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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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學院得獎攝製者Moore 是在調查之中由美國財政部為把痛苦的9月11 日急救隊員帶對古巴為段在他即將來臨的醫療保健新聞紀錄片的"Sicko 的邁克爾," 美聯社學會了。調查為一部誘惑影片由Moore, 布希總統的提供其它引起爭論的導入者一位劇烈評論家。從前, Moore 的敵人扇動了幫助攝製者創造固執己見的巨型炸彈documentary 一個新品牌的宣傳。"Sicko" 許諾採取醫療保健產業task 方式Moore 面對的美國的激情為槍在"保齡球為鴿子似" 和用針串起的布希他處理9月11 日在"華氏9/11 。" 國外資產控制財政部的辦公室通知了Moore 在信5月2 日, 它進行一次民用調查為可能的侵害美國商業禁運制約的旅行對古巴。信件的拷貝由AP 星期二獲得了。"這個辦公室沒有紀錄, 一個具體執照被發布了批准您參與與旅行相關的交易介入古巴," 山谷湯普森, OFAC 院長一般調查並且室外操作, 寫在信件給Moore 。在2月, Moore 採取了大約10 名衰弱的工作者從爆心投影搶救努力在曼哈頓為治療在古巴, 說人服務與攝製者在"Sicko 發行。" 人請求了匿名因為Moore 的律師未確定怎麼反應。Moore, 責罵布希在伊拉克戰爭在2003 年期間Oscar 演播, 收到了信星期一, 人說。"Sicko" premieres 5月19 日在戛納電影節和debuts 在美國劇院6月29 日。Moore 拒U 評論, 前述女發言人莉薩・Cohen 。在收到信以後, Moore 被安排安置影片的拷貝在一個"安全房子" 在國家之外保護它免受政府干涉, 認為人從事影片的發行。財務官員拒□回答關於信件的問題。"我們不評論執行行動," Millerwise 說部門女發言人Molly 。信件注意了那Moore 被申請2006 年10月12 日, 使允許去古巴"但決心由OFAC 未做。" Moore 尋找了允許旅行那裡在嚮全時新聞工作者的一個供應, 信件之下說。根據信件, Moore 像旅行日期和出發點被給了20 個工作日提供OFAC 以如此資訊; 古巴旅行和他的日程的原因那裡; 並且那些姓名和地址伴隨他, 與他們的去的原因一起。潛在的懲罰為違犯禁運未被表明。2003 年, 紐約美國人支付政府$75,000 解決爭端, 它做生意在古巴違反禁運。具體未被發布關於那個案件。"Sicko" 是Moore 的followup 對2004's "華氏9/11," $100 百萬被擊中批評布希政府在9月11 日。Moore 的"保齡球為鴿子似" 贏取了2002 年Oscar 為最佳的documentary 。美國衛生保健系統的解剖, "Sicko" 由段_發了在Moore 的電視展示"可怕的真相," 在哪些他演出了假裝葬禮在declined 胰腺移植為一個糖尿病人的健康維護組織之外。HMO 以後變溫和。最後9月的多倫多國際電影節, Moore 預覽了英尺長度被射擊為"Sicko," 提出個人醫療保健惡夢故事。一個場面顯示denied 付款為救護車乘駕在正面衝突以後的婦女因為它不是preapproved 。Moore 的對手指責了他變形事實, 並且他的古巴旅行挑釁了批評從保守性包括前共和黨參議員弗雷德・湯普森, 在網上襲擊攝製者在blog 在全國回顧。"我沒有期望, Moore 講真相關於古巴或醫療保健," 寫了湯普森, 猜想的主題對可能的總統奔跑的。"我保衛他的權利做什麼他做, 但在聰明的虛假上的Moore 的天分太很好被提供了。" 調查的時間是在戛納首演"華氏之前9/11 的回憶火暴, 2004 年" 贏取節日的頂面獎。華特・迪斯尼Co. 拒絕了讓輔助Miramax 發行影片由於它的政治內容, 提示的Miramax 控制Harvey 和鮑伯・Weinstein 發布"華氏9/11" 獨自。Weinsteins 最新左Miramax 形成Weinstein Co., 發布"Sicko 。" 他們拒U 評論財寶調查, 前述公司女發言人薩拉・Levinson Rothman 。

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學院得獎攝製者Moore 是在調查之中由美國財政部為把痛苦的9月11 日急救隊員帶對古巴為段在他即將來臨的醫療保健新聞紀錄片的"Sicko 的邁克爾," 美聯社學會了。調查為一部誘惑影片由Moore, 布希總 ...

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