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'''''The Path to 9/11''''' is a two-part [[miniseries]] that aired in the United States on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] television on September 10&ndash;11, 2006 and in other countries. The film [[drama]]tizes the [[1993 World Trade Center bombing]] in New York City and the events leading up to the [[September 11 attacks|September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks]]. The film was written by screenwriter [[Cyrus Nowrasteh]],<ref>[http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0808/12671_Page2.html Who was blocking 'The Path to 9/11'? - Jeffrey Ressner - POLITICO.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> and directed by [[David L. Cunningham]], and stars [[Harvey Keitel]] and [[Donnie Wahlberg]].<ref>((IMDb title|0473404|"The Path to 9/11"))</ref>

The film was nominated for multiple [[Emmy Awards]]. It won the 2007 Emmy for Outstanding Single Camera Picture Editing.  It also won the 2007 [[Eddie Award]] for [[American Cinema Editors Awards 2007#TV|Best Edited Miniseries]].

The film was controversial.<ref>((Cite news |last=Shales |first=Tom |date=September 8, 2006 |title=ABC's Twisted 'Path to 9/11' |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/08/AR2006090801949.html |access-date=May 25, 2010 |work=The Washington Post))</ref><ref>((Cite news |last=Smith |first=Lynn |date=August 15, 2008 |title=9/11 film doc says Clintons directed from left wing |url=https://articles.latimes.com/2008/aug/15/entertainment/et-path15 |access-date=May 25, 2010 |work=Los Angeles Times |quote="ABC conceded to last-minute edits."))</ref>  It aired once on September 11, 2021.

==Plot==
The miniseries presented a dramatization of the sequence of events leading to the [[September 11 attacks]] in 2001 by [[Al-Qaeda]] on the United States, starting from the [[1993 World Trade Center bombing]] and up to the minutes after its collapse in 2001. The movie takes the point of view of two main protagonists: [[John P. O'Neill]], and a composite [[Central Intelligence Agency]] (CIA) agent, "Kirk".

O'Neill was the real-life Special Agent in charge of Al Qaeda investigations at the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]]; he died in the collapse of the [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|Twin Towers]] on September 11 shortly after retiring from the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] (FBI) and taking the position of Director of Security for the World Trade Center. The composite CIA agent "Kirk" is shown dealing with various American allies, especially Northern Alliance leader [[Ahmed Shah Massoud]], in Afghanistan. In addition, "Patricia", a CIA headquarters analyst, represents the views of the rank and file at CIA headquarters.

The miniseries features dramatizations of various incidents summarized in the'' [[9/11 Commission Report]]'' and represented in high-level discussions held in the Clinton and Bush administrations. The final hour of the movie dramatizes the events of 9/11, including a recreation of the second plane hitting the World Trade Center, [[Tom Burnett]]'s calls to his wife, and John Miller's reporting near the scene of the attacks. The film concludes with information about the 9/11 Commission's recommendations, as well as the performance evaluation the Commission gave the government when it reconvened in 2005.

==Production history==
According to ABC, the movie is based on the "''[[9/11 Commission Report]]'' and other sources",<ref name=abcgo>[https://web.archive.org/web/20060828081357/http://abc.go.com/movies/thepathto911/about.html ABC.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> including interviews and news accounts.<ref>Credits to ''Path to 9/11''</ref> The first indication that ABC was running a miniseries appeared in a brief article in the ''[[New York Post]].''<ref>((Cite news |last=Kaplan |first=Don |date=July 28, 2005 |title=Secrets of first 9/11 miniseries |url=https://nypost.com/2005/07/28/secrets-of-first-911-miniseries/ |access-date=January 22, 2024 |language=en-US))</ref> In it, the producers identified shooting locations and revealed that Harvey Keitel would play [[John P. O'Neill|John O'Neill]]. At the time, ABC had a working name of ''Untitled Commission Report'' and the producers used the working title ''Untitled History Project'', with the project beginning filming in July 2005 and scheduled to end post production by January 2006. Preview screenings were made in May for foreign broadcasters.<ref>((Cite news |last=Clarke |first=Steve |date=July 23, 2006 |title=Beeb clears a 'Path' for ABC's 9/11 mini |url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117947195?categoryid=14&cs=1&nid=2562 |work=Variety))</ref> 

According to ''Advertising Age'', the miniseries was a personal project of ABC entertainment president Steve McPherson, who began to look for a producer shortly after reading the 9/11 Commission Report.

The [[White House]] asked the major networks for airtime to present a Presidential Address to the nation. The interruption delayed the broadcast of the second half of ''Path to 9/11'' by approximately 20 minutes in the Eastern and Central Time Zones. Otherwise, the movie aired without any interruption.

Filming was conducted in [[Morocco]], New York City, Toronto, [[Hamilton, Ontario]]<ref name="hamfilm">((Cite web |title=Internet Movie Database - List of Films shot in Hamilton, Ontario |url=https://www.imdb.com/List?endings=on&&locations=Hamilton,+Ontario,+Canada |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121204162957/http://www.imdb.com/List?endings=on&&locations=Hamilton,+Ontario,+Canada |archive-date=December 4, 2012 |access-date=January 29, 2008 |website=[[IMDb]]))</ref> and [[Washington, D. C.]] The production was one of the few allowed to film at the headquarters of the [[Central Intelligence Agency]] in [[Langley, Virginia]].<ref>[https://www.boston.com/ae/tv/articles/2006/09/06/makers_of_abc_miniseries_question_why_911_happened The Boston Globe, Sept. 6, 2006: Makers of ABC miniseries question why 9/11 happened] By Suzanne C. Ryan, Globe Staff</ref>

==Controversy and criticisms==
((wikinews|ABC comes under fire for alleged partisan slant in 9/11 miniseries))
ABC received a range of criticism from terrorism experts and people portrayed in the film that ''The Path to 9/11'' contained false scenes, distorted events and misrepresented actions of people. ABC received letters from [[Richard A. Clarke|Richard Clarke]], Chief Executive Officer Bruce R. Lindsey of the William J. Clinton Foundation, and Douglas J. Band, Counselor to President Clinton, [[Samuel R. Berger]], [[Madeleine Albright]], [[John Beug]], Democratic Representatives [[John Conyers Jr.]], [[John Dingell]], [[Jane Harman]], [[Louise Slaughter]], and others.<ref name="Comments">((Cite news |date=September 11, 2006 |title=Comments About ABC Entertainment's 9/11 Film |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=2416946&page=1 |access-date=July 24, 2012 |work=[[ABC News]]))</ref> Before the miniseries aired, some screeners of ''The Path to 9/11'' asserted that certain scenes misrepresented the real-life events upon which they were said to be based, and that some scenes were complete fabrications.

===9/11 Commission members===
Members of the [[9/11 Commission]] criticized the accuracy of the film.<ref>((Cite web |date=September 8, 2006 |title=9/11 Commissioners Criticize 'The Path to 9/11' |url=https://thinkprogress.org/9-11-commissioners-criticize-the-path-to-9-11-80ca94ec784/ |access-date=September 28, 2017 |website=[[ThinkProgress]]))</ref>
In response to one particular scene, commission chair [[Thomas Kean]] told an interviewer he "was all right with the made-up scene" where Clinton administration is accused of blocking a chance to kill bin Laden, saying "I don't think the facts are clear."<ref name="Liberties">((Cite news |last=Kaplan |first=Don |date=September 6, 2006 |title=Kean OKs 9/11 Show 'Liberties' |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/nypost/access/1123266631.html?dids=1123266631:1123266631&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT |access-date=July 14, 2012 |work=[[New York Post]] |format=A40))((Dead link|date=March 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes ))</ref> Just weeks before the broadcast he "asked for changes that would address complaints raised by the former Clinton aides and that ABC is considering his request."<ref>((Cite news |last=Kurtz |first=Howard |date=September 8, 2006 |title=Pre-9/11 "docudrama" stirs furor |url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/movies/2003248799_911movie08.html |access-date=July 24, 2012 |work=Seattle Times))</ref>

Commission member [[Richard Ben-Veniste]] said that the miniseries misrepresented facts presented in the 9/11 Commission report.<ref name="mckinley2006">((Cite news |last=McKinley |first=Jesse |date=September 6, 2006 |title=9/11 Miniseries Is Criticized as Inaccurate and Biased |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/06/us/06path.html |access-date=May 25, 2010 |work=The New York Times))</ref>

===Advance viewing copies selectively distributed===

The extensive pre-broadcast controversy over the film was based on content that was present in viewing copies sent to [[conservative]] political groups, talk show hosts and bloggers, including radio personalities such as [[Rush Limbaugh]], and conservative movie critic [[Michael Medved]].<ref>[http://www.libertyfilmfestival.com/libertas/?p=2184 LIBERTAS » Blog Archive » LIBERTAS Exclusive! An Advance Review of ABC’s Outstanding The Path to 9/11<!-- Bot generated title -->] ((webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070816235445/http://www.libertyfilmfestival.com/libertas/?p=2184 |date=August 16, 2007 ))</ref> The office of former President Clinton repeatedly requested a preview copy, but was denied one,<ref>[https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=2416946&page=1 ABC News: Comments About ABC Entertainment's 9/11 Film<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> as was former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.<ref>[https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=2416946&page=2 ABC News: Comments About ABC Entertainment's 9/11 Film<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> However, a version was shown at a Washington, DC screening to members and guests of the [[National Press Club (USA)|National Press Club]],<ref>[http://www.calendarlive.com/tv/cl-et-path9sep09,0,2124244.story?coll=la-home-headlines L.A. Times: ABC Stands By Its 9/11 Story — Almost. By Scott Collins and Tina Daunt]</ref> and to attendees of the Midwest Security and Police Conference in Chicago.<ref>((Cite web |date=August 1, 2006 |title=ABC 7: Law enforcement gets sneak peak of 9/11 mini-series |url=https://www.cairchicago.org/blog/blog/2006/08/abc-7-law-enforcement-gets-sneak-peak-of-911-mini-series?format=amp |website=Cair-Chicago))</ref>

According to Jay Carson, a spokesman for Bill Clinton, Clinton's office requested a copy of the movie so that they could view it before it aired, but the request was denied.<ref>((Cite news |date=September 7, 2006 |title=Clinton officials protest ABC's 9/11 miniseries |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/14718803 |access-date=May 25, 2010 |work=NBC News))</ref> Carson has also stated that [[Madeleine Albright]] and [[Sandy Berger]] had also requested a copy and had also not received them.<ref>((Cite web |title=Bill Clinton Breaks Silence on 9/11 Docudrama &#124; TPMCafe |url=http://www.tpmcafe.com/blog/electioncentral/2006/sep/06/bill_clinton_breaks_silence_on_9_11_docudrama |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060906234641/http://www.tpmcafe.com/blog/electioncentral/2006/sep/06/bill_clinton_breaks_silence_on_9_11_docudrama |archive-date=September 6, 2006 |access-date=September 7, 2006))</ref>

This prompted Albright and Berger to write letters <ref name="madalbright">[http://websrvr80il.audiovideoweb.com/il80web20037/ThinkProgress/2006/albright%20letter.doc] ((webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061012014405/http://websrvr80il.audiovideoweb.com/il80web20037/ThinkProgress/2006/albright%20letter.doc|date=October 12, 2006))</ref><ref>((Cite web |title=Berger letter to Iger |url=http://websrvr80il.audiovideoweb.com/il80web20037/ThinkProgress/2006/Berger%20letter.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929125543/http://websrvr80il.audiovideoweb.com/il80web20037/ThinkProgress/2006/Berger%20letter.pdf |archive-date=September 29, 2007 |access-date=February 19, 2016))</ref><ref>((Cite web |last=Legum |first=Judd |author-link=Judd Legum |date=September 6, 2006 |title=ABC Refuses to Provide Copies of Path to 9/11 to Clinton, Albright, Berger |url=https://thinkprogress.org/abc-refuses-to-provide-copies-of-path-to-9-11-to-clinton-albright-berger-18cf19a13dbe/ |access-date=September 28, 2017 |website=[[ThinkProgress]]))</ref> to ABC asking why they had not received copies and why ABC have chosen to run a movie whose accuracy is highly in question.

In addition to requesting an answer, Albright also stated the following reason for wanting a copy:

((blockquote|For example, one scene apparently portrays me as refusing to support a missile strike against bin Laden without first alerting the Pakistanis; it further asserts that I notified the Pakistanis of the strike over the objections of our military. Neither of these assertions is true. In fact, The 9/11 Commission Report states (page 117), "Since the missiles headed for Afghanistan had had to cross Pakistan, the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs was sent to meet with Pakistan's army chief of staff to assure him the missiles were not coming from India. Officials in Washington speculated that one or another Pakistani official might have sent a warning to the [[Taliban]] or Bin Ladin.<ref name="madalbright" />))

===Criticisms of historical inaccuracy by FBI consultants===

Two FBI agents refused advisory roles on the film, with one criticizing the film for creating a work of fiction and claiming it was inaccurate. Thomas E. Nicoletti had been hired by the filmmakers as a consultant, but quit<ref>((Cite web |last=Faiz |date=September 7, 2006 |title=FBI Agent Who Consulted On Path to 9/11 Quit Halfway Through Because 'They Were Making Things Up' |url=http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/07/fbi-agent-quit/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060919002118/http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/07/fbi-agent-quit/ |archive-date=September 19, 2006 |website=Think Progress))</ref> because "There were so many inaccuracies...I'm well aware of what's dramatic license and what's historical inaccuracy," Nicoletti said. "And this had a lot of historical inaccuracy.'"<ref name="autoref1">((Cite news |last=McKinley |first=Jesse |date=September 8, 2006 |title=F.B.I. Agents Question Accuracy of 9/11 Series |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/08/us/08cnd-path.html?ex=1315368000&en=12a51bf55e8ca804&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss |work=The New York Times))</ref>

Dan Coleman, who retired from the FBI in 2004, said he also was concerned when he read the script in the summer of 2005 after being approached by producers about being a technical advisor. He described, "They sent me the script, and I read it and told them they had to be kidding," Coleman said. "I wanted my friends at the FBI to still speak to me." Coleman went on to say he did not want to be "haunted" by deceased colleagues who were falsely portrayed.<ref name="autoref1" />

===Alleged assassination opportunities not used by Clinton===
Critics claim many inaccuracies in the film, including the depiction of the Clinton administration. For example, in one scene, former National Security Advisor [[Sandy Berger]] is portrayed as unwilling to approve a plan to take out((clarify|date=January 2022)) a surrounded [[Osama bin Laden]]. He leaves it to former CIA Director [[George Tenet]] to decide if he will take responsibility. In the original version of the film,<ref>[http://ibdeditorials.com/images/PT911_CutScene.wmv The deleted scane] ((webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071002204153/http://www.ibdeditorials.com/images/PT911_CutScene.wmv |date=October 2, 2007 )) at [http://ibdeditorials.com/podcasts.aspx#about Investor's Business Daily] ((Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090919100709/http://www.ibdeditorials.com/podcasts.aspx#about |date=September 19, 2009 ))</ref> Berger hangs up the phone on Tenet, and Tenet calls off the operation:

((blockquote|The idea that someone had bin Laden in his sights in 1998 or any other time and Sandy Berger refused to pull the trigger, there's zero factual basis for that.<ref>((Cite web |title=Conservative Author Richard Miniter: 'There's Zero Factual Basis' For Key Scene In Path To 9/11 |url=http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/07/miniter-911 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060918221314/http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/07/miniter-911/ |archive-date=September 18, 2006 |website=Think Progress))</ref>))

[[Cyrus Nowrasteh]], script writer for the film, has said that the abrupt hang-up portrayed was not in the script and was instead improvised. It was later removed from the version shown in the United States.<ref>((Cite news |last=Jesse McKinley |date=September 7, 2006 |title=Three From Clinton Administration Urge Disney to Cancel or Revise 9/11 Mini-Series |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/07/washington/07path.html |work=New York Times))</ref> When asked if he thought of the script as a "historical document," Nowrasteh has responded:

((blockquote|No, but I stand by the original version of the movie, and I stand by the edited version... There has to be conflation of events. The most obvious problem any dramatist faces is that of sheer length. I had to collapse the events of eight and a half years into five hours. I don't know any other way to do it except collapse, conflate, and condense.<ref name="foreignpolicy1">[https://foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=3584 Seven Questions: The Path to 9/11 Controversy<!-- Bot generated title -->] ((Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070305060432/http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=3584 |date=2007-03-05 ))</ref>))

[[Anti-terrorism]] expert [[Richard A. Clarke|Richard Clarke]] said the film was "180 degrees from what happened"<ref name="mckinley2006" /> and made the following criticisms of the film:<ref>((Cite web |last=Legum |first=Judd |author-link=Judd Legum |date=September 5, 2006 |title=Richard Clarke Blasts Key Scene In ABC's 9/11 Docudrama |url=http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/05/clarke-blasts-abc/ |access-date=September 28, 2017 |website=[[ThinkProgress]]))</ref>
#Contrary to the movie, no US military or CIA personnel were in Afghanistan to have spotted bin Laden. When asked about this apparent discrepancy, Nowrasteh stated, "I've interviewed CIA agents who have told me otherwise. But that is the one concession we made. [In the original,] we had a CIA agent on the ground near bin Laden's compound—inside the wall even—and we took that out for the final presentation."<ref name="foreignpolicy1"/>
#Contrary to the movie, the head of the [[Northern Alliance]], [[Ahmad Shah Massoud]], was nowhere near the alleged bin Laden camp and therefore could not have seen Osama bin Laden.
#Contrary to the movie, Tenet actually said that he could not recommend a strike on the camp because the information was single sourced, and there would be no way to independently confirm bin Laden's presence in the target area by the time an already launched [[cruise missile]] would have reached it.

A member of the 9/11 Commission, [[Richard Ben-Veniste]] also stated that the scene depicting Berger hanging up the phone on Tenet is fictional.<ref>[http://public.cq.com/public/20060905_homeland.html CQ.com<!-- Bot generated title -->] ((webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060922135703/http://public.cq.com/public/20060905_homeland.html |date=September 22, 2006 ))</ref>

[[Michael Scheuer]], former head of the CIA Bin Laden Unit during the Clinton administration, a critic of President [[George W. Bush]]'s [[Iraq]] policy, says it was not Berger who canceled assaults on bin Laden, but rather Clarke on Clinton's behalf. Scheuer states, "Mr. Clarke, of course, was at the center of Mr. Clinton's advisers, who resolutely refused to order the CIA to kill bin Laden. In spring 1998, I briefed Mr. Clarke and senior CIA, [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]], and FBI officers on a plan to kidnap bin Laden. Mr. Clarke's reaction was that "it was just a thinly disguised attempt to assassinate bin Laden." I replied that if he wanted bin Laden dead, we could do the job quickly. Mr. Clarke's response was that the president did not want bin Laden assassinated, and that we had no authority to do so".<ref>((Cite web |date=July 4, 2006 |title=Bill and Dick, Osama and Sandy |url=http://www.washtimes.com/op-ed/20060704-110004-4280r.htm |access-date=August 17, 2012 |website=Washington Times))</ref>

===Berger scene===
Besides criticism of an inaccurate script, other fictional and inaccurate scenes were created by the cast. In the film, CIA agents who have infiltrated bin Laden's Afghan compound try to put an assassin named Kirk (Donnie Wahlberg) in contact with National Security Advisor Sandy Berger (Kevin Dunn); Berger, who was later convicted of illegally removing and destroying documents regarding the subject from the [[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives]],<ref name="Berger Will Plead Guilty To Taking Classified Paper">((Cite news |title=Berger Will Plead Guilty To Taking Classified Paper |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16706-2005Mar31.html |work=[[The Washington Post]]))</ref> is portrayed as "dithering" before hanging up on the agents.<ref name="Fudged">((Cite news |last=Mcfarland |first=Melanie |date=September 8, 2006 |title=Fudged facts put 'Path to 9/11' on a slippery slope |url=http://www.seattlepi.com/default/article/Fudged-facts-put-Path-to-9-11-on-a-slippery-1214103.php |access-date=July 24, 2012 |work=[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]]))</ref> The scene was strongly contradicted by both Berger and the 9/11 Commission, including commission member Richard Ben-Veniste.<ref name="Fudged" /><ref>"9/11 movie despite criticism of fictionalized scenes," GMANews.TV - November 9, 2006</ref><ref>"Documenting of 9/11 history sparks debate," ABC Online - September 11, 2006</ref><ref>((Cite news |date=September 11, 2006 |title=ABC airs film on lead-up to Sept. 11 attacks |url=https://www.today.com/popculture/abc-airs-film-lead-sept-11-attacks-wbna14778419 |access-date=July 24, 2012 |publisher=[[NBC News]]))</ref><ref>((Cite news |date=September 11, 2006 |title=What's Fact, What's Fiction in 'The Path to 9/11'? |url=https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=2419683&page=1 |access-date=July 24, 2012 |publisher=[[ABC News]]))</ref>

===Former Secretary of State Albright questions her portrayal===
Another scene in question supposedly portrays Madeleine Albright refusing to shoot missiles at Osama bin Laden without authority from [[Pakistan]] and eventually getting "permission" from them against the military's wishes. Albright insists that this is completely inaccurate.<ref name="Albright">[http://websrvr80il.audiovideoweb.com/il80web20037/ThinkProgress/2006/albright%20letter.doc Albright letter to Robert Iger] ((webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061012014405/http://websrvr80il.audiovideoweb.com/il80web20037/ThinkProgress/2006/albright%20letter.doc |date=October 12, 2006 )), September 5, 2006</ref><ref name="Albright2">[http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/2006/images/09/07/iger.letter.pdf The same letter by Albright, hosted on the internet by CNN]</ref> As Secretary of State, Albright had no involvement in military decisions.

===Inaccuracies regarding airline travel===
In the opening scene of the film, [[American Airlines]] is depicted as ignoring a security warning regarding hijacker [[Mohamed Atta]]. The airline involved was actually [[U.S. Airways]] (although the airline later merged with American Airlines in 2015).<ref>[http://www.fas.org/irp/congress/2002_hr/092602mueller.html Statement of Robert S. Mueller: Joint Investigation Into September 11: (published September 26, 2002)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

According to the 9/11 Commission Report: "While Atta had been selected by [[Computer Assisted Passenger Prescreening System|CAPPS]] [a security warning at a U.S. Airway ticket counter] in [[Portland, Maine|Portland]] [Maine] three members of... [Atta's] hijacking team - Suqami, Wail al Shehri, and Waleed al Shehri - were selected [at an American Airline counter] in [[Boston]]. Their selection affected only the handling of their checked bags, not their screening at the checkpoint. All five men cleared the checkpoint and made their way to the gate for American 11."<ref name="911reportAA">[http://www.9-11commission.gov/report/911Report_Ch1.htm ''The Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States'', Chapter 1, Section 1.1, page 2], Retrieved: September 16, 2006</ref> The incorrect depiction of location and airline may be justified as "time compression and compositing", as described in the film's disclaimer, or it may be an example of careless writing and sloppy fact-checking.

As a result of the inaccuracy, American Airlines stated they planned to pull all advertising from the ABC network and were considering legal action.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/news/sb/2006-09-18/ Movie & TV News @ IMDb.com - Studio Briefing - 18 September 2006<!-- Bot generated title -->]((Dead link|date=September 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes ))</ref>

===Clinton responds===
((blockquote|Clinton pointedly refutted [sic] several fictionalized scenes that he claims insinuate he was too distracted by the [[Monica Lewinsky]] [[Lewinsky scandal|sex scandal]] to care about bin Laden and that a top adviser pulled the plug on CIA operatives who were just moments away from bagging the terror master, according to a letter to ABC boss Bob Iger obtained by The Post. However, Clinton famously bragged about declining the opportunity to kill bin Laden, just one day before the tragic events on September 11, 2001.<ref>((Cite web |title=Clinton Before 9-11: Could Have Killed Bin Laden |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkfYBSuUHrk |via=[[YouTube]]))</ref>

The former president also disputed the portrayal of then-Secretary of State Madeleine Albright as having tipped off Pakistani officials that a strike was coming, giving bin Laden a chance to flee.

"The content of this drama is factually and incontrovertibly inaccurate and ABC has the duty to fully correct all errors or pull the drama entirely," the four-page letter said.<ref>:((Cite web |title=President Clinton on "The Path to 9/11" |url=http://democrats.org/a/p/president_clinton_on_the_path_to_911.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060908211147/https://www.democrats.org/a/p/president_clinton_on_the_path_to_911.html |archive-date=September 8, 2006 |access-date=September 9, 2006))</ref>))

===Senate Democrats' letter to ABC===
Senate Democratic Leader [[Harry Reid]], Assistant Democratic Leader [[Dick Durbin]], Senator [[Debbie Stabenow]], Senator [[Charles Schumer]], and Senator [[Byron Dorgan]] sent a letter to [[Robert A. Iger]], the President and CEO of the [[Walt Disney Company]]. Their letter includes the following statement:

((blockquote|Presenting such deeply flawed and factually inaccurate misinformation to the American public and to children would be a gross miscarriage of your corporate and civic responsibility to the law, to your shareholders, and to the nation.

The [[Communications Act of 1934]] provides your network with a free broadcast license predicated on the fundamental understanding of your principle obligation to act as a trustee of the public airwaves in serving the public interest. Nowhere is this public interest obligation more apparent than in the duty of broadcasters to serve the civic needs of a democracy by promoting an open and accurate discussion of political ideas and events.<ref>[http://reid.senate.gov/newsroom/record.cfm?id=262624&&year=2006& US Senator Harry Reid for Nevada<!-- Bot generated title -->] ((webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060924220759/http://reid.senate.gov/newsroom/record.cfm?id=262624&&year=2006& |date=2006-09-24 ))</ref>))

===Scholastic Press announcement===
[[Scholastic Press]], which had a deal with ABC to distribute "educational materials" based on the movie, pulled the materials in question from their website on September 7, substituting them with materials focusing on "critical thinking and media literacy skills".<ref name="scholastic">[http://www.scholastic.com/aboutscholastic/news/press_09072006_CP.htm About Scholastic: News<!-- Bot generated title -->] ((webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061016041531/http://www.scholastic.com/aboutscholastic/news/press_09072006_CP.htm |date=October 16, 2006 ))</ref>

Dick Robinson, Chairman, President and CEO of Scholastic Press, had this to say on the matter:

((blockquote|After a thorough review of the original guide that we offered online to about 25,000 high school teachers, we determined that the materials did not meet our high standards for dealing with controversial issues... at the same time, we believe that developing critical thinking and media literacy skills is crucial for students in today's society in order to participate fully in our democracy and that a program such as 'The Path to 9/11' provides a very 'teachable moment' for developing these skills at the high school level.  We encourage teachers not to shy away from the controversy surrounding the program, but rather to engage their students in meaningful, in-depth discussion.<ref name="scholastic" />))

===Responses from cast and crew===
[[Harvey Keitel]], who plays [[John P. O'Neill]]—the lead role in the film, said he was told that the script was "history" project, but "it turned out not all the facts were correct" and by the time ABC tried to "heal the problem" it was "too late."<ref name="KeitelInterview">[[Showbiz Tonight]], September 7, 2006, HLN</ref> In an interview two weeks before the film was to air he said more scenes needed to be corrected because "you cannot cross the line from a conflation of events to a distortion of the event."<ref name="KeitelInterview" /> Keitel also said there was "discussion" and "argument" on-set during the filming about what was truthful and what was not, and that he disagreed with certain decisions.<ref name="KeitelInterview" />

Producer [[Marc Platt (producer)|Marc Platt]] has acknowledged that the script was based in part on a book co-written by a Bush administration official. The book, ''The Cell: Inside the 9/11 Plot, and Why the FBI and CIA Failed to Stop It'' was co-written by John Miller, who serves as the assistant director of public affairs for the FBI.<ref>''The Boston Globe'': [https://www.boston.com/news/globe/living/articles/2006/09/06/makers_of_abc_miniseries_question_why_911_happened/ Makers of ABC miniseries question why 9/11 happened.]  September 6, 2006.</ref>

Script writer Cyrus Nowrasteh said it was "an objective telling of the events of 9/11."<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080106154602/http://www.libertyfilmfestival.com/libertas/index.php?p=462 Interview: Writer-Producer Cyrus Nowrasteh] Interviewed by Govindini Murty</ref>

===Response from Barbara Bodine===
On September 8, former Ambassador to [[Yemen]] [[Barbara Bodine]] complained in a ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' Op-Ed about her portrayal in the film: "According to the mythmakers, a battle ensued between a cop obsessed with tracking down Osama bin Laden and a bureaucrat more concerned with the feelings of the host government than the fate of Americans and the realities of terrorism. I know this is false. I was there. I was the ambassador."<ref>[https://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/la-oe-bodine8sep08,1,3740515.story 9/11 Miniseries is Bunk] Los Angeles Times, Barbara Bodine, September 8, 2006</ref> The ABC miniseries compressed Bodine's role (played by [[Patricia Heaton]]) to a single extended scene, suggesting she was dismissive, hostile, and vulgar toward FBI investigator [[John P. O'Neill|John O'Neill]] from the moment of his October 2000 arrival in Yemen (see [[USS Cole bombing]]).

===Errors and other criticism===
In addition to the fictionalized scenes and misrepresentations, preview copies contained several smaller errors that prompted criticism that the film is sloppy in its fidelity to facts. For example, a caption in the film misspelled Madeleine Albright's name.<ref>[http://americablog.blogspot.com/2006/09/disneyabc-gets-sec-of-state-albrights.html Disney/ABC gets Sec. of State Albright's name wrong in 9/11 mockumentary - AMERICAblog: A great nation deserves the truth<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>((Failed verification|date=April 2014)) Another example is a scene portraying a warning popping up on a computer when Mohamed Atta boarded [[American Airlines Flight 11]] in [[Boston]]. The scene was factually inaccurate; Atta actually boarded a connecting U.S. Airways flight in [[Portland, Maine]].<ref>[http://www.fas.org/irp/congress/2007_hr/091007transcript.pdf "Confronting the Terrorist Threat to the Homeland: Six Years After 9/11"<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

During production of the movie, there was a controversy in the Toronto media over the use of discarded medical charts and records as document props. The [[Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario|Information and Privacy Commissioner]] for the province of Ontario launched an investigation and the producers destroyed footage including the garbage and sent all remaining documents to a shredding service for disposal.<ref>Siddiqui, Tabassam. "Privacy office probes records fiasco; Hundreds of medical charts strewn on streets used as props for Toronto shoot of 9/11 movie." ''[[Toronto Star]]'', October 4, 2005.  pg. A.07</ref>

Republican [[William Bennett]] joined those saying there is "no reason to falsify the record" or "falsify conversations". During an appearance on CNN he called on ABC to correct the inaccuracies of the show and for fellow conservatives to join him in such a demand.<ref>CNN: ''American Morning'': [http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0609/08/ltm.03.html September 8, 2006] transcript.</ref>

On December 22, 2006 [[Media Matters for America]] named [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] as "Misinformer" of 2006 for, among other things in ''The Path to 9/11'', calling it:

<blockquote>...a two-part miniseries that placed the blame for the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the Clinton administration and whitewashed some of the Bush administration's failures leading up to the attacks.<ref name="Misinformer">((Cite news |date=December 22, 2006 |title=Misinformer of the Year: ABC |url=http://mediamatters.org/items/200612220014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070120052015/http://mediamatters.org/items/200612220014 |archive-date=January 20, 2007 |access-date=2007-01-14 |publisher=[[Media Matters for America]]))</ref></blockquote>

===Advertising discrepancies===
While in the U.S. the film was marketed as a loose dramatization of events based on the 9/11 Commission Report, television advertising for the film in countries outside the U.S. called the film the "Official True Story".<ref name="crooks">((Cite web |last=Amato |first=John |date=September 8, 2006 |title=ABC's promoting the "Path to 9/11" as the "OFFICIAL TRUE STORY" Worldwide |url=http://crooksandliars.com/2006/09/09/abcs-promoting-the-path-to-911-as-the-official-true-story-worldwide |access-date=September 11, 2013 |website=[[Crooks and Liars]]))</ref> Further, an Australian TV listing called the film "the story of exactly what happened", which later changed to "The thrilling dramatised investigation" as the airing time drew near.<ref name="kos">((Cite web |date=September 11, 2006 |title=Daily Kos: ABC Hits Panic Button? Frantic Re-Write Misfires |url=http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/9/11/52259/8931 |access-date=September 11, 2013 |website=[[Daily Kos]]))</ref>

===Allegation of non-profit involvement===
Allegations of religious involvement surfaced in 2006, when journalist [[Max Blumenthal]] commented on [[David Loren Cunningham]] and his former links to the international mission organization [[Youth with a Mission]]. David is the son of Youth with a Mission founder [[Loren Cunningham]]. This connection to Youth with a Mission, and past allegations of a political agenda within the organization, were mentioned by Blumenthal. He also noted the previous intentions of David Cunningham to 'revolutionize' film and television by founding an auxiliary group within Youth With A Mission called TFI (The Film Institute). Youth With A Mission International Chairman Lynn Green acknowledged the allegations, yet rebutted these concerns, insisting that the organization, "had nothing to do with financing the film, nor did any YWAM personnel have any influence on the content of the film."<ref name="TheNation">((Cite web |date=September 11, 2006 |title=ABC 9/11 Docudrama's Right-Wing Roots |url=http://www.thenation.com/doc/20060925/path_to_911 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061023192157/http://www.thenation.com/doc/20060925/path_to_911 |archive-date=October 23, 2006 |access-date=December 16, 2007 |quote=Last June, Cunningham's TFI announced it was producing its first film, mysteriously titled Untitled History Project. "TFI's first project is a doozy," a newsletter to YWAM members read. "Simply being referred to as: The Untitled History Project, it is already being called the television event of the decade and not one second has been put to film yet. Talk about great expectations!" (A web edition of the newsletter was mysteriously deleted last week after its publication by the blogger Digby, but has been cached on Google at the link above).))</ref><ref name="YWAM911FAQ">((Cite web |title=YWAM and The Path to 9/11 |url=http://ywam.org/articles/article.asp?bhjs=-1&AID=368 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20071108161605/http://ywam.org/articles/article.asp?bhjs=-1&AID=368 |archive-date=November 8, 2007 |access-date=December 16, 2007 |quote=As you probably know, Youth With A Mission and our founder, Loren Cunningham, have come under some intense scrutiny in the media in the past couple of weeks days. I thought you might have some questions arising from the publicity and wanted to help you by providing some answers to help you respond to people around you.))</ref>

==Support for ''The Path to 9/11''==

===Responses from the right===
Prior to its broadcast, conservative talk radio host [[Hugh Hewitt]] described as "a very accurate docudrama" and claimed the controversy by suggesting that what they call "the deep anger of the Clinton political machine" or the "narcissistic whining of the Clinton coterie" amounts to "self-serving complaints," to "an irrelevant diversion," to a "repellent" "hissy fit".<ref name="whylefthate">((Cite news |last=Hewitt |first=Hugh |author-link=Hugh Hewitt |date=September 7, 2006 |title=Why Does the Left Hate "The Path to 9/11"? |url=http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HughHewitt/2006/09/07/why_does_the_left_hate_the_path_to_911 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517000921/http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HughHewitt/2006/09/07/why_does_the_left_hate_the_path_to_911 |archive-date=May 17, 2008))</ref> [[L. Brent Bozell III|Brent Bozell]] wrote, also before it was broadcast, that both "Clinton and Bush officials come under fire, and if it seems more anti-Clinton, that's only because they were in office a lot longer than Team Bush before 9-11. Indeed, the film drives home the point that from our enemies' perspective, it's irrelevant who is in the White House. They simply want to kill Americans and destroy America. The film doesn't play favorites, and the Bush administration takes its lumps as well."<ref>[http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BrentBozellIII/2006/09/07/a_compelling_path_to_9-11 A compelling "Path to 9-11"] ((Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517032411/http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BrentBozellIII/2006/09/07/a_compelling_path_to_9-11 |date=May 17, 2008 )) by [[L. Brent Bozell III|Brent Bozell]]</ref> Hewitt added that the "program is not primarily about the Clinton stewardship—or lack thereof—of the national security. It is not even secondarily about that. Rather the mini-series is the first attempt &mdash; very successful &mdash; to convey to American television viewers what we are up against: The [[fanaticism]], the maniacal [[evil]], the energy and the [[genius]] for mayhem of the enemy."<ref name="whylefthate" />

To date, the miniseries has not been released on DVD. Writer and producer Nowrasteh said that a stalled release is not due to lack of interest but rather political pressure, telling the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' in 2007 they were protecting [[Bill Clinton]]'s presidential legacy and shielding [[Hillary Clinton]] from criticism for [[Hillary Clinton 2008 presidential campaign|her 2008 presidential campaign]].<ref name="Blocking?">((Cite news |date=September 5, 2007 |title=Is Clinton's candidacy blocking 'Path to 9/11'? |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-path5sep05,0,1537274.story |access-date=May 25, 2010 |work=The Los Angeles Times))</ref> According to the ''LA Times'', an ABC spokeswoman reached September 4, 2007, said that the company "has no release date at this time," and she declined to comment further.<ref name="Blocking?" />

===Documentary revisits controversy===
In August 2008, talk show host and documentary filmmaker [[John Ziegler (talk show host)|John Ziegler]] and producer [[David Bossie]] of [[Citizens United (organization)|Citizens United]] premiered a documentary co-produced, written and directed by Ziegler entitled ''Blocking The Path to 9/11'', which revisits the political controversy behind the ABC miniseries ''The Path to 9/11''.<ref name="blockingthepathcredits">[http://www.blockingthepath.com/ ''Blocking The Path To 9/11'' - Credits] ((Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211126044939/http://blockingthepath.com/ |date=November 26, 2021 )), ''Blocking The Path To 9/11'' official website (accessed September 21, 2008)</ref><ref name="blockingthepathprem01">[http://www.johnziegler.com/news_detail.asp?story=152 Premiere of John Ziegler's Film Announced!!] ((Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224213145/http://www.johnziegler.com/news_detail.asp?story=152 |date=February 24, 2021 )), John Ziegler official website (accessed September 21, 2008)</ref><ref name="blockingthepathprem02">[http://www.johnziegler.com/news_detail.asp?story=155 Premiere of JZ's Film Ends With Standing Ovations] ((Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224153053/http://www.johnziegler.com/news_detail.asp?story=155 |date=February 24, 2021 )), John Ziegler official website (accessed September 21, 2008)</ref> Through interviews with the ''Path to 9/11'' filmmakers and others, news clips regarding the controversy, and footage from the miniseries itself, the documentary argues not only that accusations of the filmmakers' covert political agenda were unfounded, but that they were generated by Clinton-era politicians concerned that the miniseries tarnished their political legacy, and were reported uncritically by bloggers and a biased news media. The documentary also asserts that Disney/ABC ultimately shelved plans to release a DVD of the miniseries as a result of pressure from the Democrats, specifically the Clintons themselves. As noted in the documentary, Disney/ABC denies this and claims the decision not to release a DVD was purely a business decision.<ref>((Cite web |date=September 20, 2010 |title=Saving "The Path to 9/11" Miniseries That Was Silenced By Political Intimidation |url=http://www.parcbench.com/2010/09/20/saving-the-path-to-911-miniseries-that-was-silenced-by-political-intimidation/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319005024/http://www.parcbench.com/2010/09/20/saving-the-path-to-911-miniseries-that-was-silenced-by-political-intimidation/ |archive-date=March 19, 2012 |access-date=August 17, 2012 |publisher=Parcbench.com))</ref>

Jeffrey Ressner of ''[[The Politico]]'', wrote ''Blocking 'The Path to 9/11'' mirrored ''The Path to 9/11'' because it "raises even more questions and adds its own set of disconnected dots to this broadcasting dilemma".<ref>((Cite news |last=Jeffrey Ressner |date=August 21, 2008 |title=Who was blocking 'The Path to 9/11'? |url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0808/12671.html |access-date=July 14, 2012 |work=[[The Politico]] |format=A40))</ref>

==Awards==
*2007 [[Emmy Award]]: Outstanding Single Camera Picture Editing for a Miniseries or a Movie
*2007 Emmy Award nominations: Outstanding Casting for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special; Outstanding Cinematography for a Miniseries or Movie; Outstanding Main Title Design; Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Original Dramatic Score); Outstanding Sound Editing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special; Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special;
* 2007 [[American Cinema Editors]] Eddie Award: Best Edited Miniseries or Motion Picture for Commercial Television

==Ratings in the United States==

During the first night of the original broadcast in the United States, ''The Path to 9/11'' was beaten by [[NBC]]'s ''[[NBC Sunday Night Football|Sunday Night Football]]'' with 20.7 million watching the game, with ''Path'' tying a rerun of the film ''[[9/11 (2002 film)|9/11]]'' shown on CBS with 13 million viewers.<ref name="Ratings">The numbers: only 13 million viewers watched 'Path to 9/11', compared with 20.7 million watching the NFL((Cite news |date=September 12, 2006 |title=9/11 drama loses out in ratings |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/5337380.stm |access-date=May 25, 2010 |work=[[BBC]]))</ref><ref>((Cite news |date=September 11, 2006 |title=NFL tops ABC's edited 9/11 miniseries |url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2006-09-11-nfl-vs-911-miniseries_x.htm |access-date=May 25, 2010 |work=[[USA Today]]))</ref><ref>((Cite news |date=September 11, 2006 |title=The News in Brief, September 12, 2006 |url=http://www.eonline.com/news/53299/first-look-the-news-in-brief-september-12-2006 |access-date=May 25, 2010 |work=[[E!]]))</ref> During its second night, ''The Path to 9/11'' was again beat by an NFL doubleheader, this time the premiere of ''[[Monday Night Football]]'' on [[ESPN]], with 10.5 million households watching those games, and ''The Path to 9/11'' coming in second.<ref name="MondayDouble">((Cite news |date=September 13, 2006 |title=Monday NFL doubleheader dials in ratings for ESPN |url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/columnist/hiestand-tv/2006-09-12-hiestand-nfl_x.htm |access-date=May 25, 2010 |work=[[USA Today]]))</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+Ratings
|-
! Shown/Network !! Rating !! Share
|-
!''[[NBC Sunday Night Football|Sunday Night Football]]'' ([[NBC]])
| 15.1 || 23
|-
! ''Path to 9/11'' (ABC)
| 8.2 || 12
|-
! ''[[9/11 (2002 film)|9/11]]'' ([[CBS]])
| 8.2 || 12
|}

==Cast==
* [[Harvey Keitel]] as [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] Special Agent [[John P. O'Neill]], Terrorism, and subsequently Head of Security at WTC
* [[Donnie Wahlberg]] as [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] Field Agent Kirk, Composite
* [[Mido Hamada]] as [[Ahmad Shah Massoud]], Afghan Opposition Leader Against The Taliban
* [[Stephen Root]] as [[Richard A. Clarke|Richard Clarke]]
* [[Barclay Hope]] as [[John Miller (journalist)|John Miller]]
* [[Frank John Hughes]] as [[Diplomatic Security Service|DSS]] Special Agent Bill Miller, [[Regional Security Officer]] U.S. Embassy Islamabad
* [[Patricia Heaton]] as [[Barbara Bodine]], U.S. Ambassador to Yemen
* [[Shirley Douglas]] as U.S. Secretary of State [[Madeleine Albright]]
* [[Margaret Long]] as Secretary to The President
* [[Penny Johnson Jerald]] as U.S. National Security Advisor [[Condoleezza Rice]] {reprising her role from ''[[DC 9/11: Time of Crisis]]''}
* [[Dan Lauria]] as [[George Tenet]] (Director of Central Intelligence)
* [[Amy Madigan]] as Patricia Carver, Composite CIA Headquarters Analyst
* [[Michael Murphy (actor)|Michael Murphy]] as [[William Cohen]]
* [[Trevor White (actor)|Trevor White]] as Scott Ramer
* [[William Sadler (actor)|William Sadler]] as Neil Herman
* [[Shaun Toub]] as [[Emad Salem]]
* [[Wendy Crewson]] as Valerie James
* [[Stephanie Moore]] as Deanna Burnett
* [[Michael Benyaer]] as [[Khalid Sheikh Mohammed]]
* Martin Brodie as [[Mohamed Atta]], 9/11 leader piloted [[American Airlines Flight 11]] after the hijacking
* [[Nayef Rashed]] as [[Ayman al-Zawahiri]], [[Al-Qaeda]] Leader
* [[Fulvio Cecere]] as Joe Dunne
* Marie V. Cruz as [[Aida Fariscal]]
* [[David Zayas]] as Lou Napoli
* David Huband as Charley
* [[Kevin Dunn]] as [[U.S. National Security Advisor]] [[Sandy Berger]]
* [[Nabil Elouahabi]] as [[Ramzi Yousef]], [[World Trade Center Bombing|World Trade Center Bomber]]
* [[Enis Esmer]] as [[Mohammed Salameh]]
* Moe Fawaz as [[Majed Moqed]]
* [[Akin Gazi]] as [[Mohamed Rashed Daoud Al-Owhali]]
* [[Youssef Kerkour]] as [[Mahmud Abouhalima]]
* Sam Lupovich as [[Khalid al-Mihdhar]]
* David Michie as Nicholas Lanier, Composite [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] Middle East correspondent
* Hani Noureldin as [[Nawaf al-Hazmi]]
* [[Armando Riesco]] as John Atkinson
* [[Neil Crone]] as Dorsey
* [[George R. Robertson]] as Vice President [[Dick Cheney]]
* [[Al Sapienza]] as Donald Sadowy
* [[Katy Selverstone]] as Nancy Floyd
* [[Jean Yoon]] as [[Betty Ong]], Flight Attendant
* Azdin Zaman as [[Abdulaziz al-Omari]]
* Gabe Fazio as J. P. O'Neill, son of John O'Neill
* [[Nicky Guadagni]] as Mary Jo White
* [[Riz Ahmed]] as Yosri
* Moody el-Karaouni as [[Waleed al-Shehri]]
* Tareef Marrel as [[Wail al-Shehri]]
* Noam Jenkins as [[Marwan al-Shehhi]]
* Tarik Ben Ali as [[Ziad Jarrah]]

==Broadcasting==
((more citations needed|date=July 2012))

===United States===
*Part 1: September 10, 2006, at 8:00 pm–10:45 pm (shortened from 11 pm) at [[North American Eastern Time Zone|EDT]] on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
*Part 2: September 11, 2006, at 8:00 pm–9:00 pm at EDT on ABC
*Part 2 (continued): September 11, 2006, at 9:20 pm – 10:17 pm at EDT on ABC (After President Bush National Address) (See exception)

ABC's broadcasts though originally planned to be shown "with limited commercial interruption" were aired with no commercials, since the network was unable to obtain sponsorship.<ref>[http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/09/11/abc/index.html War Room: Political News, Politics News - Salon<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The broadcasts were also watched in Canada, where the network is available on [[Multichannel television in Canada|cable and satellite]] as well as over-the-air in most border areas.


===Australia===
*Part 1: September 10, 2006, at 8:30 pm on [[Seven Network|Channel Seven]]
*Part 2: September 11, 2006, at 9:30 pm on Channel Seven

===Belgium===
*Part 1: September 13, 2006, at 9:05 pm on [[VT4]]
*Part 2: September 20, 2006, at 9:05 pm on VT4
*Part 1: August 20, 2008, at 9:10 pm on RTL-TVI
*Part 2: August 20, 2008, at 10:00 pm on RTL-TVI
*Part 3: August 20, 2008, at 10:50 pm on RTL-TVI

===Croatia===
*Part 1: March 6, 2010, at 23:15 pm on [[Nova (Croatian TV)|Nova TV]]
*Part 2: March 13, 2010, at 23:15 pm on [[Nova (Croatian TV)|Nova TV]]

===Finland===
*Part 1: November 11, 2007, on [[MTV3]]
*Part 2: November 18, 2007, on MTV3
*Part 3: November 25, 2007, on MTV3
*Part 4: December 2, 2007, on MTV3
*Part 5: December 9, 2007, on MTV3

In Finland the miniseries was shown in five parts as distinct from normal two.

===India===
*Part 1: September 10, 2006, at 9:00 pm on [[Zee Network|Zee Studio]]
*Part 2: September 11, 2006, at 9:00 pm on Zee Studio

===Italy===
*Part 1 & 2: March 13, 2007, on [[Sky Italia|Sky]]

===Japan===
*Part 1 & 2: January 14, 2007, at 8:00 pm on [[Wowow]]
*Synopsis: September 13, 2009, from 9:00 pm – 10:54 pm on [[TV Asahi]]

===New Zealand===
*Part 1: September 10, 2006, at 7:30 pm on [[TV One (New Zealand)|TV One]]
*Part 2: September 11, 2006, at 7:30 pm on TV One

===Norway===
*Part 1: January 3, 2008, on [[TVNorge]]
*Part 2: January 4, 2008, on TVNorge
*Part 1: September 12, 2008, on TVNorge

===South Africa===
*Part 1: September 11, 2007, on [[M-Net]]
*Part 2: September 11, 2007, on M-Net

===Spain===
*Part 1: September 12, 2007, at 10.00 pm on [[Antena 3 (Spain)|Antena 3]]
*Part 2: September 12, 2007, at 12:00 pm on Antena 3

===United Kingdom===
*Part 1: September 10, 2006, at 8:00 pm on [[BBC2]]
*Part 2: September 11, 2006, at 8:30 pm on BBC2

BBC2's broadcasts were also watched in [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]], Belgium and the Netherlands, where the channel is available on [[cable television|cable]].

==See also==
*''[[9/11 Commission Report]]''
*''[[I Missed Flight 93]]''
*''[[Inside 9/11]]''
*''[[Special Bulletin]]''
*''[[The Day After]]''
*''[[The Reagans]]''

==References==
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==External links==
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*((IMDb title|0473404))
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160423032225/http://www.gpoaccess.gov/911/pdf/fullreport.pdf 9/11 Commission Report]
*[http://www.blockingthepath.com/ Blocking "The Path to 9/11"] ((Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211126044939/http://blockingthepath.com/ |date=November 26, 2021 ))

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