Reply #3: This just doesn't add up, does it? Same thing from the US to Colombian journalist Hollman Morris:

[Judi Lynn]

Colombian journalist denied visa for Harvard fellowship
July 11, 2010 | 10:39 pm

A prominent and controversial Colombian journalist has been denied a visa to enter the U.S. to participate in a prestigious fellowship at Harvard University. The U.S. Embassy ruled journalist Hollman Morris ineligible to enter the United States under the "Terrorist Activities" section of the USA Patriot Act, reports the Associated Press.

Morris is known for his reports on human rights abuses by right-wing paramilitary groups in Colombia, at the independent news outlet Contravia, but has been accused of allegiance to the FARC guerrilla group by Colombia's president. Morris had been awarded the Nieman Fellowship, a mid-career program at Harvard for experienced reporters from around the world, for his work investigating little-known abuses at the hands of far-right armed groups who fight the FARC in Colombia's isolated rural regions.

Reports in Colombia have tied paramilitaries to relatives of outgoing President Alvaro Uribe, coining a new term for such relationships, "parapolitics." Far-right paramilitary groups in Colombia are believed to be responsible for as many as 20,000 deaths or disappearances, according to some reports.

Uribe, a strong U.S. ally, has singled out Morris for criticism, the AP says: "On Feb. 3, 2009, Uribe called Morris 'an accomplice of terrorism' posing as a journalist after Morris showed up with FARC rebels to cover the insurgents' liberation of four Colombian security force members."

More:
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/laplaza/2010/07/colombi...

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Morris's situation got so much pressure from the public the State Department here finally caved and allowed the man to go to ####### Harvard, in the end. If it hadn't been for so much public outrage nothing would have happened, we can be completely sure.

This horrendous kind of behavior from the two governments is so damned unexpected, isn't it? You'd think they'd try to be a little more covert about it. They must believe there's little any one can do but crab about it.

Reading your link, was surprised to learn she had discovered the Colombian government had tried to prevent investigation into the assassination of Jaime Garzón, a tremendous, talented political comedian. These guys are deadly, Claudia Julieta Duque has been living with a target on her back. (Morris Hollman has had to have body guards and a bulletproof car to take his children to school in Colombia, already.)

Here is Jaime Garzón's Wikipedia, (the guy whose assassination she investigated):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaime_Garz%C3%B3n



Jaime Garzón
If you hear more on Claudia Duque, please let us know, dipsydoodle. Thanks.