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Monday, July 26, 2004 at 07:03PM
U.S. Treasury Department investigators are in Haiti
scouring bank and other records for evidence of corruption by ousted
President Jean-Bertrand Aristide and his government, a top department
official said Thursday. The investigation, conducted in coordination
with Haiti's interim government and also the U.S. departments of State
and Justice, was launched three months ago and also includes a review
of bank accounts outside the Caribbean nation. Aristide's Miami
attorney, said, 'This is further evidence of the the Bush
administration's involvement in the coup against Aristide. Why else
would they be spending taxpayers' money to send investigators to Haiti
to uncover what they claim is pilfering . . . when they refused to take
any action for three years to help the Haitian people or the Haitian
government?'' Aristide has accused the United States of forcing his
departure and unfairly halting aid during his tenure. The Bush
administration has denied the allegations. [more]