April 20, 2000
Justice adviser on
Gonzalez case has long
ties to Clinton
By Jerry Seper
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
A New York doctor who advised the Justice
Department that Elian Gonzalez was in "imminent
danger" at the home of his Miami relatives is a
longtime associate of President Clinton who served
on first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton's secret health
care task force.
Dr. Irwin Redlener, president of community
pediatrics at Children's Hospital at Montefiore in
New York, also headed a group of prominent
physicians who endorsed Mr. Clinton's 1992
campaign.
Dr. Redlener, president of the Children's Health
Fund, is the second longtime Clinton supporter and
adviser to surface as a key player in the Elian
Gonzalez saga. Gregory Craig, one of Washington's
highest-paid lawyers and a prime defender of Mr.
Clinton's in the impeachment trial, represents Elian's
father, Juan Miguel Gonzalez.
On Monday, Dr. Redlener said in a letter to
Attorney General Janet Reno that Elian was in a
"state of imminent danger to his physical and
emotional well-being" in a home he considered to be
"psychologically abusive."
He said there was "no justification" for leaving the
boy at the Miami home, saying he continued "to be
horrendously exploited in this bizarre and destructive
ambiance. It has gone on far too long."
"It appears the government could have done a
better job at picking a consultant for this case based
on Dr. Redlener's political connections," said former
U.S. Attorney Joseph diGenova. "I believe he is a
poor choice and I question the government's
judgment in naming him."
Republican National Committee Chairman Jim
Nicholson called on Vice President Al Gore to
repudiate Dr. Redlener, who he said was "neither a
psychiatrist nor a psychologist and who has never
examined the young Cuban refugee."
"Al Gore says he understands that Bill Clinton and
Janet Reno are wrong on this issue," Mr. Nicholson
said. "He says he understands that a family court . . .
should decide what is best for Elian."
Dr. Redlener was not at his office yesterday and
was unavailable for comment.
As a member of the first lady's health care task
force, the doctor served as the vice chairman of the
Health Professionals Review Group. Two years later,
after the proposal failed, he was among several
health care and White House officials who met to
discuss why the program was rejected and how a
pared-back proposal might be promoted the
following year.
The president's Health Security Act failed to win
congressional approval in part because of concerns
over the secrecy the White House used in developing
the 1,400-page package.
In 1997, a federal judge said the White House
and lawyers defending the first lady had lied in an
effort to keep the task force and its papers secret.
U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth also accused
administration officials at "the highest levels of
government" of engaging in a "cover-up" and
pressuring the Justice Department to defend its
"dishonest" actions.
In recent months, Dr. Redlener has met with the
first lady concerning her run for the U.S. Senate in
New York. He also has been publicly critical of New
York Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, chastising him for
withdrawing the city's money from a
multimillion-dollar asthma education and treatment
initiative in the Bronx � a $2.3 million program
endorsed by the first lady.
Dr. Redlener's ties to the Clintons go back
several years.
In 1992, he organized a group of prominent
medical professionals who endorsed Mr. Clinton's
presidential campaign and promoted his health care
package. At the time, he said the group, known as
the National Health Care Leadership
Council/Clinton-Gore '92, sought to change the way
health care was financed and delivered.
The group of 40 physicians spoke publicly in
support of the package in an effort to show it had
credibility in the medical community and to raise
money for Mr. Clinton from among their colleagues.
In his report this week to Miss Reno and U.S.
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Commissioner Doris M. Meissner, Dr. Redlener said
the government should return Elian to his father "as
quickly as possible" and then ask the Miami relatives
to meet to discuss a peaceful reunification.
He was hired by the Justice Department to
provide "strategic guidance" regarding the Gonzalez
case, including the selection of the mental health
professional team that evaluated the situation.
The team met with the father and the Miami
relatives, but not with Elian since its assignment was
to evaluate not whether the transfer was going to
occur, but how it could take place in the least
traumatic manner.
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