{"id":247,"date":"2012-06-12T06:31:06","date_gmt":"2012-06-12T06:31:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/65.110.86.41\/2\/?p=247"},"modified":"2023-03-03T00:58:04","modified_gmt":"2023-03-03T07:58:04","slug":"nat-geo-channel-whitewash-of-triple-cross-findings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/?p=247","title":{"rendered":"Nat Geo Channel Whitewash of Triple Cross Findings"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Nat%20Geo%20Channel%20Whitewash%20of%20Triple%20Cross%20Findings\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p><a href=\"http:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Nat-Geo-doc-triple-cross.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-248\" title=\"Nat Geo doc triple cross\" src=\"http:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Nat-Geo-doc-triple-cross.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"341\" height=\"239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Nat-Geo-doc-triple-cross.png 426w, https:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Nat-Geo-doc-triple-cross-300x210.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 341px) 100vw, 341px\" \/><\/a>On Saturday, March 1st, 2008 Nat Geo Channel re aired its documentary which whitewashed Peter Lance\u2019s criticism of the FBI and DOJ in TRIPLE CROSS. For Nat Geo\u2019s description of the program <a href=\"http:\/\/channel.nationalgeographic.com\/channel\/triplecross\/index.html\">CLICK:<\/a>\u00a0 As you can see, The DVD cover from the documentary mimics the cover of P.L.\u2019s book with one exception: Patrick Fitzgerald\u2019s picture has been replaced by a shot of NYC on 9\/11. This is the result of a rewriting of history done by the NGC and the producer: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.towersproductions.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Towers Productions Inc. <\/a>(TPI) of Chicago who knuckled under to pressure from three ex-Feds to gut Lance\u2019s investigation of Ali Mohamed and Fitzgerald in the two hour documentary which first aired on August 28th, 2006.<\/p>\n<p>Lance\u2019s association with Towers Productions began in 2005 when TPI interviewed Lance for their four hour NGC documentary <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.com\/remembering-9-11\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">INSIDE 9\/11 <\/a>Three months after the program aired in August, 2005, TPI Chairman <a href=\"http:\/\/www.towersproductions.com\/index.php\/whoweare\/staff\/jonathan_towers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jonathan Towers <\/a>optioned Lance\u2019s latest book <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Triple-Cross-Penetrated-FBI-Fitzgerald\/dp\/0060886889\/ref=ed_oe_h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TRIPLE CROSS<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In December, 2005 Towers flew Lance to Washington D.C. where NGC executives bought a new two-hour documentary to be based <em>entirely<\/em> on Lance\u2019s book with Lance to serve as narrator, writer and co-executive producer and the program to air in August, 2006 a week before the planned publication of the book. NGC approved a budget for the program of $818,428.00 after Lance wrote a 14 page Treatment based on his research, which Jonathan Towers edited and presented to NGC executives John Ford and Michael Cascio on January 11th, 2006. <a href=\"http:\/\/peterlance.com\/TRIPLE_CROSS_TPI_NGC_1_page_synop_1.11.06.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CLICK <\/a>for the \u201cOne Page Synopsis\u201d from the treatment.<\/p>\n<p>The treatment was highly critical of the FBI and DOJ in their failure to stop Al Qaeda master spy Ali Mohamed. But halfway through the production, Jonathan Towers refused to give Lance the interview transcripts of the three former Feds, delaying publication of the book for more than ten weeks. <a href=\"http:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/TC-synopsis.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-250\" title=\"TC synopsis\" src=\"http:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/TC-synopsis.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"117\" height=\"125\" \/><\/a>Ultimately, virtually all of Lance\u2019s enterprise reporting critical of Patrick Fitzgerald and the FBI\u2019s bin Laden \u201coffices of origin,\u201d was excised from the documentary, representing one of the most shocking examples of censorship by a television network in years.<\/p>\n<p>The full truth can be found in the 670 page book TRIPLE CROSS which can be ordered via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0060886889\/sr=8-1\/qid=1156224481\/ref=pd_bbs_1\/104-7122873-9039940?ie=UTF8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">amazon.com<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/triple-cross-peter-lance\/1103373176?ean=9780060886882&amp;itm=2&amp;z=y&amp;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">barnes&amp;noble.com<\/a>. But for an immediate overview of the book\u2019s central findings, you can <a href=\"http:\/\/peterlance.com\/TRIPLE%20CROSS%20Timeline.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DOWNLOAD<\/a> a pdf of the 32 page illustrated timeline in the center of the book.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Towers-Inside-9.11-Nat-Geo-graphics1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-251\" title=\"Towers Inside 9.11 Nat Geo graphics\" src=\"http:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Towers-Inside-9.11-Nat-Geo-graphics1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"534\" height=\"130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Towers-Inside-9.11-Nat-Geo-graphics1.png 534w, https:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Towers-Inside-9.11-Nat-Geo-graphics1-300x73.png 300w, https:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Towers-Inside-9.11-Nat-Geo-graphics1-500x121.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 534px) 100vw, 534px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For a \u00a0more detailed account by Peter Lance writing in the Huffington Post: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/peter-lance\/triple-cross-nat-geo-cha_b_28270.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CLICK:<br \/>\n<\/a>For a link to the Nat Geo documentary: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VZVZYWC5qh8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CLICK<br \/>\n<\/a>For the New York Times review of &#8220;Triple Cross bin Laden&#8217;s Spy in America,&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/tv.nytimes.com\/2006\/08\/28\/arts\/television\/28heff.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CLICK<br \/>\n<\/a>For an interview with Peter Lance White in The Internet Writing Journal, <a title=\"Interview: Triple Cross: A Conversation With Peter Lance\" href=\"http:\/\/www.internetwritingjournal.com\/dec06\/lance5.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CLICK<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Nat%20Geo%20Channel%20Whitewash%20of%20Triple%20Cross%20Findings\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p>On Saturday, March 1st, 2008 Nat Geo Channel re aired its documentary which whitewashed Peter Lance\u2019s criticism of the FBI and DOJ in TRIPLE CROSS. 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