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On September 8, 2006, Bodine complained in the Los Angeles Times about her portrayal in the controversial ABC docudrama The Path to 9 / 11.

In an op-ed, Bodine wrote: " According to the mythmakers, a battle ensued between a cop obsessed with tracking down Osama bin Laden and a bureaucrat more concerned with the feelings of the host government than the fate of Americans and the realities of terrorism.

I know this is false.

I was there.

I was the ambassador.

" The ABC miniseries compressed Bodine's role to a single extended scene suggesting she was dismissive, hostile, and vulgar toward John P. O ' Neill from the moment of his arrival in Yemen.

Broadcast worldwide on the fifth anniversary of 9 / 11 ( 9 / 10 and 9 / 11 / 2006 ), The Path to 9 / 11 was based on the official 9 / 11 Commission Report and other sources.

ABC / Disney aired the film in the United States without commercial interruption, adding a disclaimer stating that it was " not a documentary ", that various scenes were invented, and that narrative “ time compression ” was used.

In the miniseries, Bodine was played by actress Patricia Heaton.