9/11 Miniseries is Bunk

Los Angeles Times ^ | 9/08/06 | Barbara Bodine

[texas_mrs]

ON THE MORNING of Sept. 11, 2001, Americans — and the world — froze, saddened and angry. Five years later, we stop to remember those we lost and those who have sacrificed in our defense since, and to reflect on what we must learn. History will define us not by the events of that day but by who we choose to become as a result.

Regrettably, ABC has chosen not to document but to dramatize this most critical of times. Its miniseries, "The Path to 9/11," opts for fiction when fact is needed and chooses mythmaking when the candor of history is called for. The 9/11 commission report tells the story with clear-eyed honesty, precision and studious impartiality. The ABC drama does not. The 9/11 commission spent hours interviewing virtually everyone connected not just with the events of that day but those involved in counter-terrorism over 25 years — Republican as well as Democrat. ABC did not.

[texas_mrs]

Well, well, this is THE Barbara Bodine who was the ambassador to Yemen on tonite's Path to 9/11. She didn't seem to think too highly of her portrayal. Also doesnt seem to offer up a valid reason for not allowing investigation into the Cole bombing.

[Howlin]

Barbara Bodine is a certified documented liar.

And a bitch to boot.

[texas_mrs]

ping to Bodine

[RKV]

I am sorry to say that this POS is an alumnus of the same university as me. What a maroon.

[sgtyork]

They COULD have done 10 more minutes of how much she sabotaged the "law enforcement" approach in Yemen.

[MrEdd]

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Pot
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[Virginia Ridgerunner]

"No one tells me what to do in my country!"

This nasty hussy needs to be taken out, tarred and feathered, and then ridden out on a rail!

[WKB]

Is this Bodine as in "Jethro"?

[shankbear]

Isn't that Richard Clarke a god? He did it all. The hero of 9/11. A hero for all times. What a piece of crap. He had to help write this movie. How much was he paid to come up with this work of fiction about himself. He is Frodo. He threw the ring in the fire. Go Frodo Clarke.

Al-Qaeda grew while Moanica blew.

[pierrem15]

Another cockroach from the Clintoon adminstration crawls out from her rock.

[Lurker]

This is akin to having Jamie Gorelick on Nightline last night.

That bitch should have been under oath as a witness, not sitting on the Committee.

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[GianniV]

I believe nothing this woman says.

[FMBass]

Stopped reading with: “The 9/11 commission report tells the story with clear-eyed honesty, precision and studious impartiality.”

Yep, she has a clue (sarc off for those who need it).

[Enterprise]

Hey Bodine, speaking of bunk, quit farting in yours. Your husband is starting to complain.

[P-40]

The 9/11 commission report tells the story with clear-eyed honesty, precision and studious impartiality. The ABC drama does not.

The mini-series did gloss a lot of things over, and it did compress a lot of things, but it did follow the 9/11 Commission Report roughly but close enough. It is interesting that the ambassador would choose one relatively unimportant part of the film to condemn the whole movie.

[KoRn]

"She didn't seem to think too highly of her portrayal."

Based on her portrayal, she was a typical ambassador. She cared more for the country she was assigned to than her own. I literally wanted to strangle her while watching the movie. If she really conducted herself in such a way after the Cole attack, she deserves whatever comes to her, and I hope it's very bad.....

[ClearCase_guy]

Jethro was the smart Bodine.

[MrEdd]

The 9/11 commission spent hours interviewing virtually everyone connected not just with the events of that day but those involved in counter-terrorism over 25 years — Republican as well as Democrat.

Able Danger anyone?

[shalom aleichem]

Look, we all know ambassadors are not experts at anything, let alone diplomats. Most are heavy campaign contributors who just wants a title (Joe Wilson?) and a soft vacation for a few years. Actor John Saxon (Chuy Medina the Scorpion King) amb of mexico, Shirley Temple Black amb of ?, Joe Kennedy Amb to Court of St James (UK). These people are usually hacks and/or meglomaniacs.

[dirtboy]

Well, well, this is THE Barbara Bodine who was the ambassador to Yemen on tonite's Path to 9/11.

I can imagine why she is whining. She came across in the show as the ultimate Clintonista - more worried about some kind of legacy than in representing her country's interests.