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Aaron Sorkin - terrorism visionary?

by PeteyP

Mon Aug 02, 2004 at 09:44:27 PM PDT

Ok, the headline is a bit over the top.  But I find one of his episodes, in particular, quite prescient.

Season Two premiered in Oct. 2000 - before the (s)elected of Bush and during Clinton's presidency.  Season One ended with an assassination attempt on President Barlet (well, ok, on his bodyman Charlie).  Season Two began with the aftermath, including:

A meeting in the Situation Room with the CoS, the VPOTUS, the National Security Adviser ("NSA"), and various Joint Chiefs and such.  This is a quote from the NSA:

"It is worth mentioning that at this moment we do not know the whereabouts of about a half dozen cell leaders, including Bin Laden.

So, even Sorkin thought OBL was a threat long before GWBush did?  I thought you all would get a kick out of that.

God bless West Wing marathons.  ;-)

Ironically, after mentioning the OBL whereabouts issues, the NSA went on to talk about a growing threat of the Iraqi Republican Guard.  Talk about life immitating art, or something like that.

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  •  Enough of the *real* news (none / 1)

    the fake Barlet administration is often much more satisfying.

    The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers. -Thomas Jefferson

    by PeteyP on Tue Aug 03, 2004 at 01:45:17 AM PDT

  •  bin Laden (none / 0)

    OBL was well-known to most people since (at least) the 98 embassy bombings. he was the biggest celebrity terrorist before 9/11. people tend to forget that.

    by thirdparty on Tue Aug 03, 2004 at 01:47:34 AM PDT

  •  That should be a West Wing ad (none / 0)

    A great advertisement for West Wing

    West Wing
    See a good government

    "My Fellow Americans, this is our time, let us embrace it" - Bill Clinton

    by Defarge on Tue Aug 03, 2004 at 01:55:20 AM PDT

  •  Before West Wing: Sports Night (none / 0)

    In the first season of "Sports Night", Aaron Sorkin's brilliant series that preceded "West Wing" a bomb scare occurs in the building in which the characters work (they are a cable sports network).

    It is thought that the bomb scare was the work of fundamentalists....

    Wouldn't you think that rabbis and priests and ministers and cardinals would step forward and say "Fella, we think that pretty much any hope you have of getting into heaven will be ruined if you blow up that building"?
    Would you think they'd say that?

    If you haven't seen "Sports Night", it's available on DVD. "West Wing" fans will recognize Joshua Malina (West Wing's Will Bailey) and "Six Feet Under" fans will recognize Peter Krause.  And there's an extended guest gig by William H. Macy in Season Two.

    You're in for a treat. And it's not about sports....

    The times, they are a-changin'

    by Malacandra on Tue Aug 03, 2004 at 03:12:26 AM PDT

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