Posted on 09/07/2006 11:21:19 AM PDT by Sir Gawain
ABC toned down a scene that involved Clinton's national security adviser, Samuel "Sandy" Berger, declining to give the order to kill bin Laden, according to a person involved with the film who declined to be identified. "That sequence has been the focus of attention," the source said.
The network also decided that the credits would say the film is based "in part" on the 9/11 panel report, rather than "based on" the report, as the producers originally intended.
(Excerpt) Read more at chicagotribune.com ...
There were so many times that various countries and parties tried to offer OBL on a plate to Clinton, that I'm no longer sure just which time it was that Mansur tried to broker the deal.
I spelled his name wrong. Should have been Mansoor.
"A government official with knowledge of the probe said Berger removed from archives files all five or six drafts of a critique of the government's response to the millennium terrorism threat, which he said was classified "codeword," the government's highest level of document security."
More at source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64379-2004Jul20.html
there are no sponsors to boycott.
like the spielberg film 'schindler's list" this was to be aired commercial free.
Someone earlier in a previous thread on this topic gave a short concise timeline concerning Clinton/Lewinski/Osama, giving dates and meeting (including Lewinskis friend from California). I cannot find it, if someone has it or knows where I can find it, could you please enlighten me. Thanks in advance for any help.
It was probably posted in a duplicate thread that has since been pulled.
He admitted stealing and destroying documents relating to the 2000 millenium plot.
"For about an hour Berger couldn't get the commander in chief on the line. Though the president was always accompanied by military aides............."
Not when he was getting a BJ.
I know there are ways to get the un-cut version, but for flyover country and joe six-pack-types, the TV set STILL is the way they get their "facts" (that's why we have so many ill-informed, MSM-dependent folks voting Democrat). For THEM....there's only cable TV and Fox News as a more pallatible source of SOME factual reporting.
RATS in Congress threaten ABC as well. See below:
House Democrats Demand Accuracy in ABC 9/11 Film
Representatives John Conyers, Jr., John Dingell, Jane Harman, and Louise Slaughter today called on ABC to fix the inaccuracies in its mini-series The Path to 9/11, before its scheduled airing on September 10th and 11th. Read the letter:
"...Mr. Robert A. Iger
President and CEO
The Walt Disney Company
Dear Mr. Iger:
We are advised that ABC is scheduled to air a two-part mini-series entitled "The Path to 9/11" on September 10 and September 11. While we have not yet seen this program, news reports raise serious questions about its accuracy. Therefore, we request that the inaccuracies described herein be addressed immediately and that the program be thoroughly reviewed and revised for accuracy before it airs.
Among our concerns about the program are the following: first, it reportedly contains a scene in which Sandy Berger, the National Security Adviser to President Bill Clinton, declines to give Central Intelligence Agency operatives the authority to capture or kill Osama Bin Laden, and in which those operatives are outside a house where Bin Laden is located. This account has been expressly contradicted by Richard Clarke, a high-ranking counterterrorism official in both the Clinton and Bush Administrations.
Second, the film reportedly contains a scene in which the Central Intelligence Agency declines to share information about the 9/11 hijackers with the FBI and ascribes that failure to the so-called "wall," limiting information sharing by the Department of Justice in certain circumstances, and established by the Department of Justice in an internal memorandum.
This scene is puzzling at best, and inaccurate at worst. According to a Republican Member of the 9/11 Commission, former Senator Slade Gorton, the "Department of Justice guidelines at issue were internal to the Justice Department and were not even sent to any other agency. The guidelines had no effect on the Department of Defense and certainly did not prohibit it from communicating with the FBI, the CIA or anyone else."
These two examples alone create substantial doubt about the overall accuracy of this program. September 11th is a day of mourning and remembrance for every American. We do not believe that it is appropriate for it to be tainted by false assertions of blame or partisan spin.
To avoid that occurrence, we urge you to review this film and correct these and other inaccuracies. We appreciate your prompt attention and reply to this time sensitive matter.
Sincerely,
Representatives John Conyers, Jr., John Dingell, Jane Harman, Louise Slaughter
I sent mine
Actually while in DC he was a bible totin babtist
Now that they have achieved thier NAZI Censorship goal, when do the book-burnings begin???
And on the golf course. Don't forget, during one of these phone calls, he was on the golf course.
Doing the important work for the American people.
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If you have DSL you can torrent download a 30 minute program in 3 hours at 26 mbps, the entire uncut video of this show (four hours)would download in about 24 to 48 hours as an AVI file playable on most windows media players (your codecs may vary) and unlike Utube or google video AVI files downloaded via bit torrent are almost DVD quality. and while you are waiting for the torrent to finish you can still post here.
I sent ABC an email yesterday asking them to please air the program as-is.
Today, I received an automated email from them with this sweet statement included......
"Note: The Company's long-established policy does not allow us to accept for review or consideration any ideas, suggestions, or creative materials not solicited by us or our subsidiaries. Therefore, in the event that you have submitted such content, please be advised that the submission has been forwarded to the Company's legal department for handling."
In my email today, following this reply from them, I stated I had heard they'd made changes due to complaints from political figures and such, and that I had trouble believing they were "solicited" by ABC.
Then said, IF this was true I'd not be tuning in those evenings.
Gotta wonder if the last sentence in that paragraph is supposed to be a scare tactic. Sure comes across as threatening, doesn't it?
Doggone their luck......it didn't "skeer" me. :-)
Its the Age of Clinton.
Well, when I sent the message, at that time that had not yet been announced.
Sheesh!
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