Do you also find all these comments from 9/11 commissioners, supposedly the source for this film, also "unreal?"

9/11 Commissioner Jamie Gorelick:

“I do have a problem if you make claims that the program is based upon the findings of the 9/11 Commission Report when the actors, scenes and statements in the series are not found in — and, indeed, are contradicted by — our findings.” [Link]

9/11 Commissioner Richard Ben-Veniste:

Some scenes in the film “complete fiction. … The mischaracterizations tended to support the notion that the president [Clinton] was not attentive to anti-terrorism concerns. That was the opposite from what the 9/11 commission found.” [Link]

9/11 Commissioner Tim Roemer:

In the scene, CIA operatives have Osama bin Laden cornered and are poised to capture or kill him until National Security Adviser Samuel Berger refuses to give the go-ahead. … [M]embers of the 9/11 Commission say none of that ever happened.

ROEMER: There were plans, not an operation in place. Secondly, Osama bin Laden was never in somebody’s sights. Thirdly, on page 114 of our report we say George Tenet took responsibility for pulling the plug on that particular Tarnak Farms operation. [CNN, 9/7/06]

9/11 Commissioner Bob Kerrey:

“If you’re saying this is based on the 9/11 Commission report, there are substantial factual discrepancies. You need to get [them] out. … You can’t sit there as ABC and say, ‘Gee, we don’t have any responsibility. They should make a good faith effort to get this as close to the facts as possible.” [Link]

9/11 Commissioner Tom Kean:

“I don’t think the facts are clear, whether it’s Sandy Berger, or whether it’s the head of the CIA, whether a line went dead. I think there are, I think there are a number of — they chose to portray it this way, but my memory of it is that it could have happened any number of ways.” [Link]

And that says nothing of what Clarke and others directly involved have contradicted of this "dramatization."

What Clinton wants is a re-write of history even though this is a drama. All he needs is Capt. Quig's ball bearings. ABC should not become the agent for his falsely developing, self made legacy. Does the Bush administration get to "edit" the show too?

There is no question that much of this film is fabricated to place blame on Clinton.

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Even Bill Bennett just called on ABC to drop the film. The star, Harvey Keitel, has stated that there are falsehoods and he was mislead by the producers.

Certainly, in 2003 when conservatives were up in arms about purported inaccuracies in "The Reagans," they were successful in getting CBS to drop the scheduled airing.

Instead of knee-jerk attacking Clinton, why don't you refute all the "purported" falsehoods in the supposedly-9/11 commission-based docudrama?

I meant to give this link.

winnowhead...

They don't care about the falsehoods because it makes Clinton look bad, and not any of their guys. Now if they put in the REAL things - the PDB and 'My Pet Goat - that makes Dubya look bad, they'd be up in arms.