A spokeswoman for the Switzerland-based IOC said Monday she learned of the Nagano report through a story in the Deseret Morning News. "Let us find out what the report says and who compiled it," the spokeswoman, Giselle Davies, said, declining further comment.

The report, dated Nov. 22, 2005, was sought by Nagano Gov. Yasuo Tanaka. Tanaka was elected after the Olympics to head the prefecture, a region similar to a state, on a platform that included a pledge to further investigate Nagano's bid.

Ed Hula, the editor of an electronically published newsletter about the Olympics, "Around the Rings," said he doubted the IOC would pursue an investigation into the Nagano report findings. An IOC investigation into the Salt Lake scandal led to the ouster of several members.

"I think the IOC probably wants to consider any questions about Nagano over and done with, given the length of time that's elapsed," Hula said. Plus, he said, the report contains no names of IOC members or any specifics about what they received.

Still, Hula said, the report "does certainly go to the argument that those were the rules of the game at the time. Nagano and Salt Lake weren't the only ones trying to spend as much as they could. . . . It reveals the extent to which some bids would go."

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