Posted on 09/08/2006 4:56:59 AM PDT by Chi-townChief
Reaction: Bush officials have not complained to ABC.
Reaction. Republicans respect Free Speech, Democrats hold it in contempt.
The long and the short is that this movie disturbs liberals by reminding the people of the United States that ...
a) We're at war with Islamic terrorists.
b) Liberals are useless at defending us.
c) Without taking things seriously, we'll end up with another attack.
d) Yes, that patch of land that is vacant isn't part of a New York renewal project, and that yes, the World Trade Center was destroyed by terrorists.
None of these things serves to help the 2006 elections for liberals, and therefore, it must be put down.
Too bad for Clinton that the guy who carried his nuclear football briefcase and others have confirmed that not only did it happen, it happened repeatedly.
It all depends on what your definition of "ever" is.
Now that I see ABC has edited the film under Clinton pressure , I will take a pass . Maybe I'll watch a rerun of MY NAME is EARL instead .
Sounds like a carefully word-crafted denial. . .all of which with emotes a false ring. . .
Audio of John Zigler radio interview with Cyrus Nowrasteh, writer of Path to 911
File name: Cyrus Nowrasteh, writer-Path to 911(John Ziegler Radio).mp3 (MS Player format)
File size: 39.7 meg
File length: 42 minutes
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http://d.turboupload.com/d/964042/Cyrus_Nowrasteh__writer-Path_to_911John_Ziegl.mp3.html
Arrow down to the last line of in the light green frame. When timer counts down, click on the link to access download.
Later, I'll try to find it and give the quotes and references on that.
Yes, and it is too bad the truth of all this had not been repeated more often. . . Repubs would be in less jeopardy today; as well as those who share the rest of our Country. . .
From the 9/11 Report . Chapter 4, Page 7:
On May 20, Director Tenet discussed the high risk of the operation with Berger and his deputies, warning that people might be killed, including Bin Ladin. Success was to be defined as the exfiltration of Bin Ladin out of Afghanistan.28 A meeting of principals was scheduled for May 29 to decide whether the operation should go ahead. The principals did not meet. On May 29, “Jeff ” informed “Mike” that he had just met with Tenet, Pavitt, and the chief of the Directorate’s Near Eastern Division.The decision was made not to go ahead with the operation.“Mike” cabled the field that he had been directed to “stand down on the operation for the time being.”He had been told, he wrote, that cabinet-level officials thought the risk of civilian casualties—“collateral damage”—was too high.They were concerned about the tribals’ safety, and had worried that “the purpose and nature of the operation would be subject to unavoidable misinterpretation and misrepresentation—and probably recriminations—in the event that Bin Ladin, despite our best intentions and efforts, did not survive.”
Impressions vary as to who actually decided not to proceed with the operation. Clarke told us that the CSG saw the plan as flawed.He was said to have described it to a colleague on the NSC staff as “half-assed” and predicted that the principals would not approve it. “Jeff ” thought the decision had been made at the cabinet level. Pavitt thought that it was Berger’s doing, though perhaps on Tenet’s advice.Tenet told us that given the recommendation of his chief operations officers, he alone had decided to “turn off ” the operation. He had simply informed Berger, who had not pushed back. Berger’s recollection was similar. He said the plan was never presented to the White House for a decision.30
I wonder if this guy enjoyed farenheit 9/11? Where was the outcry from the left when that trash came out?
Do you have an authoritative source for this? Preferably with link?
I don't trust Kean.
If high-ranking officials "balked" at giving the O.K., then what is the real reason elite forces didn't kill Osama in the '90s?
The book by Patterson, who carried Clinton's nuclear football, confirms a lot of this. The 9/11 Report itself confirms a lot of this.
Sources contradicting the Clintonista revisionist history are pretty much on every thread about this mini-series.
According to CIA officials, policymakers were concerned about the danger that a strike might kill an Emirati prince or other senior officials who might be with Bin Ladin or close by. The lead CIA official in the field felt the intelligence reporting in this case was very reliable; the UBL unit chief at the time agrees. The field official believes today that this was a lost opportunity to kill Bin Ladin before 9/11.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4595501/
So what Berger is saying is: "We created an environment where people knew not to ask for certain things, and they didn't! So it's not my fault!"
Poor Bill Clinton, he's going to spend the rest of his life trying to get the world to accept his LEGACY
L ies repeated become truth
E nemies=republicans
G age every event by a poll
A ny US history "I was there doing good"
C onspiracy is the reason for my sins, errors & distractions
Y es, I am the greatest president
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