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Anybody seen Ebberts? I don't even know what he looks like.

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Mayor Appoints Homeland Security Chief

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(New Orleans, LA) New Orleans Mayor C. Ray Nagin today announced the appointment of Terry Ebbert as Executive Assistant to the Mayor for Homeland Security and Public Safety. Ebbert begins in early February.

Ebbert, a retired U.S. Marine Corps Colonel, most recently helped guide the New Orleans Police Foundation as Executive Director for nine years. He was instrumental in fundraising for the police department.

"I am very happy that Terry Ebbert is joining the administration. He has the expertise, contacts and experience needed to assist New Orleans with our homeland security and public safety efforts," said Mayor Nagin.

In his new role, Ebbert will report directly to Mayor Nagin. He will be responsible for creating and leading the New Orleans Homeland Security Department, which will work to reduce the City's vulnerability to terrorism.

Ebbert has extensive experience as a manager of security operations. As executive director of the New Orleans Police Foundation, he brought together the law enforcement and business communities to improve police protection in New Orleans. The crime-reduction partnership won national acclaim and resulted in the nation's largest violent crime reduction between the years of 1997 and 1999.

While working for Boeing Petroleum Services Inc., he was Director of Security, Fire Protection and Emergency Management for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, the world's largest petroleum reserve which is located at seven sites in Texas and Louisiana.

Ebbert served in many high-ranking roles during his career as a Marine officer. He was the Commanding Officer of the Marine's Basic School in Quantico, Va. He was the senior executive manager for the Commandant of the Marine Corps. He was responsible for the security of all ships and stations in the Pacific Fleet. He is a Vietnam veteran and has been awarded the Navy Cross, the nation's second-highest decoration for valor in combat.

Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2005 10:18 p.m. EDT
Louisiana Officials in Flood-Money Scam

Nine months before the Hurricane Katrina disaster, three Louisiana Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness officials were indicted for obstructing an audit into flood prevention expenditures.

In a November 2004 press release, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Louisiana announced:

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"A federal grand jury has returned two separate indictments charging three members of the State Military Department with offenses related to the obstruction of an audit of the use of federal funds for flood mitigation activities throughout Louisiana.
"The two emergency management officials were senior employees of the Louisiana Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness. Both were charged with conspiracy to obstruct a federal audit."

Gov. Kathleen Blanco told Louisiana's News-Star at the time that she was disturbed by the indictments. She said the National Guard is cooperating with the investigation "as I expect them to do."

Reports of rampant corruption among Louisiana's state and local agencies have been cited in recent days to explain why officials were so ill-prepared to deal with the Katrina disaster.
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/9/6/222032.shtml