And Greg Craig, recently lawyer for Castro -- I mean Elian's father -- was highly involved in the anti-Contra legislation and support for the Sandinistas as Ted Kennedy's senior forign policy aide.
Craig is part of the Kerry campaign today and we do not need him in the State Department, perhaps even as Secretary of State.
The Cubans in Florida would really like to know this information, IMO, since he helped send Elian back to Castro.
Greg Craig, senior adviser to the Kerry campaign
Williams & Connolly
Gregory B. Craig Partner
In 1990, Mr. Craig represented Senator Edward M. Kennedy as a witness in the trial of his nephew, William Kennedy Smith, in Palm Beach, Florida. In 1983 to 1984, working with Edward Bennett Williams, Mr. Craig represented a prominent businessman who was charged with tax evasion in federal court in Miami. In 1981 to 1982, working with Vince Fuller, Mr. Craig represented John Hinckley who was charged with attempted assassination of President Reagan. In 1978 to 1980, also with Edward Bennett Williams, Mr. Craig represented a prominent businessman charged with bribing a D.C. government official. In 1977, he represented the first FBI agent ever to be indicted, who was accused of illegal wiretapping, breaking and entering and mail opening in connection with the FBI investigation of the Weather Underground. That same year, working with Edward Bennett Williams, Mr. Craig represented former a Director of Central Intelligence, who was under grand jury investigation for perjury in his 1973 testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. In 1975, he represented an individual charged with arson in a six week trial in federal court in Connecticut.
Other Experience: In three stints away from Williams & Connolly LLP,
Mr. Craig has served in government in a variety of capacities:
In September 1998, President Clinton appointed Mr. Craig to be Assistant to the President and Special Counsel in the White House where Mr. Craig served as quarterback of the President’s team that was assembled to defend against impeachment. Mr. Craig was also a member of the President’s trial team in the United States Senate and presented the President’s defense with respect to Count One during that trial.
In 1997, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright appointed Mr. Craig to be one of her senior advisors, and he served the Secretary as her Director of Policy Planning during the years 1997 to1998.
For five years (1984-88), he served as Senator Edward Kennedy’s Senior Advisor on Defense, Foreign Policy and National Security issues.