ABC's Path to 9/11 partly based on information from Bush administration PR

[helderheid]

ABC's Path to 9/11 partly based on information from Bush administration PR official

http://mediamatters.org/items/200609070004

Marc Platt, the executive producer of ABC's upcoming two-part miniseries set to air on September 10 and 11, titled The Path to 9/11, has said that "every scene" of the film "is based on information from either the 9/11 Report ... or the books The Cell (co-written by the former ABC News correspondent John Miller) and Relentless Pursuit, written by Samuel Katz." However, in addition to co-writing The Cell: Inside the 9/11 Plot, and Why the FBI and CIA Failed to Stop It, Miller is also a member of the Bush administration, serving as the assistant director of public affairs for the FBI, as blogger Digby has noted.

As Media Matters for America has documented, the film has recently been heavily criticized for its reported factual inaccuracies, inconsistencies with the 9-11 Commission report, and misrepresentations regarding the Clinton administration's counterterrorism policies.
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[leftchick]

1. isn't he the guy who interviewed Bin Laden?

then after Sept. 11 he quit the news and I thought he became a policeman?

[helderheid]

4. not sure

[leftchick]

7. Yes , He is one and the same....

he must be making the big bucks now to become a traitor to his country ......

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ABC reporter John Miller recounts his May 1998 hour-long interview with Osama Bin Laden at his mountaintop camp in southern Afghanistan. The interview took place a little more than two months before Al Qaeda's truckbombings of the two U.S. embassies in East Africa.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/binladen/who/miller.html




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John Miller (journalist)
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John Miller at the FBIJohn Miller is the Assistant Director of Public Affairs for the FBI. Miller is a former ABC News reporter and anchor. He conducted a famous May 1998 interview with Osama Bin Laden in Afghanistan.

Miller attended the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism. He began work as a journalist in 1973 for WNEW in New York City. Miller cut his teeth as an investigative journalist for WNBC from 1985 to 1994. He is regarded as an expert on organized crime, especially the Mafia, and also on domestic and international terror groups.

He worked briefly for Mayor Rudy Giuliani as his press officer during the mayor's first term in office, and then served as the Deputy Police Commissioner of New York City from 1994–1995 as chief spokesman for Commissioner William Bratton. Miller then worked as an ABC News correspondent until January 2002 when he took the post of co-anchor with Barbara Walters of the ABC program 20/20. In January 2003, he quit to rejoin Bratton at the Los Angeles Police Department as their Bureau Chief for the Counter-Terrorism and Criminal Intelligence Bureau, where he also at times oversaw the Major Crimes Division, and the Emergency Services Division.

In September, 2005 Miller left Los Angeles for Washington, D.C. to become the Assistant Director of Public Affairs for the FBI.

His journalistic awards include two Peabody Awards, a DuPont-Columbia Award, and nine Emmys.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Miller_(journalist)

[helderheid]

8. damn good find!!

[blm]

9. Wanna bet that BFEE got him the Bin Laden interview in the first place?

I'd bet that Miller works for BFEE just like Woodward does.

[leftchick]

11. I wouldn't take that bet

It sounds like a lock to me.

[blm]

12. During that same time period, wasn't Chevron schmoozing Taliban leaders?

Texas hospitality (bribes, booze, and callgirls) was being spread around alot - who was the Gov. of Texas overseeing that venture?

[Jack Rabbit]

2. Surprise!!

:sarcasm:

[mcscajun]

3. Golly Gee, Who'da Thunk It?

Another "inside job" from the folks that have catapulted so much propaganda from inside the WH through their lapdogs in the Corporate Media.

:grr: :banghead: :grr: :banghead: :grr: :banghead: :grr: :banghead:
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[helderheid]

5. Kick

[proud patriot]

6. I'm shocked , I tell ya

:sarcasm:

[Rex]

10. Hey FBI, do something about this.

Unless you guys support fascism. Prove me wrong.

[helderheid]

13. .