It's An Everyday Thing

Because I was working on a documentary, I was sure to keep Pilar and the lawyers at Hornberger, Sheehan, Fuller and Beiter on notice. I would send them emails all the time. Almost weekly. I wanted to have something to flash back to in the movie. Pilar et al. knew exactly what was happening out there. I filed affidavits from law enforcement in the Polyline lawsuit. The Feds called Pilar for instructions to access the property. She referred them to Kevin Beiter. Beiter told the Border Patrol that "there is nothing out there" and I was making it all up.
From: Elizabeth Burns
Date: February, 2010 9:37:20 AM CST
To: pilar gravitt
Cc: pat sheehan, kevin beiter
Pilar -
One of the biggest sources of tension when El Paso Corp arrived on the McGill Bros was the increase in drug and human trafficking and other organized criminal activity like oil and gas theft. With the addition of the McGill Bros to the EL Paso portfolio - El Paso now controls an almost contiguous row of leases from McCook to the Border Patrol Checkpoint. You can get from the Rio Grande River to McCook without even going on a pubic road. This is no secret and your whole area of operation is a federally designated High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area and also the subject of OCDETF investigation. (Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force) Numerous individuals on your leases have been indicted, imprisoned, etc. It isn't just the increase - it is the blatant activity. There is a whole lot going on here. You can imagine my reaction when I saw your lawsuit complaining that I carry a gun and how it's a source of ignition and so dangerous. You have gangs walking around your lease in plain sight with machine pistols strapped to their forearms. Armed groups lurk along the pipeline easements waiting to hijack the contraband. The McGill Bros. lease is one of the most notorious smuggling routes in the Southern District of Texas. Law enforcement frequently picks up trucks loaded with marijuana as they exit the El Paso lease.
ETB
and Kevin Beiters response to this:
Ms. Burns 
It would be helpful to all concerned if you would not create unnecessary apprehension in the minds of law enforcement. Also, crying “wolf” too often may actually result in inhibiting responses by the appropriate emergency personnel – which is not a result anyone should want.
Kevin Beiter