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Its first big test came from an unlikely source: a 6-year-old Cuban boy. Elian Gonzalez became the focal point in a dispute pitting the values of freedom against those of family.
The question: Should he stay in the U.S. with relatives, his mother having perished in their escape from Cuba, or should he be returned to his father and Fidel Castro's socialist "paradise"?
We argued that, in this case, freedom took precedence. Elian's father's longin
g for his son came only after Castro ordered it. But President Clinton's Justice Department saw it differently.
Eager for rapprochement with the Caribbean communist, Clinton and his loyal lieutenant Janet Reno manipulated the law in every way imaginable to achieve their goal. And Elian was caught in the middle.
Finally, the Justice Department shopped for a local Miami judge who was willingto give them a piece of paper "authorizing" their predawn abduction of the little boy.
Far from validating the rule of law, this saga showed how a lack of clear rules- or, put another way, too much discretion - can lead to the abuse of freedom.
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