Michael Moore - Sicko News.... Ground Zero Worker Defends Moore One of the Ground Zero workers who Michael Moore took to Cuba for his latest movie Sicko, has defended the filmmaker, declaring Cuban doctors gave him better medical attention that he received in his native America.Disabled emergency medical technician John Graham spent several months assisting in the huge clean-up operation of lower Manhattan following the September 11th (01) attacks.Like many other Ground Zero workers, Graham, 45, has suffered from a variety of illnesses since his stint and is struggling to afford expensive medical treatment in the U.S.When Moore offered him the chance to seek medical treatment in Communist Cuba, Graham accepted and spent five days in a hospital in the capital Havana.Moore is currently under investigation by The Treasury Department's Office Of Foreign Assets Control for allegedly violating the country's trade embargo with Cuba by travelling to the Caribbean island.Graham tells the New York Daily News, "See the movie, because everyone else is wrong. There were no promises of a cure; there were promises of doctors that are willing to do tests that would cost thousands of dollars in the United States."Graham said not only was he given more effective medicine for his ailments, but he was also diagnosed with digestive problems, of which he had no prior knowledge.Meanwhile in other attacks on Moore movie mogul Harvey Weinstein has confirmed reports he is protecting Michael Moore's latest movie Sicko from U.S. authorities.

The Oscar-winner's latest documentary is an expose on the U.S. health care system and allegedly features a segment where Moore takes a group of former Ground Zero relief workers on a trip to Cuba.

Communist Cuba is under a trade embargo from the U.S. and most Americans are banned from travelling to the Caribbean island.

Moore is currently under investigation by The Treasury Department's Office Of Foreign Assets Control for allegedly violating the country's trade embargo.

Weinstein, whose firm The Weinstein Company is producing Sicko, says the film is being kept out of the US until its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday (19May07).

Sarah Levanson-Rothman, spokeswoman for The Weinstein Co, says, "The film has been placed in a secret location outside the country."

Weinstein says, "We are doing everything in our power to ensure that it premieres in its entirety on Saturday night in Cannes."

Moore has recently written to the Treasury, accusing U.S. President George W.

Bush's administration of investigating him for political reasons.

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