On Mon, 31 May 2004, "Bob" wrote:

Isn't it against U.S. law to visit Cuba?

No.

It is not and for many years has not been otherwise against U.S. law
to visit Cuba. However, it has been unlawful to spend U.S. dollars
while in Cuba absent a (U.S.) government-provided waiver and except
for certain Cubans residing in the U.S. with family in Cuba (talk
about irrational ethnically-oriented partisan politics!).

By its its self-help use of strict sanctions imposition policies
having to to with the don't-spend-U.S.dollars-in-Cuba prohibitions of
law, the Bush/Ashcroft admin. is attempting in effect to make "against
U.S. law" for persons other, in effect, than Cuban-born nationals
residing permanently and voting mostly in Fla. whom the administraton
presumes to be likely voters/supporters.