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</td></tr></tbody></table>[FONT=Verdana,Sans-serif] LOS ANGELES (AP) - Academy Award-winning filmmaker Michael Moore is under investigation by the U.S. Treasury Department for taking ailing Sept. 11 rescue workers to Cuba for a segment in his upcoming health-care documentary "Sicko," The Associated Press has learned.

The investigation provides another contentious lead-in for a provocative film by Moore, a fierce critic of President Bush. In the past, Moore's adversaries have fanned publicity that helped the filmmaker create a new brand of opinionated blockbuster documentary.

"Sicko" promises to take the health-care industry to task the way Moore confronted America's passion for guns in "Bowling for Columbine" and skewered Bush over his handling of Sept. 11 in "Fahrenheit 9/11."

The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control notified Moore in a letter dated May 2 that it was conducting a civil investigation for possible violations of the U.S. trade embargo restricting travel to Cuba. A copy of the letter was obtained Tuesday by the AP.

"This office has no record that a specific license was issued authorizing you to engage in travel-related transactions involving Cuba," Dale Thompson, OFAC chief of general investigations and field operations, wrote in the letter to Moore.
In February, Moore took about 10 ailing workers from the Ground Zero rescue effort in Manhattan for treatment in Cuba, said a person working with the filmmaker on the release of "Sicko." The person requested anonymity because Moore's attorneys had not yet determined how to respond.
Moore, who scolded Bush over the Iraq war during the 2003 Oscar telecast, received the letter Monday, the person said. "Sicko" premieres May 19 at the Cannes Film Festival and debuts in U.S. theaters June 29.

Moore declined to comment, said spokeswoman Lisa Cohen.

After receiving the letter, Moore arranged to place a copy of the film in a "safe house" outside the country to protect it from government interference, said the person working on the release of the film.

Treasury officials declined to answer questions about the letter. "We don't comment on enforcement actions," said department spokeswoman Molly Millerwise.

The letter noted that Moore applied Oct. 12, 2006, for permission to go to Cuba "but no determination had been made by OFAC." Moore sought permission to travel there under a provision for full-time journalists, the letter said.

According to the letter, Moore was given 20 business days to provide OFAC with such information as the date of travel and point of departure; the reason for the Cuba trip and his itinerary there; and the names and addresses of those who accompanied him, along with their reasons for going.

Potential penalties for violating the embargo were not indicated. In 2003, the New York Yankees paid the government $75,000 to settle a dispute that it conducted business in Cuba in violation of the embargo. No specifics were released about that case.

"Sicko" is Moore's followup to 2004's "Fahrenheit 9/11," a $100 million hit criticizing the Bush administration over Sept. 11. Moore's "Bowling for Columbine" won the 2002 Oscar for best documentary.

A dissection of the U.S. health-care system, "Sicko" was inspired by a segment on Moore's TV show "The Awful Truth," in which he staged a mock funeral outside a health-maintenance organization that had declined a pancreas transplant for a diabetic man. The HMO later relented.

At last September's Toronto International Film Festival, Moore previewed footage shot for "Sicko," presenting stories of personal health-care nightmares. One scene showed a woman who was denied payment for an ambulance ride after a head-on collision because it was not preapproved.

Moore's opponents have accused him of distorting the facts, and his Cuba trip provoked criticism from conservatives including former Republican Sen. Fred Thompson, who assailed the filmmaker in a blog at National Review Online.

"I have no expectation that Moore is going to tell the truth about Cuba or health care," wrote Thompson, the subject of speculation about a possible presidential run. "I defend his right to do what he does, but Moore's talent for clever falsehoods has been too well documented."

The timing of the investigation is reminiscent of the firestorm that preceded the Cannes debut of "Fahrenheit 9/11," which won the festival's top prize in 2004. The Walt Disney Co. refused to let subsidiary Miramax release the film because of its political content, prompting Miramax bosses Harvey and Bob Weinstein to release "Fahrenheit 9/11" on their own.

The Weinsteins later left Miramax to form the Weinstein Co., which is releasing "Sicko." They declined to comment on the Treasury investigation, said company spokeswoman Sarah Levinson Rothman.


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I think the govt shuld make a lah against realy realy fat people, cause they smel and are obnotious. The govt should improsin Rosie and Michael Moore because they are dangar to socitey and all the gooder people can live in peace. This is what I think about this here issue!

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You know Joe.
You righties are the stoopidest people on the planet.

Hey Joe, why don't you go ahead and arrest him, throw him in jail and make him a huge fucking martyr for the left as well as generating massive amounts of free publicity for his next film release.


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Righties---->As dumb as a bag of rocks.<------Righties
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Hey Joe!

Here's to YET ANOTHER $100 million dollar grossing Michael Moore release.

:toast: :toast: :party:

Michael sez he couldn't have done it without the nationwide publicity generated by stoopid right wing people....like you Joe.

Cheers !



$ $ $ $

...we're in the money...tra la la-la laaaa....
 

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Moore is an idiot, eek. What he does is the equivalent of someone bragging about tax evasion. Sooner or later that type of stoopidity catches up with you.

Moore btw is also a hypocrite because his money is invested in many of these 'evil' industries he exposes in his crackumentaries.

Anyway, some of us never quite got over F-911....so as far as I'm concerned, he had it comin'. :thumbsup:
 

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well, apparently you've never heard of the documentary america freedom to fascism because in that it showcases many ex irs agents that haven't paid their income tax since 1998, went to court, and won because there is not an actual law that states americans are required to pay an income tax.
 

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Why do we still have a trade embargo with Cuba anyway?

Because they're dirty commies. I bet there is more than $10,000,000 sent by Floridians to Cuba every year.

Shame, shame Michael Moore... you visited one of the most beautiful islands in the world.
 

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Nothing says "land of the free" in a country which

- can't secure it's borders
- can't inspect incoming port containers
- can't keep track of expired visas (we'll rely on video store clerks)

Nope..nothing says land of the free like using the resources to go after someone who brought sick 911 workers over to Cuba to get medical attention. (And yes, I'm not so blind as to know his intentions were not JUST to get them medical attention)

We have more agents monitoring how much money is sent to Cuba by private individuals than we do investigating how Al-Qaida gets donations filtered to it.

That should tell you enough right there.
 

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Why do we still have a trade embargo with Cuba anyway?

Well it cant be because Cuba has a Communist Government.
Communist China is Americas third largest trading partner.

...so only one reason remains.
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He's got himself a new buddy now too.

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We have more agents monitoring how much money is sent to Cuba by private individuals than we do investigating how Al-Qaida gets donations filtered to it.

Al-Qaida are either...

A) Being blown up in Iraq and other parts of the ME by the greatest military in the history of man -- something our police officers, firefighters and paramedics clearly aren't equipped to do.

B) Locked up at Gitmo.

C) Being kept and 'interrogated' at undisclosed locations around the world.

Quit your whining. For all the 'mishaps' and learning curves in this new post-9/11 world, the leaders elected to protect you have done just that.

How does ktv measure success or failure in the WOT? Answer: Whatever that skank Maureen Dowd whispers in his ear.
 

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How does ktv measure success or failure in the WOT? Answer: Whatever that skank Maureen Dowd whispers in his ear.

Says the coward who gets his marching orders from Ann Coulter.

something our police officers, firefighters and paramedics clearly aren't equipped to do.

Our Annie? You're officially an American now?



I'm still in shock that Annie chimed in on a thread (Boozer) which had sports being mentioned. Who helped you decipher the acronyms like.....NBA?
 

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I'm still in shock that Annie chimed in on a thread (Boozer) which had sports being mentioned. Who helped you decipher the acronyms like.....NBA?

joe wouldnt know carlos from emerson
 

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I'm still in shock that Annie chimed in on a thread (Boozer) which had sports being mentioned. Who helped you decipher the acronyms like.....NBA?

joe wouldnt know carlos from emerson

Ironically he gets his hair cut from a guy named Vince though.
 

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First, i hate michael moore more than anyone. He is a shill working for the elite whose goal to to devide the left and right, when the two parties have coincided, and all the major canidates are bought and paid for by the same corporations. There is no difference between left and right folks, the major canidates/elite of the world even attend bilderberg meetings to discuss their agenda. STOP BUYING THE BULLSHIT!

That being said, this just shows what kind of country you live in. The United States has turned into a huge joke. Cuba isn't great, However, in terms of indiviual freedom and liberty, I hate to say it, it has slowing surprassing the United States. Land of the enslaved, home of the cowardly.
 

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