🚀 go-pugleaf

The entire staff should be replaced tomorrow. Columbia is on the verge
of a large civil war in which we will likely be an integral part. Let
us NOT have our weakest hand in Columbia to help prevent this war from
expanding.

email president@whitehouse.gov

From http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-
srv/inatl/daily/aug99/colombia14.htm

U.S. officials are investigating between six and eight embassy
employees and dependents in Colombia to determine whether they used the
mission's postal system to smuggle illegal drugs or other contraband to
the United States, according to knowledgeable sources in Washington and
Bogota.

Officials in Washington said the expanded investigation has added to
concern about the U.S. Embassy in Bogota, which already was under
scrutiny because of what several officials described as a dangerous,
bunker-style mentality that is hampering implementation of new policy
initiatives.

"Their performance has been very poor," said one official who deals
with Colombia on a regular basis. "They are shutting down � they seem
unable to drive forward with any new policy initiatives. It is an
embassy that sees itself as being under siege and it is acting like
that."




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