"Lamentable Mistake" US Ambassador over Spying


	"Lamentable Mistake" US Ambassador over Spying

righthand

3-4-2008 6:40 AM

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usa, ambassador, apologise, bolivia, latinamerican, spy

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Unique occasion of USA apology!

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				<DIV class="cap">Philip Goldberg met the Bolivian government to discuss the charges</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/7268569.stm">It was established that an embassy official, Vincent Cooper, had tried to persuade a young US volunteer worker in the Peace Corps to spy on the Cubans and Venezuelans he came across</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/7268569.stm"><P><FONT size="2">"That was a lamentable mistake," says Mr Goldberg.
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