The Path to 9/11

[JerryM]

Anyone watch Part 1 last night? I enjoyed it a lot. Was very well done. The production values were high--especially the scenes in Pakistan/Afghanistan and the battle sequences seemed very realistic. Must have cost plenty.

The movie apparently aroused the ire of some Clinton administration officials, who felt it blamed them unfairly. But I didn't detect that, at least not in this first part. It does portray the government as perhaps overly cautious in its pursuit of OBL. But given what they knew then, and the general political situation of the time, restraint might have been necessary, especially regarding a secret military operation on foreign soil. It does show some successes, such as the captures of Ramzi Yousef and the Nairobi embassy bomber, and how a bombing attack at the Millenium celebration was foiled. I really don't see it as a slam to the previous administration at all. Not yet anyway.

Tonight's final part should be good. Can't wait to see how the Bush administration fares. But on the whole, it's very absorbing. A definite contender for a bunch of Emmys next year.