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To: mdittmar
From the article:
"... Reid himself survived a car bombing in 1981..."

Reid certainly has interesting "friends".

26 posted on 01/22/2015 6:41:17 PM PST by StormEye
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To: StormEye

Reid served as chairman of the Nevada Gaming Commission from 1977 to 1981. When Jack Gordon, La Toya Jackson’s future agent and husband, offered Reid a $12,000 bribe to get approval of new games for casinos, Reid brought in the FBI to tape Gordon’s bribery attempt and arrest him. After FBI agents interrupted the transaction, as prearranged, Reid lost his temper and began choking Gordon, saying “You son of a bitch, you tried to bribe me!” Gordon was convicted in 1979 and sentenced to six months in prison. In 1981, Reid’s wife found a bomb attached to the family station wagon; Reid suspected it was placed by Gordon.[1]

So he actually didn’t survive a bombing!


30 posted on 01/22/2015 7:12:09 PM PST by vette6387
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