The conclusion [was] that this was a very deteriorating situation, ... Janet Reno has bent over backward to give us all the information. I don't know how much more an investigation could turn up.

She went over the rationale for the decision that this was a deteriorating situation that was getting worse,

What Janet Reno has to consider is, 'Do I go through this long process with the odds against getting the death penalty, or do I end it here?'

extremely concerned about the rapidly deteriorating situation.

We have immediately sent a letter to Attorney General Janet Reno and to the White House, requesting that the attorney general review and reverse this decision; that the attorney general review the process under which it was determined; and that the attorney general and the White House assure Elian Gonzalez of due process of law.

We've bent over backward to reach out. We've gone door-to-door to all of the 25,000 hotel rooms no fewer than six times. And there are individuals who have refused to come to the door, refused to answer. There are people who have run when they saw us coming -- those are the ones that are now moving on.