ontroversial documentary filmmaker Michael Moore is no fan of the US government, having lambasted George W. Bush's administration in September 11 and 'War on Terror' film 'Fahrenheit 9/11'. Now his latest film is under investigation and Moore is hitting back.
Last March he visited Cuba, six months after first requesting travel documents, to film a portion of 'SiCKO', his new movie which focuses on the United States' failing health care system. On the trip Moore was accompanied by ten people who had been among the first to arrive on the scene of the 9/11 disaster at the World Trade Center and have suffered respiratory problems since.
The documentary maker was on 2 May sent a Requirement to Furnish Information, which he must comply with or address within 20 days. The Office of Foreign Assets Control, part of the Treasury Department, is investigating whether Moore violated the United States' Cuba embargo. He may be fined if found guilty of violating the broad embargo in place since 1962.
Moore wrote a letter to Henry Paulson, Treasury Secretary, on Friday, claiming that the investigation may have a political basis.
"For five and a half years, the Bush administration has ignored and neglected the heroes of the 9/11 community," wrote Moore in the letter posted on the Daily Kos website.
"These heroic first responders have been left to fend for themselves, without coverage and without care," he added.
"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."
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