The film shows a scene, dated September 4, 2001, in which Condi Rice tells Richard Clarke and George Tenet that President Bush is very worried about the contents of the Presidential Daily Briefing from August, the one that says bin Laden is determined to strike the US, and that the president is tired of swatting at flies.
Only problem? It was back in March of 2001 that the president was tired of swatting at flies, with regards to terrorism. I can find no record of Condi Rice bring up Bush's supposed concern about the PDB at any September 4 principals meeting. Note that the movie also does not show Bush receiving the memo a month earlier and doing nothing about it - what a convenient ommission.
I'm in NYC, can you guys do a bit more research about this supposed Sept 4 meeting and see if Condi Rice ever said anything about Bush being very worried about the PDB and wanting a new strategy to take on bin Laden as a result? If Disney/ABC made this scene up, it's incredibly damning to their credibility as this is the main scene, so far, that seems to suggest Bush was on the ball.
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Disney/ABC appears to praise Bush reaction to PDB with meeting that never happened
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