'PATH' MISSED REAL 9/11 STORY  —  FIRST things first: ABC's miniseries "The Path to 9/11," which will air Sept. 10 and 11, is a stiff.  For those well-versed in the infuriating details of the missteps and missed opportunities in pursing al Qaeda between the first bombing of the World Trade Center …

ABC Gets More Pressure to Toss 9/11 Film  —  NEW YORK (AP) — ABC faced growing pressure Friday about its planned miniseries on the buildup to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.  Former Clinton administration officials, historians and a Democratic petition with nearly 200,000 signatures urged the network to scrap the five-hour drama.

'NYT' Calls Controversial 9/11 Movie Evenhanded, Others Disagree  —  NEW YORK The film-makers and network responsible for the upcoming miniseries, "The Path to 9/11," which is now under assault for its alleged conservative bias, received critical support from a perhaps unexpected quarter on Friday — The New York Times.

Meltdown: Dean, Berger, Albright, lefty historians demand "Path" be edited cancelled  —  Nothing else will do at this point, it seems: … The message sent out this afternoon by DNC Executive Director Tom McMahon also ended with a call for ABC "to keep this cheap right-wing miniseries off our airwaves."

"The path to The Path to 9/11," part 2  —  Well, we did the spot on World News with Charles Gibson last night (VIDEO HERE) and a separate spot on Good Morning America this a.m....  The crux of the debate is that there are events in the film that didn't actually happen, that reflect poorly …

In Letter, Albright And Berger Demand Kean Get ABC To Kill Film  —  We've just obtained a letter that Madeleine Albright and Samuel Berger have just sent to 9/11 Commission chair Tom Kean, demanding that Kean use his pull with ABC to get the network to kill "The Path to 9/11."

Senate: No prewar Saddam-al-Qaida ties  —  WASHINGTON - There's no evidence Saddam Hussein had a relationship with Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and his Al-Qaida associates, according to a Senate report on prewar intelligence on Iraq.  Democrats said the report undercuts President Bush's justification for going to war.

Rules of Evidence  —  A new Senate report on Iraq and al Qaeda ignores everything which gets in the way of its conclusions.  —  ONCE AGAIN headlines from media outlets around the country declare "No Saddam, al-Qaeda link."  This time the news cycle is being fed by the release of two reports …

"HE WOULD FIRE THE NEXT PERSON THAT SAID THAT"....Today, via Orin Kerr, comes a remarkable interview with Brigadier General Mark Scheid, chief of the Logistics War Plans Division after 9/11, and one of the people with primary responsibility for war planning.  Shortly after the invasion of Afghanistan …