How in the hell was Syriana allowed to be produced and shown in US?

[cantstandbush]

OMG! It tells a lot of our dirty little secrets. It was so real i wonder why the Bush regime didn't declare it top secret and a threat against national security. It was great!!

[radio4progressives]

1. a lot details left out of the story...

that's my best educated guess... ;)

:shrug:

[awoke_in_2003]

3. Agreed...

THEY will just write it off as being a "fantasy of the left coast librul"

[Gloria]

2. Check out this thread.....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=5673334&mesg_id=5673334

[Journeyman]

4. Maybe the nation isn't in quite the straightjacket. . .

it's so popular on DU to portray it constricted within?

[walldude]

9. Did you see the MSRNC poll?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x5672450

177000 votes and 85% want Bush tried and Impeached for spying

As far as Syriana, I haven't seen the movie yet but I'd bet George Clooney's clout is what made it happen. Steve Gaghan the writer/director was on with Sam Seder one night and had some harrowing tales to tell about his research for the film.

[sam sarrha]

5. what was the name of the book it was made after

[stillcool]

8. "See No Evil" by Bob Baer...

[greenman3610]

11. watch for Baer's brief cameo as an interrogator eom

[still_one]

6. because the morans who should see it won't

and if they did they wouldn't understand it

[stillcool]

7. Call it fiction....

like spooks do when they want to write about their experiences and the CIA won't clear their books for publishing. Or, like Richard Clarke did with his new book.

[texpatriot2004]

10. Syriana was a great film. Can't wait to see it again. n.t