Wow.  The Path To 9/11 has certainly created an interesting political tempest.

I have heard, and read a lot about the upcoming miniseries.  Sources include: the Michael Medved show, Michelle Malkin's blog, the Hugh Hewitt show and blog, and various newspaper articles which I will try to find and link.  I am not sure how to do the trackback links at this time, but when I figure it out, I will modify the above to link to specific blog entries.

When I first heard about the series, it seemed like a pretty straightforward account of history based on the 9/11 Commission report.  Then I heard that a scene had been dramatized (Sandy Berger hanging up after pulling the plug on a bin Laden grab).  My first thought was: So what?  Further contemplation changed my mind to believe that it was unnecessary.

Then came the politics:  The left started going nuts, claiming that the show is a hit job on the Democrats.  The show blamed 9/11 on President Clinton's Administration, etc. Numerous blogs started calling ABC a propaganda tool of President Bush's Administration and the Republicans.

From what I have heard, the show does not exonerate President Bush, or any of his Administration.  It simply points out that there were many Intelligence and Political failures in the years leading up to 9/11 and that it can't be blamed on any one group of people in America.  I have not yet seen the show, and it looks like I will not see the original release, but I will watch what ABC does show and decide then whether my impressions and assumptions are correct.  I do hope that they do not totally whitewash what happened in any Administration prior to the Act.  The only blame that can truly be assigned for 9/11/2001 falls on Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda.

Now for the First Amendment mentioned in the title of this post.

I have a question for people with any political view:
1) Which is a bigger threat to our First Amendment rights:
   a)  The President approving wire taps on International calls involving known, or suspected terrorists.  Or
   b)  A group of Senators threatening ABC if they show a miniseries that dramatizes the events leading to one of the worst terrorist attacks on American? 

I know which answer I choose.