Posted on 09/04/2006 5:07:47 PM PDT by Kaslin
"The Path to 9/11," a six-hour miniseries scheduled to air September 10 and 11 on ABC, has certain former members of the Clinton administration in a panic.
The docudrama is thoroughly sourced and exposes information that former members of the Clinton administration had previously tried to suppress: that there was a failure on the part of the administration to respond to terrorism, inaction that ended up being partly to blame for the tragic events that took place on 9/11.
"Path" is based on the 9/11 Commission Final Report and the 2003 book "The Cell: Inside the 9/11 Plot, and Why the FBI and CIA Failed to Stop It." New Jersey Governor and Commission Co-chairman Thomas H. Kean served as a consultant for the miniseries.
Cyrus Nowrasteh, the writer and producer of the project, told Jamie Glazov of FrontPageMag.com that he was given "an incredible amount of research materials and [access to] high-level advisors from the FBI, CIA, Secret Service, Diplomatic Security, etc."
The miniseries stars Oscar nominee Harvey Keitel ("Pulp Fiction," "The Piano"), who plays the role of FBI agent John O'Neill. O'Neill is the FBI terrorism chief who attempted to convince the Clinton administration that it needed to deal with the danger that Osama bin Laden posed.
Ironically, after leaving the FBI, O'Neill took the job of security director for the World Trade Center. Along with thousands of others he died on that fateful September day.
The ABC Web site refers to the production as "an epic miniseries event," and the plan is to air the program with limited commercial interruptions.
Because the program specifically deals with the Clinton administration's failure to act when bin Laden was offered, a left-wing outcry has erupted on the Internet along with attempts to vilify the miniseries before it is even shown.
David Brock's Web site carries an article with a headline that reads "Right wing uses ABC docudrama to push debunked claim blaming Clinton administration for 9-11."
Pressure from the Left and from Clinton allies may account for an unusual posting by director David L. Cunningham titled "Clarification," which was placed on the "Path" Web site.
It stated that the series "is not a documentary," nor is it "a right wing agenda movie."
"The team of filmmakers, actors and executives that are responsible for this movie have very different political views. There was no emphasis given to one party over another. By the way, we are also being accused of being a left wing movie that bashes Bush," it also read.
The posting has since been removed from the ABC Web site.
Clinton colleagues Richard Ben-Veniste and John Podesta reportedly expressed their extreme displeasure about the way the docudrama portrays the Clinton administration. Their frustration likely stems from the extensive efforts that were taken to keep the information from being made public.
Jamie Gorelick, former deputy attorney general during the Clinton administration and creator of the notorious wall that was erected between the FBI and CIA, served as a 9/11 Commission panel member. Because of potential conflicts of interest, the propriety of Gorelick's membership on the panel was questionable.
Ben-Veniste's role as a longtime partisan Democrat attorney made him another highly questionable commission member.
Sandy Berger's bizarre and illegal behavior (the actions in which the former national security adviser from the Clinton administration stuffed classified documents into his pants and socks) actually occurred while the commission was in the midst of conducting its investigation.
In a 2002 speech to a Long Island business group, Bill Clinton detailed a 1996 offer from Sudan for bin Laden's extradition. The speech was recorded by NewsMax.com as well as by the Long Island association that hosted the event.
In 2004 the former president admitted on CNN that he once publicly confessed to turning down an offer to have bin Laden arrested prior to the 9/11 attacks. But in true Clintonesque fashion, he unabashedly asserted that his admission was "not accurate."
"What I said there was wrong, what I said was in error," Clinton told CNN's Christiane Amanpour.
"Path" highlights the pivotal moment when the CIA and Northern Alliance had bin Laden surrounded and sought the necessary approval from the Clinton administration to go in and arrest the al-Qaida leader. The administration's refusal to authorize bin Laden's capture was apparently for political reasons.
Ostensibly, the 9/11 Commission was formed to determine how such an attack could have happened to our nation.
A combination of obfuscation by some committee members and a mainstream media bent on blaming Bush has prevented the real trail, which leads from the 1993 World Trade Center bombing to the 9/11 tragedy, from seeing the light of day.
"Path" may provide some long-awaited illumination to an event that has been partially shrouded in mystery — until now.
Editor's Note CLICK HERE to hear Bill Clinton admit that he turned down Sudan's offer to extradite Osama bin Laden.
I'm waiting for this to be suddenly cancelled.
The question that has to be answered is whether ABC/Disney has caved to the demands by Clinton that the film be edited to remove unfavorable references to his administration?
The fact that the Director's defense of his film was removed from the ABC website is not reassuring. I know Rush was all over this last week. I hope we can find out what the true story is before the film airs.
Can't wait to see this. I really hope ABC doesn't edit the final cut.
The folks at Libertas have a full review:
http://www.libertyfilmfestival.com/libertas/
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I heard on Fox News the show was being cancelled due to use of profanity. At least that's the spin.
That's probably the CBS show.
Too bad this couldn't be aired a little closer to Nov. By then most folks will have forgotten about it.
This guy was a mole from the beginning and is now nothing but a propaganda machine for his lifelong friend Hillary. The truth hurts the left, especially when it comes from their own media hacks.
Debunked by whom by the way Brock. You? Hillary?
Wow. Sounds like an "Arkancide."
A film like this doesn't mean a thing as long as President Bush won't get on the bandwagon that calls out the blame where it belongs, Clinton!
This may have started out as a six hour miniseries, but it seems to be only a four hour production now.
It's set to air on 09/10 and 09/11, two hours each night.
http://abc.go.com/movies/thepathto911/index.html
I can attest to the fact that the lottery for the draft did not go into effect until 1970.
My birthday, July 11, had already been matched with #248. When I finished college in June of '69, I was reclassified 1A. Passed my "pre-induction physical" that summer and got my draft notice in early November with orders to report later that month but I was no longer living in the county where my draft board was so they told me to ignore it, that I would get another notice to report at a different date and place (in the county where I was living at that time). Along in December, I was notified to report on January 27, 1970. My #248 mattered not at all, since I had been notified in 1969. Around noon that day, I was sworn in as a Private in the USMC. Yeehaw.
…or edited to an hour. I wouldn't bet a dime that it ever sees the light of day.
The moonbats will demand nothing less.
I recall that a woman voter, in an exit poll, said she voted for Clinon, "because he's so cute"
He's cute alright. He must have been one of those kids who always cut into lines, and never got in trouble for it. And it's worked for him all his life.
We all know the Clinton administration walked off the elevator after farting and blamed the stink on the Bush administration as they walked on.
I have not watched ABC in years. Have not watched anything on ABC, period, either local or national.
But, if you put the 9/11 mini-series on, AS IS, I just might reconsider my decision and let the advertisers know this also.
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