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I'm not so sure, I think it's at least possible this was a setup.

FL Congreeman Porter Goss (R) is pushing for an official inquery in this matter. Among the questions he wants answered are the following:

(1) Why were TV cameras already onshore waiting for this boat?

(2) Why were the people dressed up in their Sunday best? (For the tv cameras?) As this is usually not how boat people dress for a bharrowing journey.

I can only tell you this: (1) there have been MANY boat landings in recent times in FL, and NONE garner much publicitiy because it is a fairly common occurence; and (2) I happened to be watching CNN at the time and I was shocked at the amount of airtime they gave this story, and then shocked again at how quickly other networks picked up on this story giving it legs, and then, how fast Gov Bush is in the midst of it with McMumble suddenly writing a letter to GW demanding x,y and z. I repeat: Boat people from Haiti to FL is NOT uncommon, yet, why this particular boat load of people received such an enormous amount of airtime is itself VERY odd, IMO.

Goss demands investigation into Haitian refugees' landing near Miami