The Day the Clinton Administration Failed to Kill OBL

[Publius1787]

The Day the Clinton Administration Failed to Kill OBL

This is a scene from "The Path to 9/11." Note that ABC caved into pressure from the Clintons to forbid it's release to DVD. Just look at the comments at Amazon. [ame=http://www.amazon.com/The-Path-11-Harvey-Keitel/dp/B00005JPHZ]Amazon.com: The Path to 9/11: Harvey Keitel, Michael Benyaer, Wendy Crewson, Shirley Douglas, Kevin Dunn, Nabil Elouahabi, Mido Hamada, Barclay Hope, Frank John Hughes, Dan Lauria, Amy Madigan, Art Malik, Michael Murphy, Stephen Root, William Sadler,[/ame] . The scene is when Sandy Berger, who was later found guilty by a federal court for removing /destroying top secret documents before the 9/11 commission could get their hands on them during the Bush Years, hung up on the request to take out OBL.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asw8fhpz0wA]PATH TO 9-11: The scene they didn't want you to see - YouTube[/ame]

Clinton Cronies Want to Rewrite History

http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/Articles/Clinton Cronies Want to Rewrite History.html

By Robert B. Bluey
Human Events
September 7, 2006

The controversy over ABC's "The Path to 9/11" has the left in a tizzy. Everyone from left-wing blogger Markos Moulitsas to former President Bill Clinton wants ABC to pull the plug on the docudrama, which is set to air Sunday and Monday.

As far as I know, HumanEvents.com was the first news outlet to carry a review of "The Path to 9/11." Govindini Murty, who runs the Liberty Film Festival, said in the review, "Let me start by saying that 'The Path to 9/11' is one of the best, most intelligent, most pro-American miniseries I've ever seen on TV, and conservatives should support it and promote it as vigorously as possible." (For excellent coverage of the controversy, check out Murty's LIBERTAS blog.)

I probably should've figured liberals would have a fit. When the liberal Center for American Progress began attacking the docudrama, all the pieces fell into place.

New York Times: "Three From Clinton Administration Urge Disney to Cancel or Revise 9/11 Mini-Series"

Washington Post: "Clinton Administration Officials Assail ABC's 'The Path to 9/11'"

United Press International: "Clinton ex-aides criticize 9/11 drama"

New York Post: "Bubba Goes Ballistic on ABC About Its Damning 9/11 Movie Insists Net Pull Drama"

Walt Disney CEO Robert A. Iger, a fellow Ithaca College alumnus, should stand firm. There's no reason to let Bill Clinton and his cronies rewrite the history books to their liking. I'm no fan of Tom Kean, the 9/11 Commission chairman who served as the docudrama's co-executive producer, but even this liberal Republican is getting unfairly smeared.

Thanks to Murty's excellent review, we've been hearing from quite a few angry liberals -- many of them mistakenly contacting our office instead of ABC. Our inbox has been flooded with generic form letters and we've even had a few callers, such as this one (click here to listen) who called the idea of showing the movie to children "illegal."

UPDATE -- 4:22 p.m.: Newsbusters has details of ABC's decision to alter to the docudrama, caving to pressure from the left.

UPDATE -- September 8, 5:37 p.m.: Mike Krempasky at RedState reports that ABC has pulled the plug on its web-based advertising campaign for "The Path to 9/11." I can also confirm, after speaking to my publisher, that ABC pulled its ads from HumanEvents.com as well.

 

[bendog]

man, you guys are gonna get creamed if this is all you got.

 

[Publius1787]

man, you guys are gonna get creamed if this is all you got.

I have no clue of what that is supposed to mean. Perhaps some clarity?

 

[ClosedCaption]

Boooooooosh...



...Wait...

 

[Stephanie]

oh yea, and that came back to bite us with 9/11

But they won't EVER admit it...for them it's Boooooooooooooooooooooooooooshs fault

 

[BlindBoo]

But aesthetic objections pale in comparison to the legitimate complaints of those who resent the film's being passed off as truth when it apparently is riddled with errors. These are dismissed in a glib disclaimer acknowledging "composite and representative characters and time compression . . . for dramatic purposes." How much drama needs to be added to 9/11?

The film is prominently billed as being based on the report of the 9/11 commission, but one must read the fine print: Also acknowledged, although far less conspicuously in the credits, are three books on the subject.

In a report on "NBC Nightly News" on Thursday, unnamed Clinton administration officials were quoted as saying that some scenes in the film are "pure fiction." Pure fiction doesn't mix well with fact. Executive producer Marc Platt's quoted defense: It was "not our intention to distort." Whatever the intention -- and Democrats have a right to be suspicious of any product of the conservative-minded Walt Disney Co., which produced the film and owns ABC -- distortion unfortunately seems to have been the outcome.

"The Path to 9/11" appears intent on meting out punishment, not only to some of those portrayed in it but also to viewers who try to make it through the whole grueling assault -- an assault on the senses that may also be an assault on the truth.


Tom Shales - ABC's Twisted 'Path to 9/11'

 

[Publius1787]

But aesthetic objections pale in comparison to the legitimate complaints of those who resent the film's being passed off as truth when it apparently is riddled with errors. These are dismissed in a glib disclaimer acknowledging "composite and representative characters and time compression . . . for dramatic purposes." How much drama needs to be added to 9/11?

The film is prominently billed as being based on the report of the 9/11 commission, but one must read the fine print: Also acknowledged, although far less conspicuously in the credits, are three books on the subject.

In a report on "NBC Nightly News" on Thursday, unnamed Clinton administration officials were quoted as saying that some scenes in the film are "pure fiction." Pure fiction doesn't mix well with fact. Executive producer Marc Platt's quoted defense: It was "not our intention to distort." Whatever the intention -- and Democrats have a right to be suspicious of any product of the conservative-minded Walt Disney Co., which produced the film and owns ABC -- distortion unfortunately seems to have been the outcome.

"The Path to 9/11" appears intent on meting out punishment, not only to some of those portrayed in it but also to viewers who try to make it through the whole grueling assault -- an assault on the senses that may also be an assault on the truth.


Tom Shales - ABC's Twisted 'Path to 9/11'

The Clintons calling off the targeting of OBL is well documented.

 

[BlindBoo]

But aesthetic objections pale in comparison to the legitimate complaints of those who resent the film's being passed off as truth when it apparently is riddled with errors. These are dismissed in a glib disclaimer acknowledging "composite and representative characters and time compression . . . for dramatic purposes." How much drama needs to be added to 9/11?

The film is prominently billed as being based on the report of the 9/11 commission, but one must read the fine print: Also acknowledged, although far less conspicuously in the credits, are three books on the subject.

In a report on "NBC Nightly News" on Thursday, unnamed Clinton administration officials were quoted as saying that some scenes in the film are "pure fiction." Pure fiction doesn't mix well with fact. Executive producer Marc Platt's quoted defense: It was "not our intention to distort." Whatever the intention -- and Democrats have a right to be suspicious of any product of the conservative-minded Walt Disney Co., which produced the film and owns ABC -- distortion unfortunately seems to have been the outcome.

"The Path to 9/11" appears intent on meting out punishment, not only to some of those portrayed in it but also to viewers who try to make it through the whole grueling assault -- an assault on the senses that may also be an assault on the truth.


Tom Shales - ABC's Twisted 'Path to 9/11'

The Clintons calling off the targeting of OBL is well documented.

Yes, because life really does imitated Docu-dramas huh? It has something that just feels right. You feel that's true, deep down in your gut, don't you?

The Word - Truthiness - The Colbert Report - 2005-17-10 - Video Clip | Comedy Central

 

[Publius1787]

But aesthetic objections pale in comparison to the legitimate complaints of those who resent the film's being passed off as truth when it apparently is riddled with errors. These are dismissed in a glib disclaimer acknowledging "composite and representative characters and time compression . . . for dramatic purposes." How much drama needs to be added to 9/11?

The film is prominently billed as being based on the report of the 9/11 commission, but one must read the fine print: Also acknowledged, although far less conspicuously in the credits, are three books on the subject.

In a report on "NBC Nightly News" on Thursday, unnamed Clinton administration officials were quoted as saying that some scenes in the film are "pure fiction." Pure fiction doesn't mix well with fact. Executive producer Marc Platt's quoted defense: It was "not our intention to distort." Whatever the intention -- and Democrats have a right to be suspicious of any product of the conservative-minded Walt Disney Co., which produced the film and owns ABC -- distortion unfortunately seems to have been the outcome.

"The Path to 9/11" appears intent on meting out punishment, not only to some of those portrayed in it but also to viewers who try to make it through the whole grueling assault -- an assault on the senses that may also be an assault on the truth.


Tom Shales - ABC's Twisted 'Path to 9/11'

The Clintons calling off the targeting of OBL is well documented.

Yes, because life really does imitated Docu-dramas huh? It has something that just feels right. You feel that's true, deep down in your gut, don't you?

The Word - Truthiness - The Colbert Report - 2005-17-10 - Video Clip | Comedy Central

What can I say? Your statement is certainly an accurate one. But the Clintons passing over killing OBL is still a fact.

 

[hazlnut]

oh yea, and that came back to bite us with 9/11

If only we hadn't elected the C student W. and his puppeteer handler Cheney.

If only W. hand't spend the entire month of August 2001 on vacation, clearing brush in Crawford.

If only W. had read the security briefing that was placed in his hand.

 

[The T]

oh yea, and that came back to bite us with 9/11

If only we hadn't elected the C student W. and his puppeteer handler Cheney.

If only W. hand't spend the entire month of August 2001 on vacation, clearing brush in Crawford.

If only W. had read the security briefing that was placed in his hand.

So where do you stand on Clinton's calling it off? Screw W...and get on topic cumquat.

 

[Publius1787]

oh yea, and that came back to bite us with 9/11

If only we hadn't elected the C student W. and his puppeteer handler Cheney.

If only W. hand't spend the entire month of August 2001 on vacation, clearing brush in Crawford.

If only W. had read the security briefing that was placed in his hand.

We would have had a liberal doing the same. My how the most recent of history is lost on liberals.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cwqh4wQPoQk]Democrats on Iraq + WMD's (Weapons of Mass Destruction) - YouTube[/ame]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFBl0fnMUVc]Al Gore: No Doubt Saddam's Weapons Are Grave Threat - YouTube[/ame]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JE48XHKG64]Gore criticizes Bush for ignoring Iraq's ties to terrorism - YouTube[/ame]

 

[ScienceRocks]

Sir,

So you agree with me that he should of KILLED OBL with a drone. We both agree that all the leaders of Al Qaeda should be killed by drone.

Obama is doing that.

 

[velvtacheeze]

The eight years that Bushtardo, the cross eyed war monkey, failed to kill OBL were more outrageous.

Turns out that OBL was nowhere near Iraq. Liberals already knew that.

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

Why the hell are you rehashing this after all these years?

 

[1776]

The CIA task force said Clinton had 6 chances to kill UBL and was either too busy or too scared to make the call.

 

[francoHFW]

sO THEY WERE A LITTLE LATE FIRING THE MISSILE...ARE THEY GOING TO MENTION THE WHOLE pUB ''WAGGING THE DOG'' TIDAL WAVE OF BS- YOU KNOW, THE Clinton's making a big deal of OBL to distract from the important stuff, a bj and murdering Foster lol. You're totally FOS, greedy bs Pubs and hater dupes...a disgrace and catastrophe...

 

[1776]

Get back to eating your own shit.

sO THEY WERE A LITTLE LATE FIRING THE MISSILE...ARE THEY GOING TO MENTION THE WHOLE pUB ''WAGGING THE DOG'' TIDAL WAVE OF BS- YOU KNOW, THE Clinton's making a big deal of OBL to distract from the important stuff, a bj and murdering Foster lol. You're totally FOS, greedy bs Pubs and hater dupes...a disgrace and catastrophe...