NYT movie critic re: "Path to 9/11": Sandy Berger scene has been dropped [View All]

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in the critics version, that is...

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/08/arts/television/08path.html?hp&ex=1157688000&en=4e390dd59eea451a&ei=5094&partner=homepage

The TV Watch
Laying Blame and Passing the Buck, Dramatized

By ALESSANDRA STANLEY
Published: September 8, 2006

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The outside pressure was intense enough to persuade ABC to re-edit one of the more contested made-up scenes in the film. In the version sent to critics, it depicted C.I.A. operatives and their Afghan allies armed with guns and night-vision goggles creeping in the dark to snatch Mr. bin Laden from his compound in 1998. The men are told to stand by, in harm’s way, as the C.I.A. director, George J. Tenet and the national security adviser, Samuel R. Berger, cavil by videoconference. Rather than take a firm decision, Mr. Berger flips off his videophone, and Mr. Tenet aborts the mission. (Among other things, ABC agreed to excise Mr. Berger’s hissy fit.)