Elian 'smoking gun' memo known for 2 years

WorldNetDaily.com ^ | Friday, April 19, 2002 | By Sherrie Gossett

[Victoria Delsoul]

The memo specified that Elian's father had made his "own attempts to depart Cuba," and had made two phone calls "from a pay phone in Cuba" to let his family in Miami know that Elian was coming. In addition, "the Cuban government installed what somebody described as a speaker phone" in the father's home in Cuba so that Cuban government agents could coach him on what to say.

The editor called it a "very sorry and dirty affair, a terrible thing. Nobody believed us." The Cuban-American community was talking about all of the things covered in this memo, he said.

Bump.

[Rome2000]

I still believe that the single biggest mistake the Cuban American community made was turning up at the protests with Cuban flags instead of American flags

On day 3 after news of Elian's arrival in the US, I called the CANF and related that very same sentiment.

Unfortunately, either it wasn't possible to control what flag people took to the streets with, or the CANF decided against telling the people to fly a majority of American flags.The only blame to be handed out however, is to the Klinton Administration and it's leftist com-symp cast of misfits, rejects and perverts.

[snopercod]

I haven't heard any apologies from the "Send Elian Back" crowd here on FR, have you? From this thread:

"He is better off with his father. And the United States is better off by not keeping other people's kids against their will."

--#2 Posted on 04/18/2001 17:47:51 PDT by Raymond Hendrix

"I think I'll come take your kid. You don't treat him right. In fact, it looks like you are enslaving him. I want him to be free.

So, I'll just come get him.

I'm sure you'll agree with all those Child Protective Service Decisions that take kids away from parents because some social worker decides the kid shouldn't be with his parent.

Unless there is obvious abuse (which there was not, with Juan Gonzales), a child should be with his parents. Period.

--#21 Posted on 04/18/2001 20:14:14 PDT sinkspur

Raymond, Sinky? What say you now?

[sinkspur]

Nothing. You're just trying to bait.

[mommadooo3]

No, no apologies. And I doubt if there ever will be any. After all, the nightmare is ended, turned out as they wished it to be, and Elian is forever paying the price.

What's the popular mindset??? Oh....it's over and done with, nothing to see, time to move on.

BTW....there were quite a FEW freepers who were anti-freedom/Elian.

Not much consolation in hindsight to find out one's been right all along, eh?

[GiovannaNicoletta]

You have a wonderful attitude and I admire you for it, but I can't help but be pessimistic about the long term damage done to our country by Bill Clinton.

I believe the terrorist attacks on 9/11 were a direct result of Clinton's criminal apathy and neglect of his duty to defend our nation. There is not enough bandwidth to go over every crime and offense against the people of America committed by Bill Clinton and his thugs.

Bill Clinton and Janet Reno stand with blood on their hands for the loss of this little boy and his soul. These people had the chance to rescue this child from a life of slavery and deliberately, either to satisfy their own twisted ideological beliefs or because Castro had something on Clinton or both, coldly handed him back to one of the most venal dictators on the face of the earth.

Yes, we got rid of this criminal enterprise 18 months ago, but the damage they've done will be with us forever. It's really hard for me not to be bitter.

[Goldsters]

I always wondered what the send him back crowd thought had as a limit to a parent's rights. By most of their arguments, CPS had no business removing the child locked in a closet here in Texas.

[McGavin999]

I agree. Those are some of the best people on earth down there, and some of the most loyal Americans. They just didn't realize what would play well in Kansas.

You are right, the Clinton administration has already decided the outcome, but I'm not willing to give up yet on Elian. :o)

[Luis Gonzalez]

For my friend...the "fisherman".

Never forget.

[CounterCounterCulture]

One of Registered's finest...and that's saying a lot!

[Luis Gonzalez]

Two years ago today...

[Victoria Delsoul]

That's beautiful, Luis. Thanks so much!!

[Alamo-Girl]

bump!

[RickyJ]

Judicial Watch chairman and general counsel Larry Klayman believes Castro may have had some knowledge of a Clinton/Gore-China connection that would have proved embarrassing were it revealed.

Castro didn't care a thing about Elian until he was told he was the "Christ child". He was told that if Elian remained in the USA he would be overthrown. He believed this crap, because he his very superstitious.

I don't believe Clinton was blackmailed to turn Elian over, he was probably more than willing to please Castro since he loves communism and the dictatorial powers that come with it.

[MadIvan]

For that incident alone, Bill Clinton and Janet Reno will be engulfed in the fires of Hell. What they did will boomerang back onto them. Of that I am certain. Just how long must we be patient?

Regards, Ivan

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Thank you Luis. God works in mysterious ways.

[MHGinTN]

Elian's enslavement is America's problem ... the sovereign's are too preoccupied with bread and circuses to apply the principles of our founding document, thus a child and his entire family are used by political powermongers to further theirgraft agenda while the people turn aside to their shame. When Elian's Dad gave the finger outside the door after his 'meeting', he turned the back of his hand toward the inside and the palm toward the crowd. Unless I'm so ill informed, that was a clue not not an insult to America. Luis, do Cuban's give the finger differently from we sullen Yanks?

[afraidfortherepublic]

I believed. I still believe. I still remember little Elian in my prayers and hope that he can survive this ordeal without scars.

[afraidfortherepublic]

Can someone post the beautiful picture of Marislysis and Elian in an oval frame with the Bible verse across it? It's one of my favorites.

[afraidfortherepublic]

There has been only one day that I can remember in my nearly sixty-two years of life that I honestly felt ashamed to call myself an American. That was the day Elian Gonzales was returned to the devil's island known as Cuba.

Dittoes. Except there was a second day even more poignant, and that was the day the masked storm troopers bashed into the Gonzalez house and took a frightened child by force.