Thread: BIN LADEN - The Movie ( and Barack Hussein Obama )

Homeland Security Chairman Seeks Probe into Administration-Sanctioned Bin Laden Movie

By Joshua Rhett Miller
Published August 10, 2011
FoxNews.com

The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee is calling for an investigation into the Obama administration's granting of high-level access to filmmakers recreating the U.S. Special Operation Forces mission that killed Usama bin Laden.

In a letter to the inspectors general of the Defense Department and CIA, U.S. Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., wrote that the administration's first duty in declassifying material is to provide full reporting to Congress and the American people to build public trust through transparency of government.

"In contrast, this alleged collaboration belies a desire of transparency in favor of a cinematographic view of history," King wrote in the Aug. 9 letter.

The movie is the creation of Kathryn Bigelow and Mark Boal, who won an Oscar for their portrayal of an Iraq war bomb squad in "The Hurt Locker." In a New York Times column that appeared Sunday, columnist Maureen Dowd noted that the White House was counting on the "big-screen version of the killing of bin Laden to counter Obama's growing reputation as ineffectual."

Dowd added that the pair had gotten "top-level access" to the mission and the projected October 2012 release date is "perfectly timed to give a home-stretch boost to a campaign that has grown tougher."

The Pentagon confirmed Wednesday that it is cooperating with the project. A CIA spokeswoman said the agency's goal is an "accurate portrayal" of its mission.

"As part of our public outreach, this agency -- like others in our government -- has over the years engaged with writers, documentary filmmakers, movie and TV producers and others in the entertainment industry," Marie Harf said. "Our goal is an accurate portrayal of the men and women of the CIA, their vital mission and the commitment to public service that defines them."

However, Fox News has learned that when the Pentagon cooperated with Bigelow on "The Hurt Locker," a Department of Defense-sanctioned Army adviser pulled out at the last minute because Bigelow added several scenes that had not been authorized, breaking the production assistance agreement.

Among the additional scenes not approved by the Pentagon were one in which a U.S.-armored Humvee with an American flag on it drove into a Palestinian refugee camp in Jordan to film "angry reaction" of the crowd. The directors also added scenes that showed U.S. military personnel abusing detainees.

King said he questioned whether military officials and the CIA will be able to screen the film before its release, whether the filmmakers access to CIA agents could blow their covers and how many tactics, techniques and agency methods could have been compromised.

Leaks of classified information regarding the bin Laden have already resulted in the arrests of Pakistanis who were believed by local authorities to have assisted the CIA with the May 1 raid, King noted.

Participation by the administration in making such a film is "bound to increase such leaks," King's letter continued.

But White Press Secretary Jay Carney characterized concerns that the U.S. is giving away its secrets or endangering its operations as "ridiculous."

"We do not discuss classified information," Carney told reporters on Wednesday. "I would hope that as we face a continued threat from terrorism, the House Committee on Homeland Security would have more important topics to discuss."

Lt. Col. Tony Shaffer, a retired Army Reserve officer who served in Afghanistan from 2003 to 2004, said the "hugely bad idea" could potentially reveal classified material or specific techniques used to kill the late al Qaeda leader.

"It appears to me to be a political stunt," Shaffer told FoxNews.com. "This is not going to benefit the SEALs. They have gotten all the benefits they need, thank you very much.

Shaffer also questioned the timing of the film's release.

"The History Channel and the Military Channel do a great job in recreations," he told FoxNews.com. "So, the question is: Why this and not other relevant elements of the war? This is an anomaly. And who benefits from this? Does the SEAL team benefit? Does the Department of Defense? The only thing you need to ask yourself is, 'Who benefits by the release in October?'"

Fox News' Jennifer Griffin and Wes Barrett contributed to this report.


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The movie is the creation of Kathryn Bigelow and Mark Boal, who won an Oscar for their portrayal of an Iraq war bomb squad in "The Hurt Locker."

In a New York Times column that appeared Sunday, columnist Maureen Dowd noted that the White House was counting on the "big-screen version of the killing of bin Laden to counter Obama's growing reputation as ineffectual."

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Hollywood to the rescue again?

Why is Hollywood going to be able to make tens of millions of dollars off a movie glamorizing not only Bin Ladin but Barack Obama along with him?

Obama is like the rest of those in Washington from both political parties now facing the worst public opinion ratings in the history of the United States.

They will do ANYTHING for a vote.

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Obama approval rating at 40%
http://www.gallup.com/poll/113980/Gallu ... roval.aspx

Deadline reports that untitled Bigelow film about SEAL Team Six - the team responsible for killing Osama Bin Laden -

has been given an official release date of October 12, 2012.

http://www.cinemablend.com/new/kathryn- ... 25958.html

The United States presidential election of 2012 is the next United States presidential election, to be held on

Tuesday, November 6, 2012.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Sta ... tion,_2012

Rush Limbaugh -

Paul Shanklin Sings " The Man Who Shot Osama Bin Laden "

http://youtu.be/2g0oZOz4N0U

Reader Poll: Sony’s Politicization of the Upcoming Bin Laden Film
by Hollywoodland

For ten years we’ve been waiting for Hollywood to engage in the War on Terror in a way that portrays our country and military personnel in a positive light — in a way that actually takes a side against the terrorists and for the Americans fighting and dying to stop them. Finally, just when it appears as though we might actually get that movie, it looks as though Sony Pictures has decided the Kathryn Bigelow directed, Mark Boal scripted October 2012 release should also be a $50 – $75 million re-election campaign commercial for Barack Obama.

http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/holly ... aden-film/

Originally Posted by Skip

Finally, just when it appears as though we might actually get that movie, it looks as though Sony Pictures has decided the Kathryn Bigelow directed, Mark Boal scripted October 2012 release should also be a $50 – $75 million re-election campaign commercial for Barack Obama.

http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/holly ... aden-film/

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Even the Democrats are saying they should have opted for Hillary over Obama.

Take nothing for granted. Even Obama.

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White House rejects claim about bin Laden raid film

(Reuters) - Moviemakers producing a film about the U.S. special forces raid that killed Osama bin Laden are getting help from the Pentagon, but the Obama administration dismissed concerns on Wednesday that classified information has been divulged.

The film, focusing on one of President Barack Obama's key successes in office, is due to be released in October 2012, less than a month before the election in which the Democrat is seeking a second term.

Republican Peter King, chairman of the House of Representatives Homeland Security Committee, called on Tuesday for an investigation into contacts between the administration and the filmmakers. King questioned whether special operations methods had been compromised.

"The claims are ridiculous," White House spokesman Jay Carney told a White House briefing.

"We do not discuss classified information. And I would hope that as we face the continued threat from terrorism, the House Committee on Homeland Security would have more important topics to discuss than a movie," Carney added.

U.S. Marine Corps Colonel Dave Lapan, a Pentagon spokesman, said the Defense Department is cooperating with filmmaker Kathryn Bigelow and screenwriter Mark Boal as they work on a motion picture about the raid that killed bin Laden.

The two, who collaborated on the Oscar-winning Iraq war movie "The Hurt Locker," had been developing the bin Laden film even before the al Qaeda leader was killed in May in a raid on a compound in the Pakistani city of Abbottabad.

In a statement, the pair said their movie covered a period of three different U.S. administrations that searched for bin Laden, including those of Presidents Clinton and Bush.

"This was an American triumph, both heroic and non-partisan, and there is no basis to suggest that our film will represent this enormous victory otherwise," Bigelow and Boal said in their joint statement.

The Pentagon has a two-person entertainment media office that assists makers of films, television shows, computer games and other entertainment media targeting mass audiences.

"Mostly when we're contacted by filmmakers they're looking for access to our equipment, our personnel and our installations. Technical advice is kind of a byproduct of that relationship," said Phil Strub, who heads the office.

Reacting to a New York Times column saying the film was timed to give Obama a "home-stretch boost" in his re-election bid, King called for an investigation into the assertion that Bigelow had been given "top-level access to the most classified mission in history."

On the Bigelow film, Lapan said the Defense Department is "providing assistance with script research, which is something we commonly do for established filmmakers." Lapan said the Pentagon attempts to help filmmakers and authors but "we do not discuss classified information."

Carney said information provided to the filmmakers "has been focused on the president's role."

"There is no difference in the information that we've given to anybody who's working on this topic from what we gave to those of you in this room who worked on it in the days and weeks after the raid itself," Carney told reporters.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/ ... 9Q20110810

So is this going to be a fantasy film or a documentary?

Perhaps it is just a propamentary.