Clinton himself is libeled through abusive editing. A first-class U.S. operative played by Donnie Wahlberg argues the case for getting bin Laden while the al-Qaeda leader is openly in view in some sort of compound in Afghanistan. CIA officials haggle over minor details, such as the budget for the operation. The film's director, David L. Cunningham, then cuts abruptly to a TV image of Clinton making his infamous "I did not have sexual relations with that woman" remark with regard to Monica Lewinsky. The impression given is that Clinton was spending time on his sex life while terrorists were gaining ground and planning a nightmare.
It would have made as much sense, and perhaps more, to cut instead to stock footage of a smirking Kenneth Starr, the reckless Republican prosecutor largely responsible for distracting not just the president but the entire nation with the scandal. Looking even worse than Clinton is then-U.S. Ambassador to Yemen Barbara K. Bodine. Her name is not prominently featured but her title is, and she comes across as a foolishly intransigent official who defends the bin Laden name and insults FBI agents who visit her office, with O'Neill heading up the delegation. Patricia Heaton, who plays the role, makes Bodine seem especially despicable, a close-minded ignoramus who ironically tells O'Neill, "You are the epitome of 'the Ugly American.' "
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