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.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
I hope you're right. Rush thinks they are already "editing" the original virgin; oops, I mean version.
EBH, I apprecieate your feelings, I sent my message to ABC this morning.
Sent my message.
....
Nero fiddled.
Clinton blew.
From WIKKI ...
Popular legend remembers Nero as a playboy engaged in petty amusements while neglecting the problems of the Roman city and empire, the emperor who "fiddled while Rome burned". Because of his reported excesses and eccentricities, he is traditionally viewed as the second of the so-called Mad Emperors, the first being Caligula.
Those two pictures say it all.
Clintoon certainly does blow in more ways than one.
Okay Mr. Clinton, you can have an hour after the airing of the "drama" to tell your side of the story. I would like to know:
Just what did you do to puruse Bin Laden?
Who else was involved in your pursit of Bin Laden?
Why did your efforts fail?
Can you tell us what documents Sandy Berger stole from the Archives?
What was in those documents?
Why was he stealing them?
What documents was Berger "planting" at the same time?
"B.J. Clinton; ... L, B, SoB" ..
(currently Post-Doctoral Fellow of bullshit,desparately seeking respect/reinvention/legacy)
fyi
Look at the text at the end of the link, could this be the deleted scenes?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95S8qCH6Qw4&mode=related&search=pathto911
Who posted it to Youtube, and why?
Lefties demand a ONE-WAY communication.
The truth is a bitch, ain't it Bubba?
A time to watch,
see what it looks like.
Update on Rush tomorrow,
Rush (and others) have the original CD/DVD.
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