Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 17:47:52 -0400 (EDT)
Message-Id: <200008312147.RAA12862@mattababy.mit.edu>
From: belmonte@mit.edu (Matthew Belmonte)
To: senator@kennedy.senate.gov
Subject: stop Plan Colombia

Dear Senator Kennedy

As you know, last week President Clinton issued a Determination waiving the
huan rights vetting provisions of the Colombian aid package recently approved
by Congress.  These provisions were a major selling point for some members of
Congress who were rightly skeptical of the deal.  f Colombian aid does not
remain contingent on a positive human rights record, the people of the United
States will have become complicit in untold murders and tortures.  I hope that
you'll use all means at your disposal to convince President Clinton to reverse
his order.