From: "Richard Hong" 

>> If the Justice Department felt that Elian was being held illegally, then
the reasonable cause necessary to obtain a warrant to enter the house and
take him certainly existed.

John,

But a court order was already in place.  The raid was to stop what amounts
to a crime in progress.

If you kidnap a child and the police know the child is in your house, they
don't need a warrant to enter and retrieve the child.

Rich

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