Michael Moore accuses US government of harassment

0 Comments | AFP, June, 2007

NEW YORK (AFP) — Firebrand director Michael Moore on Monday accused the US government of harassment over an investigation into a trip he made to Cuba earlier this year for his latest film.

The US Treasury is probing whether Moore broke a 45-year-old US trade embargo on Cuba by taking a group of rescue workers from the September 11, 2001 attacks to the island for medical treatment during filming of "Sicko."

"This is a form of harassment," Moore said, adding: "We are going to fight this and we are going to be very aggressive to find who is behind this."

In a letter to the US Treasury on Monday, Moore's lawyer David Boies said his client had been unfairly discriminated against and demanded an explanation.

"I am concerned that Mr Moore has been selected...

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