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Lacking the public release of this information from the Capitol Police, several critical questions about the circumstances surrounding Reid’s injuries will remain unanswered:
1. If it was an accident, what are the details of that accident?
2. If it was not an accident, was it an assault?
3. If the possibility of assault on a member of Congress, a federal crime, has not been ruled out, why is the FBI, which has jurisdiction over such matters, not currently investigating?
4. If it is a possible assault and the Capitol Police have not reported it as such to the FBI, would such a failure to report constitute obstruction of justice?
Reid’s office has been able to assert Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) privacy rule ...
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The Capitol Police, however, are not subject to the HIPAA privacy rule, and their release of all the information related to Reid’s injuries is in the public interest.
At present, they appear to be stonewalling at best.
originally posted by: whyamIhere
Every single night I pray...
"That someone dotted his mud".
originally posted by: diggindirt
Could it be that the little fellow is actually telling the truth for once in his life and he really did just fall down?
originally posted by: Ultralight
a reply to: Granite
Mormons don't get mad and retaliate? Wow, never knew that.
originally posted by: IAMTAT
If it was someone on the left,...it would have to be someone much more powerful in the party than him, for him to make an excuse.
This has Mob or Union thug beating written all over it.
originally posted by: Granite
originally posted by: Ultralight
a reply to: Granite
Mormons don't get mad and retaliate? Wow, never knew that.
I have some Mormon family members that I can ask later, my assumption is " brother and sister's" live the teachings of Joseph Smith.
However, all old men in this scenario and they may for an instant want to clobber "Dirty Harry" in a fit of rage.
What do we know about Harry Reid and the Mafia?
In the late 1970s, Reid served as Nevada gaming commissioner, a job that at the time offered plenty of opportunity for interaction with individuals from the world of organized crime. In 1978, he was offered a bribe by a man named Jack Gordon. Reid reported the attempted bribery to the FBI. They set up a sting, but Reid ended up going off-script and choking the criminal as he was about to be arrested.
"You son of a bitch, you tried to bribe me!" Reid said.
Later, in 1981 a car bomb was found in Reid's family car. The culprit has never been identified, but there has long been speculation that it was related to Gordon or other organized crime figures Reid tangled with as gaming commissioner.
originally posted by: Dimithae
a reply to: diggindirt
I think he had a 'friend' that got mad at him for not being nice to him. I would say if it happened to someone else that yes it is possible. The problem with Reid is,he seems to get hurt pretty often,and now he is stepping down. it seems someone doesn't want him where he is. And why all the secrecy? If he just fell and hurt himself,well that wouldn't require it being kept secret now would it?