Comments on: Scene from Path to 9-11 is not ‘fake but accurate’ as some suggest – VIDEO ADDED

By: PajamaHadin

PajamaHadin — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 17:46:30 +0000

Under Pressure from Left, ABC Alters 9/11 Miniseries

ABCs upcoming five-hour docudrama “The Path to 9/11″ is quickly becoming a political cause cÃ©lÃ¨bre.

The network has in recent days made changes to the film, set to air
Sunday and Monday, after leading political figures, many of them
Democrats,…

By: Baklava

Baklava — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 17:37:12 +0000

Good stuff Sev. You the man.

By: Severian

Severian — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 16:58:44 +0000

Some interesting things in this old Neal Boortz column on Richard “I’m the hero” Clarke:

Richard Clarke, lying then or now?

So what did Clarke have to say in the 2002 briefing?

Let’s start with a statement Clarke made to the 9/11 Commission yesterday. Clarke told the commissioners that early on in the Bush administration he told the president: ” … and I said, well, you know, we’ve had this strategy ready … ahh … since before you were inaugurated. I showed it to you. You have the paperwork. We can have a meeting on the strategy anytime you want.”

So .. there’s Clarke telling the media and the commissioners yesterday that he had presented paperwork to Bush on a strategy for dealing with Al Qaeda and was ready to discuss it. But what did he say to Jim Angle in 2002? This: “I think the overall point is, there was no plan on Al Qaeda that was passed from the Clinton administration to the Bush Administration.”

Lying then? Or lying now?

And what about this “Bush did virtually nothing” claim?

In the 2002 background briefing Clarke said: “When President Bush told us in March to stop swatting at flies and just solve this problem, then that was the strategic direction that triggered the NSPD (National Security Presidential Directive) from one of roll back to one of elimination.” “NSPD” is National Security Presidential Directive. So Clark was telling reporters in August of 2002 that the directive from the president in March of 2001 was to stop swatting at flies … to eliminate Al Qaeda. This is what calls doing virtually nothing?

In the 2002 briefing Clarke also told Angle and the rest of the reporters that Bush had ordered an increase in CIA resources by five times .. .including funding for covert actions against Al Qaeda. Again … doing virtually nothing?

Here’s the kicker. It comes from the transcript of the 2002 Clarke briefing … near the end.

Jim Angle: “So, just to finish up if we could then, so what you’re saying is that there was no — one, there was no plan; two, there was no delay; and that actually the first changes since October of ‘98 were made in the months just after the administration came into office?

Richard Clarke: “You got it. That’s right.

So .. while the terrorist threat was increasing Clinton made no changes in his plan of action against terrorism during the last two years of his presidency, but Bush got on the stick immediately. That is what Clarke is now describing as “doing virtually nothing.”

Obviously Clarke is lying. We just have to figure out which statements are the lies? Was he lying in 2002 when he was working in the Bush White House? Or is he lying now when he’s trying to sell a book?

Figure it out.

Honesty and honor seem to be in real short supply among Democrats and ex-Clintonistas doesn’t it?

By: The Sycamore Tree

The Sycamore Tree — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 16:53:28 +0000

Some final thoughts

It’s sad that after five years some people still can’t accept the fact that we are in a struggle for…

By: Bruce

Bruce — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 02:07:00 +0000

Controversy surrounding this movie seems to be causing us to lose sight of what is most important about 9/11: Our sense of resolve and the ineffable unity displayed on that day. United 93 was a good movie, in terms of emphasizing these aspects of 9/11, but it lacked a good soundtrack. Here’s a one-song soundtrack I came up with:

United 93
words and music by Dr. BLT (c)2006
http://www.drblt.net/music/unitedninetythree.mp3

Saturating the movie screens and radio airwaves with more 9/11 movies and songs may have the undesirable effect of not respecting the sacrifices of that day, or diminishing their value. I try to recapture what I believe has already been lost via this song:

One September Mournin’
words and music by Dr. BLT (c)2006
http://www.drblt.net/music/OneSeptMourn.mp3

Of course, there are very few songs about cowboys who witnessed 9/11. So I wrote this song:

A Cowboy’s Prayer (5 years after)
words and music by Dr. BLT (c)2006
http://www.drblt.net/music/cowboysPrayer.mp3

(sorry, the recording on this one’s a little rough).

Thanks for letting me share my blog n roll with you.

By: billy

billy — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 16:09:58 +0000

I just can’t believe how much was edited out of “the path to 9-11″.

The firefighters talking about the “cutting charges” were edited out. The faces of the fire marshalls were edited out. The sound was re-dubbed.

I can’t believe how much the government and media can control things we see!?

By: Big Bang Hunter

Big Bang Hunter — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 14:56:16 +0000

“Also logically the probablity of exposing a plot such as a terroist attack increases shortly before the crime as their activity increases and begins to correlate. So perhaps more responsibility lies with Bush as there was now a more valid case and a greater wealth of information to act appropriatly.”

- Just what we need – Some typical “Liberal logic”, and from a country that has even more problems with terrorism than we do. Good luck *Pome!

*(Pom’ie – Prisoner of Mother England)

- Bang

By: Shaun

Shaun — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 07:25:55 +0000

The problem with “Path to 911″ is simple. It mixes fact and fiction to push a political agenda. Are we talking on this site about real events and issues, or reviewing a dramatic story. That is the problem with politics today. People are making their political decisions based on inaccurate or misleading information. People just continue to believe the message without learning the facts. It takes effort to know the truth and most people get easily distracted by the “spin”. That is how you get into a huge mess like Iraq. The message and realities don’t match up but people will not admit they were fooled. “Path to 9/11″ is just more “spin” to steer people away from the facts. How is it good for the country that so many people are making decsions on “spin” and not the facts. Does this movie help or hurt people’s ability to get the facts? They show a disclaimer telling you that they are mixing in “spin”!

By: Relaxed

Relaxed — Sun, 10 Sep 2006 22:39:31 +0000

I’m in the UK and just watched Path to 9/11, screened a few hours before than in the US, I found this site in curious research. I’m not conservative and would like to point out a flaw I noticed in this articles thought process.

‘Anyone with a brain in their head knows that the person who had 8 years to deal with the threat of OBL versus the person who only had 8 months should have taken a lot more heat for his failure to deal quickly and decisively with the emerging threat presented by OBL and Al Qaeda.’

This statement implies that a politician acting years before a terroist attack or ‘crime’ has greater ability to stop the incident occuring than a politician whose term coincides with the planned attack.

In reality the majority of police detectives, investigators and intelligence experts will actually say the most effective and perhaps the only time of catching the perpetrators of such a crime is shorty before or (if safe) during the planned crime. This ensures, a) an abundance of evidence, b) all perpetrators are caught.

Also logically the probablity of exposing a plot such as a terroist attack increases shortly before the crime as their activity increases and begins to correlate. So perhaps more responsibility lies with Bush as there was now a more valid case and a greater wealth of information to act appropriatly.

By: newton

newton — Sat, 09 Sep 2006 04:04:43 +0000

You know, I just let the Dems make a**es out of themselves on this one. All we have to do is sit down, pop a cold one, and enjoy the comedy.

By: NC Cop

NC Cop — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 16:12:55 +0000

I saw an interesting blog on the recent video release about Al Jazeera. The video shows Osama and some of the dirtbag hijackers speaking:

“The video also showed two of the 19 Islamists who took part in the attacks, Saudi nationals Hamza al-Ramdi and Wael el-Shemari. The men said that their actions were inspired by an urge to avenge the suffering of Muslims in Bosnia and Chechnya.”

So apparently it was Clinton’s action in Bosnia that “inflamed” the muslims into attacking the U.S. I wonder if any of this will find it’s way onto CNN, NBC,CBS,ABC, or the New York Times. Interesting…

By: Webloggin

Webloggin — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 13:57:59 +0000

Scholastic Pulls "Path to 9/11" Educational Resource Kit

I have a copy of the resource kit here. Nothing in the documentary or the kit would have threatened the objectives as stated in this letter to teachers. It is more likely that politically active teachers would have taken it upon themselves to steer the…

By: Webloggin

Webloggin — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 13:31:30 +0000

Democrats Threaten ABC License and Free Speech over "Path to 9/11" Mini-Series

Apparently the only message that Democrats want to allow out is the type of false and misleading Michael Mooreish style message that distorts the truth for the purpose of Democrat political gain.

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By: Tom TB

Tom TB — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 13:05:00 +0000

Checkout newsmax.com and read “Dick Morris: Clinton Attack ‘Outrageous’”

By: KURU Lounge

KURU Lounge — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 11:26:10 +0000

Path to 9/11 and Phase II of the SSCI Report

So on the same day that it’s announced that ABC will give into pressure from Clinton Administration officals ,and alter scenes which reflect the miserable failure of their counterterrorism policies, the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence is rele…