare of children.
Curley refers to a meeting scheduled that day with Spanier and indicates they apparently discussed the Sandusky incident two days earlier.
Freeh's findings also implicated former administrators including university president Graham Spanier, athletic director Tim Curley and retired vice president Gary Schultz.
Spanier could also be charged, law enforcement sources and legal experts say.
At Penn State, the decision was made, and rightly so I might add, to replace many high-ranking officials including the school president Graham Spanier.
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In the fallout, the university fired long-time president Graham Spanier as well as football coach Joe Paterno -- who died this month at age 85.
Neither Mr Paterno nor Mr Spanier has been implicated in the child abuse allegations, but they have been censured for failing to notify the authorities.
One obvious lesson from the ongoing affair is that companies need to be able to react fast, Christian Gladwell, founder of social media specialist Human Digital, told Spanier.
Schultz, Curley, Paterno and Spanier to conceal Mr. Sandusky's behavior.
Paterno and Spanier have not been accused of any wrongdoing.
"The only downside for us is if the message (to Sandusky) isn't 'heard' and acted upon, and we then become vulnerable for not having reported it, " Spanier purportedly writes.
Days after a grand jury report was released last November, Penn State trustees fired President Graham Spanier and Paterno amid criticism that they could and should have done more.
Spanier and iconic head football coach Paterno lost their jobs soon after Sandusky's arrest amid criticism that they did not adequately handle the matter when allegations involving Sandusky arose years earlier.
In an exchange of messages from February 26 to February 28, 2001, Spanier allegedly acknowledges Penn State could be "vulnerable" for not reporting the incident, according to two sources with knowledge of the case.
Last year, the scandal led to the November firing of iconic head coach Joe Paterno and university President Graham Spanier and brought charges against Schultz and Curley for perjury and failing to report the abuse.
He referred to a key point in the July report in which he said Spanier, Schultz and Curley drew up a plan that called for reporting Sandusky to the state Department of Public Welfare in 2001.
Freeh's 267-page review was released in July 2012 and blamed Paterno, former university President Graham Spanier, suspended Athletic Director Tim Curley and ex-Vice President Gary Schultz for allegedly taking part in a cover-up to avoid bad publicity.
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