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[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

 From Jeb Sprague


Dear Reader's Simidor and Philomé/Dominique (B.O.),
I have attempted below to answer some of your questions and comments
in regards to my articles and research.


(1)   Philomé/Dominique (B.O.):
Your contention that I have only sent you one email is false.  I sent
my first email to B.O. on October 1, 2005.  After a long in-person
discussion with Mario Pierre in Washington D.C. (September 05'), I
called him in early October to clarify his statements.   This second
time, we spoke only briefly.   If anyone wishes me to take the time,
I can provide this phone record and show the sent emails on my server
account.  Prior to sending these emails the Solidarity Center had
mentioned the relationship, that existed between B.O. and itself (See
NED FYI  2006) in a June 2005 interview.

	From: 	  jebsprague@mac.com
	Subject: 	Question for Batay Ouvriye
	Date: 	October 1, 2005 7:05:46 PM PDT
	To: 	  batay@batayouvriye.org

	Hello-
	I have 3 questions for you that I would like answers for:
	1.  What year was Batay Ouvriye founded?
	2.  How long have you been receiving funding from the USAID funded
Solidarity Center (AFLCIO) ?
	3.  How much do you receive from the solidarity center each year?
	Thank you. I appreciate your help.

	Jeb Sprague


	jebsprague@mac.com


(2)   Philomé/Dominique's (B.O.):
In November 2006 (around the same time as B.O. was denying to
supporters it's U.S. government funding) you provided a false name to
the World Social Forum (WSF).  A large number of journalists, human
rights activists, researchers, and others gathered at your scheduled
event at the WSF (Caracas, Venezuela) to hear your presentation.
Dozens of people, including myself, waited for two hours and not a
single B.O. speaker showed up to the scheduled presentation (This
last Sunday @ 8-11:30 AM - Aeropuetro La Carlot).  Luckily the event
was saved when a Haitian, who has been in hiding under persecution
since the events of Feb. 2004, chose to speak out at the event, in
regards to the situation in Haiti and USAID/NED funding (more on this
later).   Is "transparency" defined as portraying yourself at an
international forum under a false name?  Is "transparency"  defined
as the continual denial of a funding source, until the uncovering of
classified NED documents?  I believe most logical people would not
use the term "transparency" to describe these chain of events.


(3)  Simidor:
You write, "Maybe you didn?t get money from presumably dirt poor
Haiti-Progres, but how about money received in connection with Haiti-
Progres?  Or how about the prestigious Washington think-tank that got
you started on that peculiar line of research last summer?"
I have never received any money from Haiti-Progres or anything in
connection with Haiti-Progres.  I have never worked at a think-tank.


(4)  Simidor:
In regards to your question about the pre-2000 "democracy promotion"
funding in Haiti, this is a fascinating topic.  I've read two books
that have covered this topic well.  Paul Farmer and William Robinson
both document the overwhelming support of "democracy promotion"
programs for anti-Lavalas organizations throughout the 1990's.  See
The Uses of Haiti (3rd edition)   by Paul Farmer and Promoting
Polyarchy : Globalization, US Intervention, and Hegemony (Cambridge
Studies in International Relations) by William Robinson.


It should also be mentioned that today the Haitian "left" groups that
are supported by "democratization" programs are those who worked
towards (and some called for) a January 2004 resignation of the
elected government, such as PAPDA, ENFOFANM, CONAP, and SOFA.
Another organization affiliated with PAPDA, NCHR (since renamed
RNDDH) receives $100,000  from the Canadian government every six
months.   Interestingly, two weeks after the coup, PAPDA co-authored
a letter denouncing Jamaica?s hosting of Aristide ?the dictator? and
his family. The letter condemned CARICOM, who had refused to
recognize the de facto government and called for CARICOM to support
the de facto regime, claiming that ?CARICOM should modify the nature
of its commitment in Haiti by supporting the young and fragile
transition process?.  Today these are the "left" groups receiving
support from CIDA and others.


Jeb Sprague
Graduate Student/Freelance Journalist
jebsprague@mac.com