Posted by
Chris Warren on Tuesday, September 12, 2006 7:13:01 AM
“The Path to 9/11” I was able to watch most of both nights worth, plus I recorded it. Was it as controversial as claimed? I don’t know…I doubt it. Were certain areas whitewashed? Maybe. On entertainment value alone, I give the film an A. I enjoyed watching it. It was a “docu-drama” or whatever…so there were some (or many) fictitious points to make it more interesting for a TV audience. Dean Barnett at Hugh Hewitt offers up a few more inconsistencies that were noticed.
Did it make the Clinton administration look bad? Yes, probably…but history and the facts pretty much supported that conclusion already. Sandy Berger was portrayed as somewhat indecisive. Tenet was not exactly shown to be a great leader of the CIA. (Neither of these are earth shattering observations).
The film did well on highlighting the hideous ability of the agencies to share intelligence with one another. The agencies' inability to move or act on certain intel or the inability to obtain follow-up information or piece facts together was discouraging to watch.
Overall the two-part series was well done and enjoyable to watch. If you didn't catch it, I hope you recorded it so you can watch it later.