Richard Clarke Blasts Key Scene In ABC’s 9/11 Docudrama

[babylonsister]

http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/05/clarke-blasts-abc/

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ThinkProgress has obtained a response to this scene from Richard Clarke, former counterterrorism czar for Bush I, Clinton and Bush II, and now counterterrorism adviser to ABC:

1. Contrary to the movie, no US military or CIA personnel were on the ground in Afghanistan and saw bin Laden.

2. Contrary to the movie, the head of the Northern Alliance, Masood, was no where near the alleged bin Laden camp and did not see UBL.

3. Contrary to the movie, the CIA Director actually said that he could not recommend a strike on the camp because the information was single sourced and we would have no way to know if bin Laden was in the target area by the time a cruise missile hit it.

In short, this scene — which makes the incendiary claim that the Clinton administration passed on a surefire chance to kill or catch bin Laden — never happened. It was completely made up by Nowrasteh.

The actual history is quite different. According to the 9/11 Commission Report (pg. 199), then-CIA Director George Tenet had the authority from President Clinton to kill Bin Laden. Roger Cressy, former NSC director for counterterrorism, has written, “Mr. Clinton approved every request made of him by the CIA and the U.S. military involving using force against bin Laden and al-Qaeda.”

Tell ABC to tell the truth about 9/11.

[ixion]

1. Revisionist bastards... Clinton should sue for slander

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=slander&x=0&y=0

slan‧der  /ˈslændər/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun
1. defamation; calumny: rumors full of slander.
2. a malicious, false, and defamatory statement or report: a slander against his good name.
3. Law. defamation by oral utterance rather than by writing, pictures, etc.
–verb (used with object)
4. to utter slander against; defame.
–verb (used without object)
5. to utter or circulate slander.

[babylonsister]

2. The problem with that is ABC won't show him the "docu"-drama.

How can he sue over something he hasn't seen? But the fact ABC won't let Clinton, Allbright, et al, see it speaks volumes.

[BOSSHOG]

3. I believe Big Dog is just sitting back and waiting for the show

to air to the world to speak up. Then everyone will know what he is talking about. So sad that the vast number of intellectually lazy americans allows such nonsense to occur. It is amazing that "conservatives" give me more reasons to despise them on a weekly basis.

And to think that the republican party has to stoop to this crap to get votes. How incredibly pathetic.