Bush administration critics, such as OMB Watch, say the government's settlement with Chiquita is inconsistent with its stance against others accused of aiding groups designated as terrorist organizations. But Robert Burns, a partner in the export controls practice of the Washington law firm Powell Goldstein and adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law Center, says: "Laws that forbid providing financial assistance to terrorist organizations were not conceived with the problems of ransom and protection payments in mind."

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