Posted on 09/07/2006 5:18:52 AM PDT by IrishMike
WASHINGTON - A furious Bill Clinton is warning ABC that its mini-series "The Path to 9/11" grossly misrepresents his pursuit of Osama bin Laden - and he is demanding the network "pull the drama" if changes aren't made. Clinton pointedly refuted several fictionalized scenes that he claims insinuate he was too distracted by the Monica Lewinsky sex scandal to care about bin Laden and that a top adviser pulled the plug on CIA operatives who were just moments away from bagging the terror master, according to a letter to ABC boss Bob Iger obtained by The Post.
The former president also disputed the portrayal of then-Secretary of State Madeleine Albright as having tipped off Pakistani officials that a strike was coming, giving bin Laden a chance to flee.
"The content of this drama is factually and incontrovertibly inaccurate and ABC has the duty to fully correct all errors or pull the drama entirely," the four-page letter said.
The movie is set to air on Sunday and Monday nights. Monday is the fifth anniversary of the attacks.
Based on the 9/11 commission's report, the miniseries is also being provided to high schools as a teaching aid - although ABC admits key scenes are dramatizations.
The letter, written by Bruce Lindsey, head of the Clinton Foundation, and Douglas Bond, a top lawyer in Clinton's office, accuses the ABC drama of "bias" and a "fictitious rewriting of history that will be misinterpreted by millions of Americans."
Clinton, whose aides first learned from a TV trailer about a week ago that the miniseries would slam his administration, was "surprised" and "incredulous" when told about the film's slant, sources said.
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Thanks...
Fictional...but TRUE!
I thought ED was being a bit over protective of bj this morning on F&F. Gag me!! I really was surprised.
Gee, what a switch, Bubba BLOWS!
Except they lie about conservatives. Clinton doesn't like this because it tells the truth about him.
The NY Times says they may edit it; the Wash Post says they won't.
Who knows what the heck is going on. I guess Sunday we will find out.
bout time the populace sees a bit of it all...
One person, pocketsfull of anthrax and the like, silently cross'd into Syria...wmd
Maybe he wants it recut so that this time he actually stops the attacks on 911 with his guided muscle of love.
just another nail in the MSM coffin.
I bet they don't. I just don't think they will cave to this bully tactic by a has-been.
If they are revealing this much of what really was happened, then you know it is just a tid bit of the truth. It was probably so evident that he wasn't paying attention that the writers felt they needed that tidbit to have some credibility.
How sweet the irony. Glad Rush is in our corner. I haven't followed this closely, so I was basing my thought on the fact the x-42 gang reaction was a preemption. That was a standard Clinton play. Overstate the bad news before it was reported, making the news itself not seem so bad. I have read since that the documentary was based on the 9/11 Commission Report. Given how many times we have heard "and Bush hasn't implemented the 9/11 Commission recommendations", it pretty much leaves the rats unable to object to this documentary.
And don't forget that bill clinton was more preoccupied with baby killing than protecting the unborn babies from murder and Americans from Terrorism.
Fighting terrorism was down on his list, pushing abortion was FIRST on his list. His FIRST order while president was to legalize RU-486. I'm still waiting for pro-life Bush to make it illegal. I'll stop holding my breath.
Clinton Pushed RU-486 in First Official Act, Report Shows
http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewPolitics.asp?Page=/Politics/archive/200605/POL20060515a.html
I heard it was Hollandaise Sauce.
Maybe he wants it recut so that this time he actually stops the attacks on 911 with his guided muscle of love.
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his guided muscle of love....OUCH !!!!
Classic tag line PING !!!!
One time the Clinton crew actually LEFT BEHIND the guy with the nuclear football --no kidding.
He was left WITHOUT A RIDE.
Schadenfreude all the way on this one
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