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From: (b) (6)

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Subject: FW: Texas Observer Article
Date: Monday, February 25, 2008 3:55:28 PM
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Attached is the comments doc from RGV.

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Sent: Monday, February 25, 2008 12:16 PM
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Attached is the response/comments document from RGV Sector. It's titled

Fence Justification to Texas Observer.

Also included are the original article in the Texas Observer and the
issue paper produced by the SBI (Resources Section).

I'm still reading RGV's comments.

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Sent: Monday, February 25, 2008 11:50 AM
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Subject: RGV's response to article "Holes in the Wall"
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Chief-

Attached is RGV response to the article.

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Sent: Friday, February 22, 2008 4:12 PM
To: VITIELLO, RONALD D; (b) (6)
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Subject: FW: Texas Observer Article
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Chief Vitiello and (b) (6) ,

Please see Chief Aguilar's message below regarding the article in the
Texas Observer.

Attached are the article and an issue paper completed by the SBI
section. Please review and comment by Monday, 2/25/08, by mid-day. The
issue paper was completed today and most likely has not been seen by
Chief Aguilar.

The comment attributed to Loren Flossman has apparently rankled

Congressman Reyes. Flossman is the SBI Fence Project Manager.

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Sent: Friday, February 22, 2008 3:24 PM
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Subject: FW:

Sir,

See the below string. Attached is the article referenced.

Thanks,
(b)
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From: AGUILAR, DAVID V
Sent: Friday, February 22, 2008 3:17 PM
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Cc: ADAMS, ROWDY D; COLBURN, RONALD S; SELF, JEFFREY D; (b) (6)

Subject: Re:

10-4,

The other thing I would ask for is to insure that Chief Vitiello and his
people take a look at the article and give us their input by Monday
mid-day.

(b)
(6)
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Sent: Fri Feb 22 14:33:37 2008

Subject:

Chief,

(b) (6) would like to meet with you face to face on Tuesday morning
at 0900 to discuss the attached article. The Texas Observer printed
this article on 2/18 which speaks to the fence in RGV. The impetus of
the article is that some of the landowners are claiming that there will
be fence going through their backyards, but that we are not putting
fence on their neighbor's property which is a high end golf course.

Also attached is an issue paper, rebutting the article and provides

ground truth (operational analysis and terrain challenges) to the fence
deployment. Chief Self has not had a chance to review due to travel
status.

Part of (b) (6) concern is that Loren Flossman is quoted the article
as saying the placement of fence is classified because "you don't want
to tell the very people you're trying to keep from coming across the
methodology used to deter them." I think it's safe to say he misspoke,
but (b) (6) is asking that if this is classified information, then
why wasn't he informed.

We have coordinated the calendars for Tuesday at 0900.

(b)
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