Posted on 09/12/2006 4:56:56 PM PDT by Libloather
In New Letter, Bill Clinton's Lawyers Say Iger Assured Them Of "Appropriate Edits" And Hammer Film As "Disgraceful"
By Greg Sargent
After watching the first installment of "The Path to 9/11," Bill Clinton's lawyers have written another blistering letter to Disney chief Robert Iger. In the letter -- which we've obtained -- Clinton lawyers Bruce Lindsey and Douglas Band write that they actually spoke to Iger twice and that Iger assured them that he was "personally taking the responsibility to ensure that appropriate edits to the film would be made."
But, the lawyers add: "Having now seen the first night of this fiction, it is clear that the edits made to the film did not address the factual errors that we brought to your attention." The letter concludes that the film does "a disservice to the American people" and is "disgraceful." Full text after the jump.
The full text:
September 10, 2006
Dear Bob,
We are deeply disappointed that ABC and the Disney Corporation chose to air "The Path to 9/11." The final product was fraught with error and contained contrived scenes that are directly contradicted by the findings of the 9/11 Commission Report. The film has undoubtedly cemented in millions of viewers' minds a false impression of critical historical events.
While there is not enough room here to fully document the fiction in your film, attached to this letter is a detailed fact sheet listing the numerous inaccuracies in the film according to the 9/11 Commission.
Nine days ago, we wrote to you asking simply that the miniseries tell the truth, as researched extensively and definitively by the bipartisan 9/11 Commission. We asked that your network not present outright fiction as historical fact to the American public. In fact, we took pains to detail sequences in the movie that were plainly invented, based upon the version of the film that was shown to television critics and distributed to many conservative commentators. During our two recent conversations, you assured us that you were personally taking the responsibility to ensure that appropriate edits to the film would be made. Publicly, ABC said that the editing process was ongoing and that it was irresponsible" to condemn the film before seeing the finished product.
Having now seen the first night of this fiction, it is clear that the edits made to the film did not address the factual errors that we brought to your attention. "The Path to 9/11" flagrantly ignored the facts as reported by the 9/11 Commission and invented its own version of history. The result, in our judgment, is irreparable damage to the Commission's work. More importantly, it is a disservice to the American people.
That the film directly contradicts the findings of the 9/11 Commission is troubling. That it defames dedicated public officials is tragic. But the fact that it misleads millions of people about the most tragic and consequential event in recent history is disgraceful.
Sincerely,
Bruce R. Lindsey
Chief Executive Officer
William J. Clinton Foundation
Douglas J. Band
Counselor to President Clinton
Office of William Jefferson Clinton
The clintinoids are seething. Ergo I am ecstatic.
Wow! Cyrus is a hottie.
Exactly, it all depends on what the meaning of "appropriate" is.
Oath ? Perjury about sex is ok or so I learned a while back.
So Berger Albright and Bill Clinton can perjure all day under oath as long as they claim they were having an orgy or something.
There's an image for ya ..........
I'll be buying the DVD when it is released. That will be my way of telling Willie to "kiss it." Normal Americans have had all they can stand of the Clintonistas and Jimmah Cahtah.
Hey CYRUS.......why didn't you mention GORELICK's name??? Guess YOU were afraid of going near Ft. Marcy park.
Hey Brucie Baby....The William J. Clinton Foundation is built on SAND....QUICKSAND....and it WILL get him.
I hope you are right about The Legacy of the Clinton's.
Clinton's ( plural as in BOTH Clinton's )
The difference between Democrat and Republicans is this...Republicans think their constiuents are SMART.....Democrats KNOW their's AREN'T!!! Democrats have to EXPLAIN EVERYTHING and tell their sheep what to do about it....Republicans think you get it and KNOW what to do about it.
I haven't heard a single peep from the pubs abou the movie....not a single mention, have you?
If Jews ACTUALLY start understanding that the Democrat Party is full of anti-Semites, well...all bets are off....look out Dems!!
Idiot Joe Lieberman is STILL a Proud Democrat....IDIOT!
That wasn't fantasy... I'm sure the terrorists do it to any sitting president. They don't care.
I agree.
You don't get it, folks, Bill Clinton has no power. Disney's chief could care less what Clinton and his Clintonites say or think. That's a fact!!!
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The dems are going to do what they do best. Bring suit.
If I'm not mistaken, the very same techniques were purported to have been used in the Bush assassination film, whatever it's called.
I'm merely suggesting that that same technique could theoretically be used to comp Clinton in, in place of Bush.
Not that it'll ever happen or that anyone will ever actually try it. But it's amusing to consider the responses such a move would draw.
Speaking of which, maybe they should have renamed "Path to 9/11", something like "An Inconenient Truth".
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