"We're both part of the same hypocrisy, Senator. But don't ever imagine that it extends to my family."
Posted on 08/03/2012 5:29:33 AM PDT by AtlasStalled
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid long has been dogged by allegations that he was a tool of the Mafia during his former days as Chairman of the Nevada Gaming Commission, and it now is time for him to resolve the controversy by authorizing the release of his FBI file.
Reid was called "'Mr. Clean Face' by Kansas City mobster Joe Agosto who had turned federal witness in the FBI's case against the mob skimming of casino dollars," and "Agosto was recorded on FBI tape saying that 'I gotta Clean Face in my pocket'" as reported by John Kass for the Chicago Tribune.
Reid says he was called "Clean Face" because he was beyond reproach, and state gaming regulators say Agosto's claim otherwise was an untrue boast.
Who ya gonna believe: the mobster or the politician?
It's finally time to put this controversy to rest, and the power to do so is all in the hands of the good senator. Reid can request his FBI file under The Privacy Act which allows citizens to request information on themselves, and he should obtain and release this material in order that the public can learn whether it contains any conclusions by the FBI concerning the mob allegations. If Harry Reid fails to do so, reasonable people may be left with no other choice but to assume the worst against him.
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"We're both part of the same hypocrisy, Senator. But don't ever imagine that it extends to my family."
The allegations about dwarves and ponies that I saw scrawled in a public phone booth downtown are more troubling to me.
The man needs to come clean.
The whole Democrat Party is a criminal organization.
Reid has had some questionable dealings! http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2006/10/more-trouble-harry-reid/
That’s right, I saw Casino where they showed a Mormon delivering the money to the mob bosses in KC.
Casinos liked to use Mormons to handle the money,because
they didn’t gamble,drink or steal and they went home to their famlies at the end of the day.
I don’t believe the Mafia would lower its standards to the point where it would permit a cowardly little punk like Harry Reid anywhere near its organization.
You can have the license. The price is $250,000... plus a monthly payment of 5% of the gross... of all four hotels.
Daxton...I know you have the inside scoop on this...what say ye?
Harry Reid wants to see Mitt Romney’s tax returns because he has never seen a tax form that was filled out.
We used to get the Football Cards from the bakery. It burned down....sigh.....
Chairman of the Gaming Commission? In Nevada” How could he NOT have been a “tool of the Mafia?”
Excellent post!!
I didn’t know any of this— except the part about the Mafia using Mormons to transfer $$.
Didn’t Howard Hughes also surround himself with Mormons??
Yes, Hughes surrounded himself with Mormons.
In the movie, Reid is clearly portrayed as ethically challenged since the Stardust comped him meals and rooms, etc. However since his gaming commission ultimately denied Lefty Rosenthal a gaming license, his actions could be construed as standing up to the mob.
I have been looking for this file for a long time for my book: “Harry: Money Mob and Influence”. I went to the top of the Gaming Control people here in Las Vegas and couldn’t get it released.
http://www.futurnamics.com/reid.php
See above.
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