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Haiti: U.S. Response to Allegations of an Assassination Plot

NSIAD-97-87 Published: Feb 14, 1997. Publicly Released: Feb 14, 1997.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information regarding how the U.S. government handled the allegations it received regarding a plot to assassinate a prominent Haitian attorney and critic of President Jean-Bertand Aristide and the government of Haiti, focusing on: (1) who decided that the government of Haiti was responsible for warning Mrs. Mireille Durocher Bertin of the assassination plot; (2) whether other approaches to handling the assassination plot allegations were considered; (3) what information was available to U.S. decisionmakers on the involvement of Haitian officials in political violence; (4) whether Mrs. Bertin was warned of the assassination plot; (5) whether the Haitian government investigated the assassination plot allegations; (6) whether there are U.S. laws, regulations, or guidelines governing the notification of targets of assassination plots; and (7) whether the United States has warned any individuals in Haiti of threats against their lives since Mrs. Bertin was assassinated.

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