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From: GIDDENS, GREGORY

To: (b) (6) ; Adams, Rowdy D; (b) (6)
Cc: (b) (6)
Subject: RE: Conversation with OCA re: Hidalgo
Date: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 5:08:18 PM

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(b) (5)

Greg G

From: (b) (6)

Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 5:06 PM
To: (b) (6) GIDDENS, GREGORY; Adams, Rowdy D; (b) (6)

Cc: (b) (6)

Subject: RE: Conversation with OCA re: Hidalgo

(b) (b) (5)

(b) (5)

I’m happy to discuss.

-(b) (6)

(b) (6)
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From: (b) (6)

Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 4:33 PM
To: GIDDENS, GREGORY; Adams, Rowdy D; (b) (6)

Subject: RE: Conversation with OCA re: Hidalgo

Greg, That email got spelled checked wrong – I did not mean or intend ever to stop pending
legislation – there is no pending legislation. I did say everyone on the Hill thinks it would be
impossible to get a bill passed in the Senate with a Hidalgo provision, passed in the House,
conferenced between the 2 chambers, and signed by the President by the end of March…
That’s even if such a provision wasn’t controversial, which it probably will be.

My email was intended to get on the same page re whether we asked the Corps to build the
fence/ levee – apparently, the Corp has authority to provide grants where we cannot – it
solves the legislative problem if we simply make an agreement with the corps to construct.
(b) (6) our conversation yesterday seemed to confirm this (and I know the (b) (6) is still
in the Artic), but can we get on the same page on this? Would this indeed solve the
problem? I believe (b) (6) wanted to ask SBI whether we have ever asked the Corp to do
this.
(b) (6) have you gotten any further on your research? The client here is CBP of course.

Thanks, (b)
(6)
From: GIDDENS, GREGORY [mailto:GREGORY.Giddens@dhs.gov]
Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 4:11 PM
To: (b) (6)
Cc: Adams, Rowdy D
Subject: Fw: Conversation with OCA re: Hidalgo
Importance: High

(b) ,
Do not stop the legislation. We explored all the options already.
(6)
After that, we went through CBP to DHS and S1 on the need for the legislative remedy. Without the fix, we will
not have the levee fence.

Greg G

------Original Message------
From: (b) (6)
To: 'FLOSSMAN, LOREN W'
Cc: Greg GIDDENS
Cc: ADAMS, ROWDY D
Sent: Mar 4, 2008 2:01 PM
Subject: FW: Conversation with OCA re: Hidalgo

Loren –

Please hold. This is a bit out of hand….Greg is engaging.

(b) (6)
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From: (b) (6)
Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 2:00 PM
To: ADAMS, ROWDY D; GIDDENS, GREGORY
Subject: FW: Conversation with OCA re: Hidalgo
Importance: High

OK…it’s worse than I thought. I think he says here he stopped the legislation.

(b) (6)

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From: (b) (6)
Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 1:09 PM
To: (b) (6)
Subject: Conversation with OCA re: Hidalgo
Importance: High

. <<RE: Border Security Technology Legislation>> (b) (6) See below email from (b) (6) and attached
email.