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To: Zoltan! who wrote (12994)	5/15/2002 9:40:21 AM
From: E	Respond to of 21057

Z, are you sitting down? All presidents cozy up to dictators when it's in the national interest. (I'm sorry to have been the one to bring you this shocker....) In fact, didn't Carter do it less than most? I admit to not having paid close attention to this trip, but I have the impression that Carter was asked if he'd found any biowar installations and said no because he hadn't. And he said that the CIA guy who briefed him before he left had said there was no evidence there were any there. And that Castro said Carter could bring any experts he wanted along and go anyplace in the country they were interested in checking out. Former President Jimmy Carter, in an address to the Cuban people broadcast live on television across the nation, called on President Fidel Castro tonight to allow a referendum to bring broad reforms in political rights and castigated the socialist system for denying basic freedoms. "Cuba has adopted a socialist government where one political party dominates, and people are not permitted to organize any opposition movements," Mr. Carter said. Noting that Cuba's Constitution allows freedom of speech and association, he said "other laws deny these freedoms to those who disagree with the government." He referred directly to a petition signed by more than 11,000 Cubans that was presented last Friday to the National Assembly, calling for a national referendum to bring civil rights and an amnesty for political prisoners. That's a good thing. Doesn't he get any credit? Lots of rock-ribbed conservative congressdudes support a lifting of the embargo, I believe. nytimes.com