PT911 comment on Bin Laden's cell phone use

[ochazuke]

There was one character in the movie who stated that Bin Laden used to communicate by cell phone until the media revealed that fact. Bush has said it too, and it has been debunked.

That PT911 would include a debunked claim once again isn't what surprised me. I was wondering if anyone recorded it because it sounded like they overdubbed where the character says something like "until the damned media revealed it". I wonder if they didn't cut out something like "damned liberal media" :)

[parasim]

1. I think the overdub was "wonderful press"...

I recorded it, watched it a number of times and I'm pretty sure that's what he said. It was a definite overdub.
I believe it was originally "Washington Post" until it was pointed out the other day that in fact it was the Washington Times that reported on Bin Laden's cell phone use.

[Historic NY]

2. Orin Hatch reveal it during hearings in 1996

an article was publicized later by the Washington Times in which it talked about tapping bin Ladens cell phones.

[Wilber_Stool]

4. You may be right.

[Historic NY]

5. I found this reference

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/21/AR2005122101994.html?sub=AR

It actually occurred in 1996 not 1998 as * kept saying.

http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=7519

[Wilber_Stool]

3. I belive it was

Dennis Hasert (R Il) that revieled that in a news conference.