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To: ChinuSFO who wrote (41672)	8/9/2004 1:28:39 AM
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To: ChinuSFO who wrote (41672)	8/9/2004 8:02:45 AM
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Moore is less than honest, panelist says By Dave Wedge Sunday, August 8, 2004 news.bostonherald.com Fueling the ``Fahrenheit 9/11'' controversy, members of the 9/11 Commission dispute filmmaker Michael Moore's claims that 26 members of Osama bin Laden's family were secretly shuttled out of the country while planes were grounded after the terror attacks. ``That's not what we found,'' commission member Jamie Gorelick said of Moore's assertion that the Saudis were snuck out on a charter flight on Sept. 13 in violation of airspace restrictions. Gorelick told the Herald that restrictions had been lifted by the time the Saudi planes took off that day and that the FBI interviewed 22 of the 26 members. The others were cleared by the agency of any connection to the attacks, the commission found. The commission's findings have been hotly debated, with Moore saying they confirm his claims and detractors saying they prove him wrong. In the film, Moore suggests that the flights occurred with White House help when air traffic was grounded. To prove his point, Moore mockingly says, ``Even Ricky Martin couldn't fly,'' a reference to the singer being stranded at an airport.But Gorelick, a Washington, D.C., lawyer, said the filmmaker chose his words carefully and distorted the facts. ``If you listen closely, it never says (in the film) that the planes left while the airspace was restricted,'' Gorelick said. The report finds ``no credible evidence'' that any chartered flights carrying Saudi nationals took off while restrictions were in place. The commission did confirm several of Moore's other points, however, including finding that ``most'' of the 160 Saudis who left the country between Sept. 14 and 24 were not interviewed. A sloppily dressed, do-it-yourself filmmaker who focuses his critical lens on wealthy right wingers, Moore has been a thorn in the side of conservatives - and has emerged as the leading basher of President Bush [related, bio]. But his biting remarks are often dismissed by conservatives and pundits who portray him as a self-serving egocentric. Though Moore has not officially stumped for Sen. John F. Kerry [related, bio], he has urged his minions to get out and vote and brashly called for Bush's ouster. Asked about Kerry's opinion of Moore's DNC-week jaunt in Boston, campaign spokesman Michael Meehan said, ``We provided him with credentials to attend and hope he enjoyed watching the next president of the United States accept his nomination.''