Pelosi Taps Reyes for Intelligence Post

Friday December 1, 2006 4:46 PM

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By KATHERINE SHRADER

Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) - House Speaker-to-be Nancy Pelosi has chosen a Border Patrol agent-turned-congressman to lead the House Intelligence Committee, ending weeks of Democratic debate about who will oversee the nation's spy agencies.

Rep. Silvestre Reyes, D-Texas, takes over the key post next year, as his party tries to intensify oversight of the intelligence community. Critics say Republicans failed to do that, leading to faulty prewar intelligence on Iraq and other stumbles.