Word: reno
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Starr avoided direct criticism of Janet Reno's Justice Department, with the exception of one story during the question-and-answer period...
...Reno can legitimately claim that Lazaro's family never gave any sign that it was prepared to meet either of her chief demands: to turn over Elian immediately, as her legal order required; and to travel to Washington for a transition period. The closest the family came to averting the raid was with the Friday-night fax, which said, "We understand that you have transferred temporary custody of Elian to his father." But lawyers close to the family acknowledge that this was a concession in theory only; the family intended to share custody during the transition period and perhaps beyond...
...Reno who set the deadlines for a deal--first 2 a.m., then 3 a.m. and finally an hour later--and it was Reno who kept letting them slip. At 4 a.m. Reno told Podhurst, "We're out of time." But when he came back 20 minutes later begging for time, she gave him five more minutes to work something out. When the five-minute deadline came and went, Reno told Podhurst his time was up, but she remained on the phone, not talking but on hold while Podhurst tried to get the family lawyers to wake up Lazaro and change...
...members insist they were. At 5 p.m. on Friday, they faxed Reno a proposal they say Podhurst told them Reno wanted--in particular, a commitment to join Juan Miguel at a neutral site for a transition period during the appeals process. But the terms of custody were left vague, and the process soon bogged down and stayed that...
...hold their heads up forever in Little Havana. How else to explain, they ask, the family's curious refusal to travel to Washington for the week-long cooling-off period? All night long, the family said it didn't want to fly; it preferred to drive. When Podhurst told Reno, at 4 a.m. on Saturday, that he couldn't get the family to make up its mind about leaving town, Reno called it a "deal breaker." As it turned out, what it took to get the family on a plane to Washington was Elian's going there first...