Hollywood gears up to show Pakistan in bad light

[somebozo]

Interesting co-relation of events. Looks like Hollywood is gearing up a full scale hate propaganda assault on Pakistan through pop culture much like they did with soviet union. Pakistan should strongly protest any such movies for entertainment!

US probes filmmakers given details of Bin Laden raid
US probes filmmakers given details of Bin Laden raid - Arab News

By JIM ABRAMS | AP
Published: Jan 6, 2012 23:36 Updated: Jan 6, 2012 23:36

WASHINGTON: Investigators are probing whether the Obama administration divulged too many details of the secret raid on Osama Bin Laden to Hollywood filmmakers.

Rep. Peter King, a Republican who heads the House Homeland Security Committee, has questioned how much information was shared about the US special operations mission in Pakistan that killed the Al-Qaeda leader in May.

King on Thursday released a December letter from the Pentagon saying that the inspector general’s office covering intelligence matters “will address actions taken by Department of Defense personnel related to the release of information to the filmmakers.”

King also released a November letter from the CIA saying that its office of public affairs was developing a “single point of reference that will govern future interactions with the entertainment industry.”

King has expressed worries about the administration’s cooperation with Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. and Kathryn Bigelow, director of the Oscar-winning picture “The Hurt Locker,” who is working on a movie about the hunt for Bin Laden.

In August King wrote the inspectors general of the Pentagon and CIA noting a New York Times column saying that Sony and Bigelow had been given “top-level access to the most classified mission in history.”

In his letter, King said that leaks of classified information related to the Bin Laden raid had already resulted in the arrests of Pakistanis believed by Pakistan authorities to have assisted the CIA.

Participation by the Pentagon and the CIA in making a film about the raid “is bound to increase such leaks, and undermine these organizations’ hard-won reputations as ‘quiet professionals,’” King said. He sought information on talks among the White House, the Pentagon and the CIA about providing Hollywood executives with access to covert military operators and asked whether the film would be submitted to the military and the CIA for pre-publication review.

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney, asked in August about King’s call for an investigation, said claims that the White House had given out classified information were false and that the most specific information the White House had released about the raid came from his daily briefings.

In a statement Thursday, CIA spokeswoman Jennifer Youngblood said, “CIA has been open that as part of our public outreach, the agency has over the years engaged with writers, documentary filmmakers, movie and TV producers, and others in the entertainment industry.

“Our goal is an accurate portrayal of the men and women of the CIA, their vital mission and the commitment to public service that defines them,” Youngblood added.

“And it is an absolute that the protection of national security equities is an integral part of our mission.”

Bigelow and screenwriter Mark Boal issued a statement in August saying the film “has been in the works for many years and integrates the collective efforts of three administrations, including those of Presidents Clinton, Bush and Obama, as well as the cooperative strategies and implementation by the Department of Defense and the CIA.” The movie is expected to reach theaters at the end of the year.

© 2010 Arab News

 

[Dance]

They've been doing that for quite some time now.

Remember that movie From Paris with Love?

 

[W.11]

i would really like to see the movie amidst american losers vacating the country

talibans have kicked their arsevery had and we support them

 

[pakdefender]

Pakistan should also release details about the drama Americans did when they landed in Somalia and also how their fat lard ***** were saved by a PA unit in Somalia , Hollywood has already concocted the wrong story in Blackhawk down but it’s never too late to show the mirror to the 'ehsan faramosh'

 

[joekrish]

Its a dam movie, don't look beyond that.

 

[rohailmalhi]

They are feeding the world that all this mess in this world is just coz of Pakistan.Every bad thing originates form Pakistan .

GOP should sue the filmmaker and make example out of them so that no one dare saying wrong things about Pakistan.

Bas*ards..............

 

[Abhishek_]

They are feeding the world that all this mess in this world is just coz of Pakistan.Every bad thing originates form Pakistan .
GOP should sue the filomaker and make exampleout of them so that no one dare saying wrong things about Pakistan.
Bastards..............

law suit is possible but PK doesn't have a good track record of defending its legal cases internationally.
in any case, it's just a movie and PK members shouldn't be overly concerned with it.

 

[rohailmalhi]

law suit is possible but PK doesn't have a good track record of defending its legal cases internationally.
in any case, it's just a movie and PK members shouldn't be overly concerned with it.

I dont know abt the case bad case record ............. I know that Pakistan won the case against India regarding Basmati.and i think it just the constant pressure they need to mantain.

As far as movie is concern i dont think u will be not be concerned if some filmaker implicate India in to everything without and proof.

 

[Omar1984]

Obama wants to convince the Americans that Pakistan is a threat so he can be re-elected but majority of American want an end to all wars and could care less about Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, and Iraq. Obama is after Pakistan and Republican candidates are after Iran. The majority of Americans are fed up with wars.

 

[Abhishek_]

Obama wants to convince the Americans that Pakistan is a threat so he can be re-elected but majority of American want an end to all wars and could care less about Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, and Iraq. Obama is after Pakistan and Republican candidates are after Iran. The majority of Americans are fed up with wars.

^LOL Obama directed/produced this movie?

 

[Omar1984]

^ From the article:

WASHINGTON: Investigators are probing whether the Obama administration divulged too many details of the secret raid on Osama Bin Laden to Hollywood filmmakers.

 

[Abhishek_]

^ From the article:

WASHINGTON: Investigators are probing whether the Obama administration divulged too many details of the secret raid on Osama Bin Laden to Hollywood filmmakers.

providing information is a bit different than actually making the movie. Defense sector often provides consultancy to movies/games to make the presentation closer to reality. It still remains a work of art, not reality.
And it's a private venture, even a noob like me who worked for Warner Brother studios(Burbank HQ) can deduce such simple concepts.

 

[Abhishek_]

I dont know abt the case bad case record ............. I know that Pakistan won the case against India regarding Basmati.and i think it just the constant pressure they need to mantain.

As far as movie is concern i dont think u will be not be concerned if some filmaker implicate India in to everything without and proof.

our own movies show the ills of Indian society fairly often, no issues there.

 

[IndoUS]

People need to realize one more thing that elections are near in the US and considering the Republican party, Romney is the best challenger against Obama. Obama has majorly scr**ed the country, so the one thing to boost his image is the killing of Osama, the planned release date of the movie is during the election time. So he can cry about how his administration took down the most wanted criminal while the Republican administration couldn't.

 

[EastWest]

I dont know abt the case bad case record ............. I know that Pakistan won the case against India regarding Basmati.and i think it just the constant pressure they need to mantain.

As far as movie is concern i dont think u will be not be concerned if some filmaker implicate India in to everything without and proof.

what was that case?

I know of one case reg Basmati:

n September 1997, a Texas company called RiceTec won a patent (U.S. Patent No. 5,663,484) on "basmati rice lines and grains." The patent secures lines of basmati and basmati-like rice and ways of analyzing that rice. RiceTec, owned by Prince Hans-Adam of Liechtenstein, faced international outrage over allegations of biopiracy. It had also caused a brief diplomatic crisis between India and United States with India threatening to take the matter to WTO as a violation of TRIPS which could have resulted in a major embarrassment for the United States. Both voluntarily and due to review decisions by the United States Patent and Trademark Office, RiceTec lost or withdrew most of the claims of the patent, including, most importantly, the right to call their rice lines "basmati." A more limited varietal patent was granted to RiceTec in 2001 on claims dealing with three strains of the rice developed by the company.