As Peter Tompa observes:
all the evidence points to the matter being already decided—no matter what the CPIA says, what the facts really are, and what American citizens or others interested in collecting Libyan artifacts may think. Still, to remain silent is to give cultural bureaucrats and archaeologists with an ax to grind against collectors exactly what they want-- the claim that any MOU is not controversial.
Let's be clear that MOU's that protect the rights of countries to their cultural heritage are not the product of archaeologists with grudges against collectors. In all fairness, this MOU targets illicitly stolen artifacts. Any collector who takes due diligence to insure authenticity and legitimacy of artifacts has nothing to worry about. What's more troubling is your seeming insecurity and paranoia about losing your "right"—although you don't have one—to the ownership of someone else's heritage.
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