Agents readied in case 'legal window' opened

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/content/news/epaper/2005/03/26/a6a_fdle_0326.html


Saturday, March 26, 2005

TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Jeb Bush on Wednesday asked Florida Department of Law Enforcement agents in Clearwater to stand ready to seize Terri Schiavo should a "legal window of opportunity come," an FDLE spokesman said Friday.

An attorney for Michael Schiavo said his legal team was informed that officials from FDLE and the Department of Children and Families were en route to take the brain-damaged woman from her Pinellas Park hospice to Morton Plant Hospital Wednesday, so they went to Pinellas Circuit Judge George Greer, who ordered the state officials to stay away.

Bush spokeswoman Alia Faraj denied Friday that Bush ever intended to act without judicial approval.

"There was no plan," she said. "We were working through the legal process. We were hopeful that the new information would raise enough doubt to give her another opportunity."
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