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A Colombian reporter is denied a US visa
posted on July 16, 2010
Crusading journalist Hollman Morris has risked his life investigating atrocities by both right wing and left wing gunmen in his native Colombia, so why doesn't the US government want him to come to Harvard? Citing the terrorism clause of the USA PATRIOT Act, the US State Department has denied Morris a visa to come to Cambridge for a prestigious Nieman Journalism Fellowship. But Morris' supporters say the denial has more to do with Colombian President Alvaro Uribe's support for the US drug war than Uribe's allegations that Morris is sympathetic to left-wing guerillas.
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I'm intrigued by Joe's comment:
"There is no more out of touch bureacracy than the State Department. They're going to interpret things literally, they're going to make decisions based on regulations, they're career diplomats . . ."
Sincerely curious what about them is so "out of touch", particularly with regard to terrorism. Seems to me that state department employees around the world are on the front lines of terrorism and often the targets of it.
I'd remind Joe that al Queda was blowing up our embassies and killing our diplomats long before 9/11. Three people connected to a U.S. Consulate in Mexico were murdered only last March.
Setting aside the propriety of allowing this journalist in, I find Joe's dismissal of the often brave and selfless people that represent America overseas abhorent, yet sadly, typical.
Thanks for bringing attention to this story. Please note that the headline should read "Colombian" reporter.