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...Cubans into the country and leave 450 Haitians in Guantanamo, I felt like someone had stuck me with a knife," says a 17-year-old boy. "This is a very cruel situation." (U.S. military officials will not allow the children to be quoted by name.) When Attorney General Janet Reno announced the new Cuban policy on May 3, dozens of furious Haitian teens first tried to organize a hunger strike with the younger children, then went on a rampage, pelting soldiers with rocks and setting tents on fire. No one was seriously injured in the melee, but a handful...
Several members of Congress have taken notice. In late April Senator Jesse Helms wrote to Attorney General Janet Reno asking for an investigation into whether Lacey 's team is keeping the Mob out of the Teamsters. Aides from Senator Orrin Hatch's Judiciary Committee are gathering documents and considering hearings. if such an examination indicates Carey is clean, it would finally put to rest the speculation that he is a federal informant along the lines of the late Teamsters leader Jackie Presser...
...count on two freshmen Republicans in Congress for staunch support. Representative Helen Chenoweth of Idaho has publicly noted that "black helicopters" operated by the Federal Government -- a common demonic image in militia lore -- have harassed Idaho citizens. Representative Steve Stockman of Texas sent a concerned letter to Attorney General Janet Reno in March when he heard rumors that the Federal Government was about to raid local militias. "A paramilitary-style attack against Americans who pose no risk to others ... would run the risk of an irreparable breach between the Federal Government and the public," wrote Stockman...
...decision that could herald a new direction for the court, the Justices ruled that the 1990 Gun-Free School Zones Act could not come under the Constitution's interstate commerce clause and was thus an infringement of state power. An angry Clinton gave Attorney General Janet Reno a week to find a legal way around the ruling...
...anti-terrorism package, despite GOP warnings that a controversial FBI promotion could stall it. "It needs to pass and pass now," Clinton said. "Nothing can justify turning this bill into a political football." He was referring to a suggestion made Sunday by House Speaker Newt Gingrich that Attorney General Janet Reno's nomination of Larry Potts as FBI deputy director "will further slow down the terrorist legislation and will mean even greater concern over civil liberties, which I don't think is inappropriate." Potts oversaw the 1993 siege at theBranch Davidian compound in Waco, Tx., and the disastrous 1992 shootout...