Cuban Travel = Moore Trouble

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Michael Moore Investigated Over Cuba Trip

The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control is conducting a civil investigation because of a trip he took to the Caribbean island with a group of September 11th rescue workers.

Michael Moore is being investigated by the U.S. Treasury after he allegedly broke a trade embargo with Cuba by traveling to the Caribbean island with a group of September 11th rescue workers.

The stunt was part of the Oscar winner's latest documentary 'Sicko,' a critique of the healthcare industry in America. He supposedly traveled with the 10 rescue workers, who became sick from their efforts after the terrorist attacks on New York's World Trade Center, in order to seek treatment for them.

Moore this week received a letter from The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control, notifying him that it was conducting a civil investigation for possible violations of the trade embargo restricting travel to Cuba.

It reads, "This office has no record that a specific license was issued authorizing you to engage in travel-related transactions involving Cuba."

Moore has reportedly arranged for the film to be held in a "safe house" outside the U.S. to protect it from government interference - before its planned premiere at the Cannes Film Festival on May 19.

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