ABC Faces Criticism Over 9/11 Miniseries

NEW YORK, September 7: Several former U.S. government
officials, including Madeleine Albright, have sent letters to The Walt Disney
Company’s CEO, Bob Iger, expressing their concerns with ABC’s upcoming
mini-series The Path to 9/11.

According to the Associated Press, former Secretary of State
Madeleine Albright, former National Security Adviser Sandy Berger, Clinton
Foundation head Bruce Lindsey and Clinton adviser Douglas Band all wrote to
Iger in the last week. "The content of this drama is factually and
incontrovertibly inaccurate and ABC has a duty to fully correct all errors or
pull the drama entirely. It is unconscionable to mislead the American public
about one of the most horrendous tragedies our country has ever known,” the
letter reportedly says.

Albright reportedly objected to a scene in which she is
shown insisting that the Pakistani government be warned of U.S. plans to launch
an air strike on Afghanistan. "The scene as explained to me is false and
defamatory," she is quoted as saying.

Berger took issue with a scene that sees him refusing to
authorize an attack on Osama bin Laden despite the request from CIA officials.
"The fabrication of this scene (of such apparent magnitude) cannot be
justified under any reasonable definition of dramatic license," he wrote.

"While ABC is promoting The Path to 9/11 as a dramatization of historical fact, in truth it
is a fictitious rewriting of history that will be misinterpreted by millions of
Americans," the four former officials said. "Given your stated
obligation to 'get it right,' we urge you to do so by not airing this drama
until the egregious factual errors are corrected, an endeavor we could easily
assist you with given the opportunity to view the film."

The five-hour miniseries is set to run without commercial
interruption on Sunday and Monday. It is said to be budgeted at $40 million.