The Return of Duvalier: Haiti's Denouement?

QUESTION: And the fact that you were the ones -"

MR. CROWLEY: All I can tell you is we were -"

QUESTION: -- who took him out of the country in the first place?

MR. CROWLEY: We were surprised and not involved, and what happens at this point is up to the Government of Haiti.

QUESTION: Have you made any effort to get into direct contact with him or his -"

MR. CROWLEY: I'm not aware that anyone from our post has been in contact with Mr. Duvalier.

QUESTION: What's your understanding of what he's doing there?

MR. CROWLEY: That's a very good question.

QUESTION: There's got to be some, I mean, analysts in the State Department who are saying -"

MR. CROWLEY: All I can tell you, and just repeat, we were not consulted nor involved in his return to Haiti.

QUESTION: Fine, but you didn't give any thought to whether he would return at all? I mean, you haven't been looking at this? In 2006, you made a big effort, which was -" there were examples in WikiLeak cables -" but I remember at the time that the State Department specifically said that his return would not be productive. And so with all the turmoil -"

MR. CROWLEY: And I'm not -"

QUESTION: -- that was going on in the election right now, you didn't think in your wildest dreams that perhaps he would return?

MR. CROWLEY: Well, it -" you're asking two different questions. We are obviously looking at this very closely. This is a very -"

QUESTION: Well, I mean, you're looking at it very closely, but I didn't think there was (inaudible).

MR. CROWLEY: You asked a question. Now, it's my -" you asked a -" you want to ask another question?

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