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JACKEL
Feb 1, 2007, 1:43:02 PM2/1/07
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THIS THREAD WILL BE USED FOR ARTICLES THAT TALK ABOUT IMPEACHING BUSH,
I.E.
(1) ORGANIZED GROUPS THAT ARE CALLING FOR HIS IMPEACHMENT;
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(2) ARTICLES ABOUT POLITICIANS WHO ARE "ON THE RECORD" ASKING FOR HIS
IMPEACHMENT AND
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(3) "OUR POLITICIANS" WHO HAVE REFUSED TO IMPEACH BUSH.
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I WILL ALSO POST THE UNITED NATION'S INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT
STATUTES, WHERE WE CAN PETITION THE U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL TO PROSECUTE
THE BUSH REGIME FOR "WAR CRIMES" BECAUSE "OUR GOVT. IS "ON RECORD"
THAT THEY ARE REFUSING TO DO SO.
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WE CANNOT WASTE ANY MORE TIME. "WE HAVE THE EVIDENCE", FOR IMPEACHMENT
AND OF THE "WAR CRIMES" THAT HAVE BEEN COMMITTED, ALL OF WHICH OUR SO-
CALLED REPRESENTATIVES, I.E. THE CONGRESS.
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OUR GOVERNMENT "AGAIN" REFUSES TO LISTEN TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND
ARE HELL-BENT TO CONTINUE KILLING IRAQI CITIZENS, AND USING OUR G.I.'S
LIVES FOR THEIR PURPOSE OF "TRYING TO SAVE FACE", SINCE MOST OF
CONGRESS, VOTED TO ALLOW BUSH TO COMMIT THIS ILLEGAL ACT OF
"AGGRESSION AND OCCUPATION" WHEN "THERE WAS NO IMMINENT THREAT
TO THE U.S." WHICH IS "THE ONLY LEGAL REASON" TO DO SO.
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JACKEL
I.E.
(1) ORGANIZED GROUPS THAT ARE CALLING FOR HIS IMPEACHMENT;
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(2) ARTICLES ABOUT POLITICIANS WHO ARE "ON THE RECORD" ASKING FOR HIS
IMPEACHMENT AND
--
(3) "OUR POLITICIANS" WHO HAVE REFUSED TO IMPEACH BUSH.
--
I WILL ALSO POST THE UNITED NATION'S INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT
STATUTES, WHERE WE CAN PETITION THE U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL TO PROSECUTE
THE BUSH REGIME FOR "WAR CRIMES" BECAUSE "OUR GOVT. IS "ON RECORD"
THAT THEY ARE REFUSING TO DO SO.
--
WE CANNOT WASTE ANY MORE TIME. "WE HAVE THE EVIDENCE", FOR IMPEACHMENT
AND OF THE "WAR CRIMES" THAT HAVE BEEN COMMITTED, ALL OF WHICH OUR SO-
CALLED REPRESENTATIVES, I.E. THE CONGRESS.
--
OUR GOVERNMENT "AGAIN" REFUSES TO LISTEN TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND
ARE HELL-BENT TO CONTINUE KILLING IRAQI CITIZENS, AND USING OUR G.I.'S
LIVES FOR THEIR PURPOSE OF "TRYING TO SAVE FACE", SINCE MOST OF
CONGRESS, VOTED TO ALLOW BUSH TO COMMIT THIS ILLEGAL ACT OF
"AGGRESSION AND OCCUPATION" WHEN "THERE WAS NO IMMINENT THREAT
TO THE U.S." WHICH IS "THE ONLY LEGAL REASON" TO DO SO.
--
JACKEL
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Feb 1, 2007, 2:20:26 PM2/1/07
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JACKEL
Feb 1, 2007, 2:20:47 PM2/1/07
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Skewer
Feb 1, 2007, 2:33:15 PM2/1/07
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Subject:Active-Duty Military Petition Congress to End War--1-15-07
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http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/012307B.shtml
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Home page for Truthout:
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Skewer
Feb 1, 2007, 5:32:20 PM2/1/07
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THIS WEEK AND THE FOLLOWING WEEKS WILL BE FILLED WITH IMPORTANT
CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS THAT CAN, AND HOPEFULLY "WILL" CAUSE CONGRESS
TO CONSIDER IMPEACHMENT.
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HERE IS THE DIRECT URL TO THOSE HEARINGS. ALSO CLICK ON THE C-SPAN.ORG
HOME PAGE FOR VIDEO OF THESE HEARINGS.
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WE ARE WITNESSES TO HISTORICAL EVENTS OF "THE PEOPLE VS A FASCIST
GOVT." I AM VIDEO-TAPING THESE HEARINGS, AND SUGGEST THAT YOU DO ALSO,
ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE TEENAGERS OR CHILDREN, WHO WILL HAVE THESE. I
WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HAVE KEPT THOSE RE VIETNAM.
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Subject:C-SPAN: Full TV Schedule
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http://inside.c-spanarchives.org:8080/cspan/schedule.csp
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CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS THAT CAN, AND HOPEFULLY "WILL" CAUSE CONGRESS
TO CONSIDER IMPEACHMENT.
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HERE IS THE DIRECT URL TO THOSE HEARINGS. ALSO CLICK ON THE C-SPAN.ORG
HOME PAGE FOR VIDEO OF THESE HEARINGS.
--
WE ARE WITNESSES TO HISTORICAL EVENTS OF "THE PEOPLE VS A FASCIST
GOVT." I AM VIDEO-TAPING THESE HEARINGS, AND SUGGEST THAT YOU DO ALSO,
ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE TEENAGERS OR CHILDREN, WHO WILL HAVE THESE. I
WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HAVE KEPT THOSE RE VIETNAM.
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Subject:C-SPAN: Full TV Schedule
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http://inside.c-spanarchives.org:8080/cspan/schedule.csp
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Skewer
Feb 1, 2007, 6:01:07 PM2/1/07
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REP. WATERS LIKE ALL OTHER DEMOCRATS, HAVE BEEN "GAGGED BY THEIR PARTY
AND PELOSI" NOT TO TALK ABOUT IMPEACHMENT.
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BUT THERE ARE MANY CONGRESS PEOPLE WHO "WANT IMPEACHMENT" BUT
APPARENTLY DON'T HAVE THE COURAGE TO STANDUP TO THEIR OWN FASCIST
PARTY AND DO WHAT THEIR OWN VOTERS WANT.
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MAXINE WATERS, UNFORTUNATELY IS ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE, BUT "DID" HAVE A
CONGRESSIONAL HEARING THAT INCLUDED THOSE PEOPLE WHO "HAVE DETAILED
THE EVIDENCE" OF WAR CRIMES, GREED AND CORRUPTION OF THE BUSH REGIME.
THEY ARE THE AUTHORS OF MANY BOOKS.
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HERE IS THE URL TO THE INFO THAT C-SPAN GAVE ABOUT THE WITNESSES AT
THAT HEARING.
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A GOOGLE SEARCH ON THESE AUTHORS WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH A LOT OF INFO.
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C-SPAN STATES THEY SHOW "EACH HEARING" 3 TIMES. THEY SHOWED THIS ONE
TWICE ON JANUARY 29TH AND I DON'T SEE A LISTING FOR THE 3RD, WHICH
USUALLY COMES OVER THE WEEKEND, THUS MY URL ABOVE OF C-SPAN'S SCHEDULE.
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Subject:BOOK AUTHORS RE "TRUTH ABOUT ILLEGAL-GREED-IRAQI WAR-1-29-07
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http://inside.c-spanarchives.org:8080/cspan/cspan.csp?command=dprogram&record=550340149
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AND PELOSI" NOT TO TALK ABOUT IMPEACHMENT.
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BUT THERE ARE MANY CONGRESS PEOPLE WHO "WANT IMPEACHMENT" BUT
APPARENTLY DON'T HAVE THE COURAGE TO STANDUP TO THEIR OWN FASCIST
PARTY AND DO WHAT THEIR OWN VOTERS WANT.
--
MAXINE WATERS, UNFORTUNATELY IS ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE, BUT "DID" HAVE A
CONGRESSIONAL HEARING THAT INCLUDED THOSE PEOPLE WHO "HAVE DETAILED
THE EVIDENCE" OF WAR CRIMES, GREED AND CORRUPTION OF THE BUSH REGIME.
THEY ARE THE AUTHORS OF MANY BOOKS.
--
HERE IS THE URL TO THE INFO THAT C-SPAN GAVE ABOUT THE WITNESSES AT
THAT HEARING.
--
A GOOGLE SEARCH ON THESE AUTHORS WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH A LOT OF INFO.
--
C-SPAN STATES THEY SHOW "EACH HEARING" 3 TIMES. THEY SHOWED THIS ONE
TWICE ON JANUARY 29TH AND I DON'T SEE A LISTING FOR THE 3RD, WHICH
USUALLY COMES OVER THE WEEKEND, THUS MY URL ABOVE OF C-SPAN'S SCHEDULE.
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Subject:BOOK AUTHORS RE "TRUTH ABOUT ILLEGAL-GREED-IRAQI WAR-1-29-07
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http://inside.c-spanarchives.org:8080/cspan/cspan.csp?command=dprogram&record=550340149
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Skewer
Feb 1, 2007, 6:08:19 PM2/1/07
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HERE IS THE URL TO THIS ORGANIZATION.
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Subject:ImpeachBush / VoteToImpeach:
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http://www.impeachbush.org/site/PageServer
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Subject:ImpeachBush / VoteToImpeach:
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http://www.impeachbush.org/site/PageServer
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Feb 1, 2007, 6:28:22 PM2/1/07
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Subject: LAW PROFESSOR-Francis Boyle: Draft Impeachment Resolution
Against George W. Bush
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http://www.counterpunch.org/boyle01172003.html
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Feb 1, 2007, 6:39:28 PM2/1/07
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Subject: COMMENTARY & VIDEO | Anti-War Marches Draw Hundreds of
Thousands-1-28-07
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http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/013007A.shtml
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Thousands-1-28-07
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http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/013007A.shtml
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Skewer
Feb 1, 2007, 6:58:19 PM2/1/07
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AGAIN, HERE IS ANOTHER CONGRESS PERSON WHO WAS AN ACTIVE ADVOCATE FOR
IMPEACHMENT AND IS "NOW THE CHAIRMAN OF THE POWERFUL JUDICIARY
COMMITTEE" AND HAS LOST HIS COURAGE TO "DO WHAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
WANT, I.E. WHAT HE WANTED..IMPEACHMENT OF BUSH.
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Subject:Impeachment by the People
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http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/020107N.shtml
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IMPEACHMENT AND IS "NOW THE CHAIRMAN OF THE POWERFUL JUDICIARY
COMMITTEE" AND HAS LOST HIS COURAGE TO "DO WHAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
WANT, I.E. WHAT HE WANTED..IMPEACHMENT OF BUSH.
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Subject:Impeachment by the People
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http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/020107N.shtml
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Skewer
Feb 1, 2007, 7:01:52 PM2/1/07
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Skewer
Feb 1, 2007, 7:09:58 PM2/1/07
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THESE TWO ARTICLES STATE PERFECTLY WHERE "WE, THE PEOPLE STAND WHEN IT
COMES TO "OUR CONTROL OF OUR GOVERNMENT"...I.E. SITTING ON A CURB
WHILE THESE SELF-SERVING POLITICIANS, BLATANTLY TELL US, "THEY WILL
NOT HOLD THE MOST CORRUPT AND CRIMINAL PSYCHOPATHS THIS NATION HAS
EVER HAD...."LEGALLY ACCOUNTABLE".
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THIS DEAR AMERICANS IS ABSOLUTELY CLEAR AND THEY HAVE TOLD US THIS.
NOW WHAT ARE "WE", BECAUSE THIS INVOLVES EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US AND
OUR CHILDREN WHO, "IF WE DON'T TAKE A STAND NOW, WILL HAVE A FULL-
FLEDGED NAZIS REGIME "FIXED IN LAW".
COMES TO "OUR CONTROL OF OUR GOVERNMENT"...I.E. SITTING ON A CURB
WHILE THESE SELF-SERVING POLITICIANS, BLATANTLY TELL US, "THEY WILL
NOT HOLD THE MOST CORRUPT AND CRIMINAL PSYCHOPATHS THIS NATION HAS
EVER HAD...."LEGALLY ACCOUNTABLE".
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THIS DEAR AMERICANS IS ABSOLUTELY CLEAR AND THEY HAVE TOLD US THIS.
NOW WHAT ARE "WE", BECAUSE THIS INVOLVES EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US AND
OUR CHILDREN WHO, "IF WE DON'T TAKE A STAND NOW, WILL HAVE A FULL-
FLEDGED NAZIS REGIME "FIXED IN LAW".
JACKEL
Feb 2, 2007, 5:11:25 PM2/2/07
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HERE IS A GLARING VIEW OF PELOSI'S DECISION-MAKING, I.E. THE MOST
IMPORTANT POSITION SHE HAD TO FILL, I.E. "CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSE
INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE".
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OF ALL THE DEMOS SHE COULD HAVE SELECTED, WHY DID SHE PICK A MERE
"BORDER AGENT" WHO SAYS "BUSH HAS ALREADY BEEN HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR
HIS MANY ILLEGAL/UNCONSTITUTIONAL ACTS?
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OBVIOUSLY REYES "WILL NOT USE THE "EVIDENCE" THAT THIS INTELLIGENCE
COMMITTEE, WHICH HE HAS SAT ON FOR THE PAST 5 YEARS, "ALREADY HAS;
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WITH MUCH MORE TO COME VIA MORE SO-CALLED HEARINGS"
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TO HOLD BUSH "LEGALLY ACCOUNTABLE" TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE;
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TO HELL WITH REYES' OPINION, IT IS WE, THE PEOPLE THAT DEMAND
IMPEACHMENT.
--
DEMOCRATS, YOU SHOULD BE OUTRAGED AND LETTING YOUR CONGRESS PEOPLE AND
PELOSI KNOW HOW YOU FEEL...."NOW"!
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Subject: REP. REYES-CHAIR OF H-INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE-IS BEING A
BORDER AGENT ENOUGH? >
THE JOB: CONTROLLING THE OVERSITE OF 17 FEDERAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES:
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Subject:H-Permanent Select Committee on
"OVERSIGHT" OF THESE 17 U.S. INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES:
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http://intelligence.house.gov/AboutTheCommittee.aspx?Section=2
>
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REYES' BIO FROM HIS OWN WEBSITE:
2-02-07
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http://wwwc.house.gov/reyes/about.asp
>
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Subject: U.S. REP. REYES-PELOSI'S CHOICE FOR CHAIR OF INTELLIGENCE
COMMITTEE
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THIS POSTER'S NOTE:
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ON DECEMBER 1, 2006 REYES TOLD A REPORTER WHO ASKED HIM ABOUT "HOLDING
BUSH ACCOUNTABLE",
FOR THE ILLEGAL ACTS THAT HE HAS TAKEN:
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"THEY HAVE BEEN HELD ACCOUNTABLE
**********************************************
BY THE PEOPLE'S VOTE IN NOVEMBER".
**********************************************
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Subject:Rep. Reyes: 1st Hispanic Intel. chairman - 12-02-06
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061202/ap_on_go_co/house_intelligence_reyes
>
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TEXT COPY: 12-02-06-OPEN ABOVE URL IMPORTANT LINKS.
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Rep. Reyes: 1st Hispanic Intel. chairman
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By SUZANNE GAMBOA,
Associated Press Writer
Sat Dec 2, 8:54 AM ET
----
Silvestre Reyes was unable to speak English until he was 6 years old.
----
Now the Texas congressman
"must master the lingo of the nation's spy agencies" and "the politics
of the war in Iraq."
---
The son of West Texas cotton farmers, Reyes was held back in school
along with other Mexican-American children because of limited English.
----
Both Reyes' parents were born in the U.S.
---
His father was a successful farmer and both parents were avid readers
who instilled a love for reading in him.
"I always look back and am amused," Reyes said, recalling his school
days. "I was tagged as (one day) being a chicken farmer (and) a high
school counselor said I was good with my hands and could be a welder."
----
Instead, he became:
---
a combat soldier,
---
a Border Patrol agent and chief and
----
then was elected to Congress.
---
This week, he added one more achievement:
----
chairman of the House Intelligence Committee.
----
Reyes takes over the key post next year, becoming the first Hispanic
to serve in the job.
---
He'll head the panel, in part, because:
*******************************************
Democrats capitalized at the ballot box on the dissatisfaction among
American voters with the war in Iraq and what some believe was "faulty
and politically manipulated intelligence" that led the nation into
war.
---
"We're going to do the oversight "with" the administration about: "how
do we proceed" and
"what are the options."
---
"How does intelligence play into that" and "how will we be able to
operationally support what we are trying to accomplish; getting out of
Iraq,"
----
Reyes said about his agenda as chairman.
**********************************************
"Reyes voted "against" the Iraq war resolution and "has supported
setting a timetable for withdrawal."
---
He said he voted against the war because he
**********************************************
thought intelligence was being "cherry picked"
**********************************************
and "manipulated" to make the case for war.
**********************************************
---
"He supports fighting the war on terror", but warns against
relinquishing individual rights.
---
He has been an "outspoken critic" of the administration's:
---
"warrantless domestic wiretapping program."
**********************************************
----
But he said Friday:
---
"he will not pledge"
*******************
"to bring American troops home right away."
**********************************************
---
House Speaker-to-be Nancy Pelosi
"chose Reyes over two
"more senior committee members" ?
---
Rep. Jane Harman (news, bio, voting record), D-Calif., and
---
Alcee Hastings, D-Fla.
----
A moderate Democrat,
Reyes often takes a "pro-defense stand."
********************************************
---
He "also serves" on the
---
"House Armed Services Committee" and
****************************************
"has served on the
Veterans Affairs Committee."
******************************
----
He has "cast votes against":
partial-birth abortion and
human cloning, but
---
also "voted against"
---
Bush's tax cuts and
rejects deployment of military personnel
*********************************************
"to the border."
***************
---
Reyes has been a "longtime advocate" of:
---
the "Border Patrol", pressing for
"more resources for the agency"
since he first entered Congress.
---
He is credited with initiating:
"Operation Hold The Line" on the
Texas-Mexico border, which stationed agents to stop illegal entry. The
technique is now used all along the border.
----
He said his experience as:
******************************
"a Border Patrol agent"
*************************
had "to rely on intelligence" to do his job
*********************************************
"helps qualify him for the job as chairman."
**********************************************
---
Much of the attention he has received
over the years has been for:
---
"his expertise on border issues,"
U.S.-Mexico relations and as
one of the veteran Hispanics in Congress.
---
But Reyes has also come to be known as a "defense expert."
******************
---
His district is home to:
************************
Fort Bliss, the home of the Army
maintenance unit ambushed in Iraq.
---
Jessica Lynch was captured and Pfc. Lori Piestewa was killed in that
attack.
----
Rep. Ike Skelton (news, bio, voting record), D-Mo., noted that:
---
Reyes has been "a champion" of:
*************************************
"Aegis" and the
******
Theater High-Altitude Air Defense or THAAD,
**********************************************
"types of missile defense technology" and
****************************************
said he has:
"consistently promoted" realistic testing for our missile defense
systems."
----
"Silver (Reyes) has also been diligent in: his "oversight of satellite
programs",
***************************************
ensuring that valuable intelligence information remains available to
our war fighters,"
Skelton said in a news release.
----
The oldest of 10 children,
Reyes' father dropped out of school in the 6th grade and his mother
was a high school graduate.
---
Reyes has been married for 38 years and has three grown children and
three grandchildren.
---
"He is an individual that:
"knows how to treat people",
"knows how to work in a bipartisan way,"
----
said fellow Texas Democrat Rep. Solomon Ortiz (news, bio, voting
record),
a close friend of Reyes.'
---
"He knows what intelligence is all about.
*********************************************
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And "he's very conscientious."
---
"I'm pretty sure" any information he gets,
****************
he's going to be sure "he verifies" that
*******************************************
information so we don't make any mistakes.
**********************************************
---
"He's aggressive enough"
****************************
to "pursue any investigation",
"any information"
that might be out there."
___
On the Net:
----
Rep. Silvestre Reyes (news, bio, voting record): http://www.house.gov/reyes
>
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House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: http://intelligence.house.gov/
Copyright ? 2006 The Associated Press.
Copyright ? 2006 Yahoo! Inc.
IMPORTANT POSITION SHE HAD TO FILL, I.E. "CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSE
INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE".
---
OF ALL THE DEMOS SHE COULD HAVE SELECTED, WHY DID SHE PICK A MERE
"BORDER AGENT" WHO SAYS "BUSH HAS ALREADY BEEN HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR
HIS MANY ILLEGAL/UNCONSTITUTIONAL ACTS?
---
OBVIOUSLY REYES "WILL NOT USE THE "EVIDENCE" THAT THIS INTELLIGENCE
COMMITTEE, WHICH HE HAS SAT ON FOR THE PAST 5 YEARS, "ALREADY HAS;
>
WITH MUCH MORE TO COME VIA MORE SO-CALLED HEARINGS"
>
TO HOLD BUSH "LEGALLY ACCOUNTABLE" TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE;
>
TO HELL WITH REYES' OPINION, IT IS WE, THE PEOPLE THAT DEMAND
IMPEACHMENT.
--
DEMOCRATS, YOU SHOULD BE OUTRAGED AND LETTING YOUR CONGRESS PEOPLE AND
PELOSI KNOW HOW YOU FEEL...."NOW"!
---
Subject: REP. REYES-CHAIR OF H-INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE-IS BEING A
BORDER AGENT ENOUGH? >
THE JOB: CONTROLLING THE OVERSITE OF 17 FEDERAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES:
--
Subject:H-Permanent Select Committee on
"OVERSIGHT" OF THESE 17 U.S. INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES:
---
http://intelligence.house.gov/AboutTheCommittee.aspx?Section=2
>
---
REYES' BIO FROM HIS OWN WEBSITE:
2-02-07
---
http://wwwc.house.gov/reyes/about.asp
>
-----
Subject: U.S. REP. REYES-PELOSI'S CHOICE FOR CHAIR OF INTELLIGENCE
COMMITTEE
------
THIS POSTER'S NOTE:
-----
ON DECEMBER 1, 2006 REYES TOLD A REPORTER WHO ASKED HIM ABOUT "HOLDING
BUSH ACCOUNTABLE",
FOR THE ILLEGAL ACTS THAT HE HAS TAKEN:
--
"THEY HAVE BEEN HELD ACCOUNTABLE
**********************************************
BY THE PEOPLE'S VOTE IN NOVEMBER".
**********************************************
---
Subject:Rep. Reyes: 1st Hispanic Intel. chairman - 12-02-06
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061202/ap_on_go_co/house_intelligence_reyes
>
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TEXT COPY: 12-02-06-OPEN ABOVE URL IMPORTANT LINKS.
---
Rep. Reyes: 1st Hispanic Intel. chairman
---
By SUZANNE GAMBOA,
Associated Press Writer
Sat Dec 2, 8:54 AM ET
----
Silvestre Reyes was unable to speak English until he was 6 years old.
----
Now the Texas congressman
"must master the lingo of the nation's spy agencies" and "the politics
of the war in Iraq."
---
The son of West Texas cotton farmers, Reyes was held back in school
along with other Mexican-American children because of limited English.
----
Both Reyes' parents were born in the U.S.
---
His father was a successful farmer and both parents were avid readers
who instilled a love for reading in him.
"I always look back and am amused," Reyes said, recalling his school
days. "I was tagged as (one day) being a chicken farmer (and) a high
school counselor said I was good with my hands and could be a welder."
----
Instead, he became:
---
a combat soldier,
---
a Border Patrol agent and chief and
----
then was elected to Congress.
---
This week, he added one more achievement:
----
chairman of the House Intelligence Committee.
----
Reyes takes over the key post next year, becoming the first Hispanic
to serve in the job.
---
He'll head the panel, in part, because:
*******************************************
Democrats capitalized at the ballot box on the dissatisfaction among
American voters with the war in Iraq and what some believe was "faulty
and politically manipulated intelligence" that led the nation into
war.
---
"We're going to do the oversight "with" the administration about: "how
do we proceed" and
"what are the options."
---
"How does intelligence play into that" and "how will we be able to
operationally support what we are trying to accomplish; getting out of
Iraq,"
----
Reyes said about his agenda as chairman.
**********************************************
"Reyes voted "against" the Iraq war resolution and "has supported
setting a timetable for withdrawal."
---
He said he voted against the war because he
**********************************************
thought intelligence was being "cherry picked"
**********************************************
and "manipulated" to make the case for war.
**********************************************
---
"He supports fighting the war on terror", but warns against
relinquishing individual rights.
---
He has been an "outspoken critic" of the administration's:
---
"warrantless domestic wiretapping program."
**********************************************
----
But he said Friday:
---
"he will not pledge"
*******************
"to bring American troops home right away."
**********************************************
---
House Speaker-to-be Nancy Pelosi
"chose Reyes over two
"more senior committee members" ?
---
Rep. Jane Harman (news, bio, voting record), D-Calif., and
---
Alcee Hastings, D-Fla.
----
A moderate Democrat,
Reyes often takes a "pro-defense stand."
********************************************
---
He "also serves" on the
---
"House Armed Services Committee" and
****************************************
"has served on the
Veterans Affairs Committee."
******************************
----
He has "cast votes against":
partial-birth abortion and
human cloning, but
---
also "voted against"
---
Bush's tax cuts and
rejects deployment of military personnel
*********************************************
"to the border."
***************
---
Reyes has been a "longtime advocate" of:
---
the "Border Patrol", pressing for
"more resources for the agency"
since he first entered Congress.
---
He is credited with initiating:
"Operation Hold The Line" on the
Texas-Mexico border, which stationed agents to stop illegal entry. The
technique is now used all along the border.
----
He said his experience as:
******************************
"a Border Patrol agent"
*************************
had "to rely on intelligence" to do his job
*********************************************
"helps qualify him for the job as chairman."
**********************************************
---
Much of the attention he has received
over the years has been for:
---
"his expertise on border issues,"
U.S.-Mexico relations and as
one of the veteran Hispanics in Congress.
---
But Reyes has also come to be known as a "defense expert."
******************
---
His district is home to:
************************
Fort Bliss, the home of the Army
maintenance unit ambushed in Iraq.
---
Jessica Lynch was captured and Pfc. Lori Piestewa was killed in that
attack.
----
Rep. Ike Skelton (news, bio, voting record), D-Mo., noted that:
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Reyes has been "a champion" of:
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"Aegis" and the
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Theater High-Altitude Air Defense or THAAD,
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"types of missile defense technology" and
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said he has:
"consistently promoted" realistic testing for our missile defense
systems."
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"Silver (Reyes) has also been diligent in: his "oversight of satellite
programs",
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ensuring that valuable intelligence information remains available to
our war fighters,"
Skelton said in a news release.
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The oldest of 10 children,
Reyes' father dropped out of school in the 6th grade and his mother
was a high school graduate.
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Reyes has been married for 38 years and has three grown children and
three grandchildren.
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"He is an individual that:
"knows how to treat people",
"knows how to work in a bipartisan way,"
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said fellow Texas Democrat Rep. Solomon Ortiz (news, bio, voting
record),
a close friend of Reyes.'
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"He knows what intelligence is all about.
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And "he's very conscientious."
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"I'm pretty sure" any information he gets,
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he's going to be sure "he verifies" that
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information so we don't make any mistakes.
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"He's aggressive enough"
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to "pursue any investigation",
"any information"
that might be out there."
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On the Net:
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Rep. Silvestre Reyes (news, bio, voting record): http://www.house.gov/reyes
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House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: http://intelligence.house.gov/
Copyright ? 2006 The Associated Press.
Copyright ? 2006 Yahoo! Inc.
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