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2007.07.27

Michael Moore Subpoenaed by Bush Administration

Picphoto072707moore The Justice Department has issued a federal subpoena to Michael Moore for filming part of his health care movie "SICKO" on Cuban soil.  Moore revealed this during his Thursday appearance on the Tonight Show:

  Michael Thursday said the Bush administration  has served him with a subpoena regarding his trip to Cuba during the making of his new film, "Sicko."

The Oscar-winning filmmaker, who appeared Thursday on NBC's "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno ," said he was notified about the subpoena at the network's studios in Burbank, Calif.

"I haven't even told my own family yet," Moore said. "I wasjust informed when I was back there with Jay that the Bushadministration has now issued a subpoena for me."

The letter to Moore claims he was in violation of the embargo:

In a letter to Moore from a seniorofficial, apparently one of the famed “loyal Bushies,” the TreasuryDepartment’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (Ofac) informed Moorethat it was investigating him for possible violation of the embargo.“This office has no record that a specific license was issuedauthorizing you to engage in travel-relatedtransactions involving Cuba,” wrote Dale Thompson, the office’s chiefof general investigations. “Ofac enforcement is conducting a civilinvestigation for possible unlicensed transactions under theregulations surrounding your trip to Cuba.”

Honestly, are they really going to subpoena all those 9/11 rescue workers?  Or are they just going to target Moore, a White House political opponent?

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