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Politics : About that Cuban boy, Elian -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lane3 who wrote (6354)	5/26/2000 9:37:00 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9127

There's a follow-up story about Marisleysis in today's Herald. May 26, 2000, in the Miami Herald A relaxed Marisleysis moving on After raid, cousin `holding up well' BY MEG LAUGHLIN mlaughlin@herald.com Marisleysis Gonzalez's hair is heavily blond-streaked. She is tan, slimmer than ever. She has a full set of braces on her teeth, rather than the retainer she wore for many public appearances. And despite what she wants, she realizes she has no control over what happens to Elian, her friends say. ``She has developed a healthier attitude,'' says Roxana Revello, her former cosmetology teacher from Miami High School, who has remained close to the young woman. ``Before, she thought she had to keep him here. Now, she says that whatever happens is up to God and is for the best.'' About a month ago, Gonzalez quit her job as an assistant loan processor at Ocean Bank on Le Jeune Road to rest before pursuing a career as a hair stylist. In January, she passed two of the three state tests required to do this. In a few months, according to Revello, she should be hard at it. The 21-year-old Gonzalez has moved from the much-publicized family home in Little Havana (where Elian was forcibly removed by federal agents April 22) to a pink deco home in Silver Bluff, between Coral Way and Southwest 12th Avenue. ``Just relaxing here with friends,'' she said outside the home on Thursday. ``I am holding up well.'' ``This stress-free time has helped her,'' says her friend, Yassiel Veciana. But as recently as two weeks ago, she was still turning up in 911 emergency medical calls. Records of the calls show that Gonzalez continues to be afflicted by anxiety attacks and illness -- the latest incident just two weeks ago. On May 4, Gonzalez fainted in a LeJeune Road movie lobby, and a bystander called 911. ``It is Marisleysis,'' said the anonymous caller on the 911 tape. ``She was nervous. Someone made a bad impression on her. She passed out.'' Veciana was with her for one of three emergency runs to a hospital in April. At the time, Gonzalez, ill with problems related to the colitis she has had for several years, spent four days in Mercy Hospital. (Colitis, lesions in the colon, is believed to be stress-related.) ``Marisleysis is such a sensitive person. She has always worn her heart on her sleeve,'' Revello said. ``Those of us who know her worry about her because we know how fragile she is -- how susceptible to sudden heartache.'' The medical emergency two weeks ago was her ninth since Elian's arrival last November. Fire-rescue billing records over several years show that Gonzalez suffers from ``acute emotional anxiety'' and ``panic attacks.'' In the 12 times she has been treated by fire rescue since 1996, she has exhibited a variety of stress-related symptoms: severe intestinal pain, repeated vomiting, fainting, semi-consciousness and shallow breathing. Before Gonzalez graduated from Miami High in 1997, she repeatedly applied to be a teacher's aide in a Miami elementary school when she graduated. But despite glowing recommendations from several teachers, she was not hired by the public school system because her grades were below average and she had been forced out of the local community college for repeatedly dropping classes. ``Academics are not her thing, but she is wonderful with small children,'' says a former teacher who asked not to be named. After high school, Gonzalez left a part-time job as a receptionist at Pep Boys in Little Havana and became a shampoo girl at a Coral Way hair salon. Then in 1999, she joined Ocean Bank, and now plans to begin a new career. ``You have to wish her success,'' Revello said. ``Whether you agree with what she wants for Elian or not, you should know that she always has good intentions.''

To: Lane3 who wrote (6354)	5/26/2000 10:04:00 AM
From: jhild	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9127

In the spirit of your topic for today let me offer this from the US Information Agency: AMENDMENT 4, The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. This measure does not forbid legal authorities to search, to seize goods or to arrest people. It simply requires that in most cases the authorities obtain a search or arrest warrant from a judge by showing the need for it. The Supreme Court has held that evidence obtained in violation of the Fourth Amendment may not be admitted in evidence in a criminal trial. http://usinfo.state.gov/topical/rights/structur/explan.htm The link is actually a pretty good one as it offers a plain English discussion of the various articles and amendments to the Constitution.

To: Lane3 who wrote (6354)	5/27/2000 12:02:00 AM
From: greenspirit	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9127

Karen, interesting tid-bit... Janet Reno Evades Service Of Process In Elian Case judicialwatch.org 18 U.S.C. Section 1501 Implicates Obstruction Of Justice (Washington, DC) Yesterday, Judicial Watch attorneys for Donato Dalrymple, and innocent bystanders, plaintiffs in the lawsuit brought against Attorney General Janet Reno, Deputy Attorney General Eric Holder, and INS Commissioner Doris Meissner, attempted service of process on Attorney General Reno prior to her scheduled speech before members of The Florida Bar in Bal Harbour, Florida. It was Judicial Watch's intent to serve Ms. Reno without fanfare as she entered the Sheraton Hotel, and a process server was there simply to present the Court papers to her. Despite this, service of process was obstructed by the Miami and Bal Harbour police on the scene, who told Judicial Watch's process server that Reno's FBI detail would not permit service of process. The process server then informed the police chief that this was a violation of law under 18 U.S.C. Section 1501, since it is unlawful to impede or obstruct service of process. Nevertheless, the police chief persisted on following the instructions of Reno's FBI detail. 18 U.S.C. Section 1501 provides: Whoever knowingly and willfully obstructs, resists, or opposes any officer of the United States, or other person duly authorized, in serving, or attempting to serve or execute, any legal or judicial writ or process of any court of the United States, or United States commissioner; or Whoever assaults, beats, or wounds any officer or other person duly authorized, knowing him to be such officer, or other person so duly authorized, in serving or executing any such writ, rule, order, process, warrant, or other legal or judicial writ of process ? Shall, except as otherwise provided by law, be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. "It is incredible that the Attorney General of the United States would effectively run from an authorized process server trying to serve her with a complaint over her violation of the civil rights of Donato Dalrymple and innocent bystanders during the raid of Elian Gonzalez' Miami family's home on April 22, 2000," stated Judicial Watch Chairman and General Counsel Larry Klayman. "Ms. Reno, you can run, but you cannot hide from the truth or from the law. In your own words, we will follow the evidence wherever it leads, and it leads directly to you," added Klayman.