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

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date Feb. 14, 1997
Report No. NSIAD-97-87
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Summary:

In March 1995, a prominent attorney and critic of the Haitian government--Mrs. Mireille Durocher Bertin--was assassinated. This report discusses how the U.S. government handled the allegations it received about a plot to kill her. GAO answers the following questions: Who decided that the government of Haiti was responsible for warning Mrs. Bertin of the assassination plot? Were other approaches to handling the assassination plot allegations considered? What information was available to U.S. decisionmakers on the involvement of Haitian officials in political violence? Was Mrs. Bertin warned of the assassination plot? Did the Haitian government investigate the assassination plot allegations? Are there any U.S. laws or regulations on notifying targets of assassination plots? Since Mrs. Bertin's death, has the United States warned any persons in Haiti of threats against their lives?

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