In New Letter, Clinton's Lawyers Demands ABC Yank Film

tpm cafe ^ | 9/9/06 | Greg Sargent

[finnman69]

On Friday evening, Bill Clinton's lawyers sent a new letter to ABC chief Bob Iger demanding that ABC yank "The Path to 9/11." We've obtained a copy of the letter, and it reads in part: "As a nation, we need to be focused on preventing another attack, not fictionalizing the last one for television ratings. `The Path to 9/11' not only tarnishes the work of the 9/11 Commission, but also cheapens the fith anniversary of what was a very painful moment in history for all Americans. We expect that you will make the responsible decision to not air this film." Full text of the letter after the jump.

Dear Bob,

Despite press reports that ABC/Disney has made changes in the content and marketing of "The Path to 9/11," we remailn concerned about the false impression that airing the show will leave on the public. Labelng the show as "fiction" does not meet your responsibility to the victims of the September 11th attacks, their families, the hard work of the 9/11 Commission, or to the American people as a whole.

At a moment when we should be debating how to make the nation safer by implementing the recommendations of the 9/11 Commission, "The Path to 9/11" calls into question the accuracy of the Commission's report and whether fabricated scenes are, in fact, an accurate portrayal of history. Indeed, the millions spent on the production of this fictional drama would have been better spent informing the public about the Commission's actual findings and the many recommendations that have yet to be acted upon. Unlike this film, that would have been a tremendous service to the public.

Although our request for an advance copy of the film has been repeatedly denied, it is all too clear that our objections to "The Path to 9/11" are valid and corroborated by those familiar with the film and intimately involved in its production.

-- Your corporate partner, Scholastic, has disassociated itself from this proect.

-- 9/11 Commission Chairman Thomas Kean, who served as co-executive producer on "The Path to 9/11," has stated that he raised concerns about the accuracy of several scenes in the film and that his concerns were not addressed during production.

-- Harvey Keitel, who plays the star role of FBI agent John O'Neill, told reporters yesterday that while the screenplay was presented to him as a fair treatment of historical events, he is upset that several scenes were simply invented for dramatic purposes.

-- Numerous Members of Congress, several 9/11 Commissioners and prominent historians have spoken out against this movie.

-- Indeed, according to press reports, the fact that you are still editing the film two days before it is scheduled to air is an admission that it is irreparably flawed.

As a nation, we need to be focused on preventing another attack, not fictionalizing the last one for television ratings. "The Path to 9/11" not only tarnishes the work of the 9/11 Commission, but also cheapens the fith anniversary of what was a very painful moment in history for all Americans. We expect that you will make the responsible decision to not air this film.

Sincerely,

Bruce R. Lindsey Chief Executive Officer William J. Clinton Foundation

Douglas J. Band Counselor to President Clinton Office of William Jefferson Clinton

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Too bad it's being run commercial free. It would have been great if the RNC had purchased all of the ad segments!

[tillacum]

Rex, klinton wouldn't know the truth if it hit him between the eyes or if he stood on it. He's a congenital and professional liar.

[MaineVoter2002]

The truth is the Clinton White house did have Bin Laden in on their screens and they refused to allow the CIA to hit him. There's a VIDEO and it's not made in Hollywood.

[Christian4Bush]

The morons still concider the bj president their hero.

The morons still consider him their president.

[jeffers]

Bubba be squirmin', roasting on a spit.

Hillary be squirmin' too.

This is almost as good as when Clinton had to "apologize" for lyin' under oath.

Some apology, he was like a kid caught stealing and forced to admit it publicly, he was red-faced and mad enough to spit. One "I'm sorry" and ten minutes of bile and Gore, one of the triumphal moments of the Clinton Presidency.

Perhaps Sunday and Monday nights will surpass this, as the fulcrum which levers Hillary out of Presidential hope forever.

Fingers crossed.

[sgtyork]

The current work under discussion threatens that report's standing as the Holy Grail of investigations. By taking the basic report, adding other outside work then supplementing with interviews, adding dialog, and coming to different conclusions than the report did, the writers of "The Path to 9/11" have threatened the legitimacy of the 9/11 Commission's work.


And most liberals can't read. This will be their history...

[Lazamataz]

Well, I did sign the letter 'Love'. :^)

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

That's what I mean! All that good will would certainly go along way toward straightening that place out.

[Quix]

Sorry, but McCarthyism is too mild by far.

The Old Klintoon Stalin-Machiavellianism more overtly evident

is the case.

[grey_whiskers]

In New Letter, Clinton's Lawyers Demands ABC Yank Film

I guess he learned a lesson from l'affaire Lewinsky...he's changed the form of his sexual favors...

Cheers!

[My2Cents]

Let's not kid ourselves. What we're seeing as a hissy-fit from the Clinton Syndicate is simply standard "War Room" strategy and methodology. The sheeple (that 49% who voted for Al Gore in '00 and that 48% who voted for Kerry in '04) where trained for the past 12 years to believe that Clinton can do no wrong, and for the past 6 years to believe that Bush can do nothing right. The frustrating thing about the Clinton era was that you could lay all the facts before the sheeple showing Clinton was a scoundrel, or worse, and they (the sheeple) wouldn't get it. The sheeple are made up of a combination of the morally bankrupt, the inherently ignorant, the socially dysfunctional, the chronic dependents upon government programs, and the blindly partisan -- they are predisposed to disbelieve anything bad about Clinton, and to believe everything evil about Bush and Republicans. To us, the Clinton Syndicated "protesteth too much" about "Path to 9/11," but their howls are the Pavlovian bell intended to awaken the sheeple to once again disbelieve the truth about Bill Clinton, and to imagine the worst about Geo. W. Bush, to innoculate Clinton and the Democrats against a public backlash for fecklessness in the war on terror. Sure, we're being had here, but it's our own fault. We assume that the sheeple will finally see the light of day and turn on their patron saint. This won't be the case.

I'll predict that ABC News will do a snap poll on Monday night asking the sheeple who is more responsible for 9/11, and the majority will say Geo. W. Bush.

[tillacum]

The klintons already have the dirt on every CEO and leader in this country, if there is any. Remember we paid her administrator and Livingston's salary while he took raw FBI files and her administrator put that in a data base. Knowing her paranoia, I'm sure she has expanded her data base and upgraded where needed.

[Bahbah]

Very thoughtful and insightful comments, and I agree with every one of them. Clarke apparently had some talent at what he did, but he is prissy and sanctimonious, not good traits in anyone, but especially unattractive in a man.

[Honorary Serb]

PHOOEY to the War-Criminal-in Chief and islamist collaborator clinton, and to his partners in crime Hillary, Mad Halfbright, Sandy Burglar, General "Jack D. Ripper" Wesley Clark, the rat Richard Holbrooke, and all the rest of the clintonite zoo!!!!

The truth WILL come out, one way or another!!!!

[lawdude]

Kean is like McCain, a vainglorious lying sack of manure."

OK, so the ABC film is a pack of lies. Clinton did everything he could to get OBL. From your keyboard to God's ear!

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

I have not seen the film, but if it properly reveals the lack of focus/attention, on the part of the Clinton administration on the islamist terrorist threat -- as many have reported -- then it will probably go down in history as more relevant than the actual 9-11 Commission report (a complete farce which charlatans Kean et al foisted on our republic, for obvious reasons).

My point had to do with the fact that the 9-11 commission was a cover-up, by partisan Democrats and (compliant or otherwise duplicitous) Republicans (like Kean). Have you heard Kean speak lately. He makes Trent Lott look like a firebrand.

[ALOHA RONNIE]

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The Enemy is now Within...
...and always has been...

just like RICHARD POE has also been saying.


The Shadow Party: FrontPage Interviews Co-Author RICHARD POE

http://www.Freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1692140/posts

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[GregoryFul]

1995 Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building
1996 TWA 800

[BIGLOOK]

Let's not kid ourselves.

On January 20, 2001, GWB was inaugurated POTUS.

Due to the Gore challenge after the 2000 elections and all that ensued in the courts, the Bush transition team was denied offices and access in Washington until 12/14/01.

Sand bagged from the beginning.

US Presidential elections are held in November, but the President's term of office does not expire until January 20 of the following year. Presidents, or and other politicians, will usually assemble a "transition team" of some sort, to prepare for a smooth transfer of power following the inauguration. The President often works closely with the President-elect on important policy matters during the last three months of the President's Term, so as to ensure a smooth transition and continuity of operations that have significant national interests. (Wikipedia)

The new administration fought for Cabinet appointments to be approved in the Senate for the next 6 months. Most of the bureaucracies holdovers from the Clinton regime remained in place. This includes the FBI, CIA, NSA, State and Justice. Intelligence that had been passed on to the new president came from these entities in their daily briefings.

The Clinton economy ( the Dot Com Boom) was tanking. President Bush was pushing for tax cuts to prod the economy into recovery (June of 2001). The previous Clinton budget was not due to expire until October, 2001. Scandals were erupting in the business world.

- Jeffery Skilling, who had replaced Kenneth Lay as Enron CEO in December 2000, abruptly quit in August 2001 and Lay took over, resuming his old CEO post.

WorldCom, Inc.*, a giant telecommunications company, set the record for accounting fraud. WorldCom first revealed that company financial officers had concealed more than $3 billion in business losses. Later revelations upped that figure to more than $9 billion.

Congress recessed in August as is their wont. A month off from the people's business.


September 11th 2001.

193 days.

[beyond the sea]

`The Path to 9/11' not only tarnishes the work of the 9/11 Commission, but also cheapens the fith anniversary

...... hmm, where is the poof reader???

;-)