by hmm » Tue Nov 08, 2005 8:39 am
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.hillnews.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/Frontpage/110805/news1.html">www.hillnews.com/thehill/...news1.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br><!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>The FBI and Capitol Police are investigating the vicious attack of a top Senate staffer at her home last week amid concerns that the assault might be related to her work on the Finance Committee.<br><br>Emilia DiSanto, chief investigator for committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), arrived at her suburban Virginia home after work Wednesday about 6:30 p.m. As she was unloading belongings from her car, <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>a 6-foot-1-inch white man dressed in black struck her repeatedly with an unidentified object believed to be a baseball bat</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END-->.<br><br>After she screamed to her family inside the house, the assailant fled. DiSanto was transported to Inova Fair Oaks Hospital, where she was treated for significant upper-body injuries. Nine staples were needed to close her head wound.<br>~snip~<br>The attack and the possibility that it was motivated by congressional business have made some people anxious on Capitol Hill.<br>~snip~<br>The attack on DiSanto came two days before a bomb threat caused alarm at an Iowa veterans home where Grassley was scheduled to appear.<br>~snip~<br>Grassley is known for his aggressive oversight of the public and private sector. Over the past year, he has scrutinized healthcare fraud, organ-donation procedures used by hospitals, drug-safety matters <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>and the use of nonprofit groups related to former lobbyist Jack Abramoff</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END-->.<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br><br>wow,just wow... <p></p><i></i>
