Michael Moore Writes Open Letter To U.S. Treasury.

14-05-2007 22:01

Michael Moore Writes Open Letter To U.S. Treasury.Filmmaker MICHAEL MOORE has called on the U.S. Treasury to abandon its investigation into allegations he broke a trade embargo with Cuba by travelling to the Caribbean island with a group of September 11th rescue workers.The stunt was part of the Oscar winner's latest documentary Sicko, a critique of the health-care industry in America. He supposedly travelled with the 10 rescue workers, made ill from their efforts after the terrorist attacks on New York's World Trade Center, in a bid to seek treatment for them. Last week (ends11May07), Moore received a letter from The Treasury Department's Office Of Foreign Assets Control, notifying him that it was conducting a civil investigation for possible violations of the trade embargo restricting travel to Cuba.Moore has now written a letter to Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, in which he accuses U.S. President George W. Bush's administration of investigating him for political reasons.Moore, who has posted his letter online, writes: "For five and a half years, the Bush administration has ignored and neglected the heroes of the 9/11 community. These heroic first responders have been left to fend for themselves, without coverage and without care."I understand why the Bush administration is coming after me - I have tried to help the very people they refuse to help, but until George W. Bush outlaws helping your fellow man, I have broken no laws and I have nothing to hide."