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Originally posted by onetime2
Even if Rush was distributing the drugs he collected, can you point to a single case where medical records were seized in a similar investigation? I'm not saying that it absolutely hasn't happened, just that I have never heard of it and this investigation SEEMS to be going beyond the bounds of most investigations.
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Actually, I know of dozens upon dozens of cases in which people who possess drugs in dealer quantities had all manner of records seized, including medical records. You see, a good friend of the family works with the United States Attorney's Office, and I have also spent a good deal of time in the New Hampshire District Office. While I can't give any case names -- I don't remember any of them, to be honest -- I know for a fact that this friend of the family spent a good deal of his time working for the U.S. Attorney who aided in ATF and narcotics prosecution.
Trust me, more hours than you can even begin to comprehend goes in to preparing for a federal drug possession case (and remember, the quantity of drugs Limbaugh possessed may make him eligible for federal prosecution). This includes the collection of pertinent material, such as the collection of medical documents. It happens. You don't hear about it because most of the people prosecuted in this manner are not celebrities, so the media doesn't showcase the event.