The Editor, Sir:

The recent article on the U.S.A.'s report that Jamaica needs to start prosecuting high level officials has really infuriated me. I live in the U.S.A. and have been here since 1978, and my response to such a report is 'people in glass houses should not throw stones'.

Yes, I agree that there is corruption in all forms of government, in all parts of the world, but for the U.S.A. to point fingers at Jamaica is like the 'kettle calling the pot black'.

History of corruption

There would not be enough memory and/or paper to list the history of corruption in the U.S.A., but even more recent years: Enron, Bush's Iraq war. Jamaica is not the only place that has created some sort of immunity for high-level officials,and furthermore, a lot of our recently acquired knowledge of how to be corrupt has been obtained from the West.

It would serve the U.S.A. well if they would concentrate on ridding their society of what they are so willing to accuse Jamaica of. Maybe then we will follow by the example set by our world leaders and judges.

I am, etc.,

MAURICE L. HARRISON

maurhar@comcast.net

Davie, Florida

Via Go-Jamaica