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REYES’ CHILDREN WORKED FOR BORDER PROJECT CONTRACTORS
Quorum Report / Newsclips ^ | April 25, 2005 | Harvey Kronberg, www.quorumreport.com,

Posted on 04/25/2005 4:56:54 PM PDT by SwinneySwitch

All three children of U.S. Rep. Silvestre Reyes, D-El Paso, worked in some capacity for defense contractors that were criticized by the Office of Inspector General of the U.S. General Services Administration for installing faulty or incomplete equipment for a border security technology system. International Microwave Corp. and L-3 Communications Holdings Inc. — through their political action committees and others — also gave Reyes about $17,000 in campaign contributions during the past five years. Reyes, who was in his El Paso district office Friday, said that while he was a proponent of the border technology system that the General Services Administration audit mentioned, he had nothing to do with International Microwave or L-3 Communications employing or paying for services provided by his children, Rebecca Reyes, Silvestre Reyes Jr. and Monica Reyes. Before working for the defense contractors, Rebecca Reyes worked for her father in his congressional office in Washington and for the city of Washington.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: aliens; borderscandal; bordersecurity; dhs; govwatch; l3; reyes; smuggling
If this were an R instead of a D, the MSM would be on this story like stink on a skunk!
1 posted on 04/25/2005 4:56:57 PM PDT by SwinneySwitch
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To: citizen; fidelio; Americanexpat; Idisarthur; Eaker; Calpernia; HiJinx; mtbopfuyn; ...

Border Security Ping!

Please let me know if you want on or off this South Texas/Mexico ping list


2 posted on 04/25/2005 5:05:23 PM PDT by SwinneySwitch (Remember, this is only a temporary exile!)
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To: SwinneySwitch

Ping!


3 posted on 04/25/2005 5:10:07 PM PDT by Americanexpat (A strong democracy through citizen oversight.)
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To: WestCoastGal; SandRat; Tuba Guy; DAVEY CROCKETT; Calpernia; Velveeta; lacylu

Another "Enemy within" that has been elected, ping.


4 posted on 04/25/2005 5:39:05 PM PDT by nw_arizona_granny (Airspeed, altitude, or brains. Two are required to successfully complete a flight.)
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To: SwinneySwitch
If this were an R instead of a D, the MSM would be on this story like stink on a skunk!

If this were an R instead of a D, there would be a bunch of people on this sight writing in defense..........

5 posted on 04/25/2005 5:42:57 PM PDT by WhiteGuy ("a taxpayer dollar must be spent wisely, or not at all" - GW BUSH </sarcasm>)
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Where in the hell is all the outrage for FReepers.
6 posted on 04/26/2005 3:37:04 PM PDT by OKIEDOC (LL THE)
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To: SwinneySwitch
Where in the hell is all the outrage for FReepers.
7 posted on 04/26/2005 3:37:11 PM PDT by OKIEDOC (LL THE)
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To: OKIEDOC

Another form of Congresscritter graft.


8 posted on 12/06/2006 12:00:17 PM PST by dirtboy (Objects in tagline are closer than they appear)
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