UPI: Analysis: Sept. 11 miniseries under fire

[RamboLiberal]

http://www.upi.com/inc/view.php?StoryID=20060905-111623-5746r

An upcoming TV mini-series about the origins of the Sept. 11 plot is provoking angry complaints from Democrats about the portrayal of the Clinton administration's response to terrorism.

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But a portion of the film showing an aborted effort to capture al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden before the 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in East Africa has aroused the ire of some of the officials portrayed.

A statement from Samuel "Sandy" Berger, who was national security adviser to President Bill Clinton at the time, calls the scenes involving him "complete fabrications."

And Rep. Louise Slaughter, D-N.Y., called on ABC to show disclaimers throughout each episode, not just at the beginning. "ABC has a responsibility to make clear that this film is not a documentary, and does not represent an official account of the facts surrounding the Sept. 11 attacks," she said.

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The film does paint a rather unflattering portrait of the incoming Bush administration -- showing how they demoted White House counter-terrorism czar Richard Clarke, and failed to act against al-Qaida even after their responsibility for the November 2000 attack on the USS Cole became clear.

"The difference is, the stuff they show the Bush administration doing actually happened," said Jay Carson, a spokesman for former President Clinton.

[redqueen]

1. Love that comment from Jay Carson.

:loveya:

[The_Casual_Observer]

2. Oh I get it, in order to make it "fair & balanced" they needed to make up

a bunch of stuff to make Clinton look bad, since the bush people had screwed up so badly. It makes sense now.

[LisaM]

3. WHY are they doing this?

It's like a big, fat campaign ad. And it distracts mightily from the failures of Katrina.

Between Brian Williams' special, Keith Olbermann's show, and what's going on at CBS "news", NBC has become my network of choice for the news (other than CBC which, thankfully, we get in Seattle).

[Mnemosyne]

6. It is a big fat propaganda ad. Wait until they

make the mini-series - "Story of Katrina; or How * Desperately tried to get the LA Gov. and Ray Nagin to save those poor people"

Arggghh!

[datadiva]

4. I am glad to see this article

Hopefully, more will be printed and more people will speak out in public before this fabrication airs.

[Mabus]

5. We've got to keep hitting ABC & newspapers with e-mails, letters and calls

This article shows that we're having an impact. We need to encourage everyone we know to make waves.

[Jim__]

7. This is good!

Lots of publicity exposing this as right wing propaganda detracts from its ability to fool people.

[RamboLiberal]

8. BTW, I found the link on Drudge

so even there it is at least appearing.