Sicko! Moore Charged for Cuba Segment
by C. L. Cook
 Michael Moore announced to Jay Leno's Tonight Show audience Thursday he has been served with a subpoena concerning the trip he and several New York City 9/11 responders took to Cuba during the filming of his latest documentary release, 'Sicko.'
In the film, Moore dissects the American "health care" system, making a strong argument for a single-payer, government run system similar to Canada's to cover the needs of millions of Americans who cannot afford to see a doctor.
A particularly poignant segment sees Moore comparing the medical
attention made available to prisoners of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, those
ostensibly deemed responsible for the 9/11 attacks, to the experience
of ailing New Yorkers who responded to the disaster of that date,
working at "ground zero," and subsequently sickened due to atmospheric
pollutants released from the pulverized twin towers.
Many of those
workers, suffering various serious illnesses due to their exposure,
cannot afford the drugs and expensive treatments that could alleviate
their symptoms.
Moore told the audience he had just received word of the subpoena as he waited in the Tonight Show wings, saying;
"I haven't even told my own family yet. I was
just informed when I was back there with Jay that the Bush
administration has now issued a subpoena for me."
It
is illegal for American citizens to travel without express U.S.
government permission to Cuba, either directly, or via third countries.
The ban is one facet of the American near fifty year embargo against
the Caribbean island nation.
Michael Moore also noted; a portion
of the profits of 'Sicko' will be donated toward paying medical
needs of the workers featured and others made sick because of their
exposure to the chemical cocktail released over Manhattan on September
11th, 2001.
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