[Leica] Cuba?

[kcarney1 at cox.net (Ken Carney)]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+kcarney1=cox.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-
> bounces+kcarney1=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Tina Manley
> Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2009 6:38 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: RE: [Leica] Cuba?
> 
> At 07:25 PM 1/4/2009, you wrote:
> >  One
> >particularly pesky problem is that fibbing on an inquiry can quickly
> raise a
> >minor offense to a felony.
> 
> I've published my Iraq photos everywhere possible and have never been
> questioned by the US government even though it was illegal to go at
> the time.  

        Good.

I do think they have more pressing matters to
> consider.  

        I sure hope so.  It is a little like email encryption - I hope,
really hope, that NSA has more on its plate than my tax advice memoranda.


If you check the internet or stockphoto sites, there are
> thousands of photos of Cuba by US photographers.  In fact, it is
> legal to go to Cuba as a photojournalist, student, or professional
> photographer working on a project so I don't think you would have a
> problem there.

        I am none of those categories.  The SOS site says that you must be
connected with a news employer.  From what I have "read", the offense is not
going there, but spending money there.  The issue is that I, and others with
licensure requirements, have a lot to lose.

        But if you go, I'll love to see the photos.  Now I have loaned my
copy of Havana 1933 or at least can't locate it in the stacks.
 
Best,

Ken

> 
> Tina
> 
> Tina Manley
> www.tinamanley.com
> 
> 
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