Kamilisha sentensi ifuatayo: Mnamo Septemba 8, Balozi wa zamani nchini Yemen Barbara Bodine alilalamika katika "Los Angeles Times" Op-Ed juu ya picha yake katika filamu: "Kulingana na watengenezaji wa hadithi, vita vilitokea kati ya polisi aliye na shauku ya kumtafuta Osama bin Laden na ofisa aliyejali zaidi hisia za serikali inayomkaribisha kuliko hatima ya Wamarekani na hali halisi ya ugaidi. Najua si kweli. Nilikuwa hapo. Nilikuwa balozi". The ABC miniseries compressed Bodine's role to a single extended scene, suggesting she was dismissive, hostile, and vulgar towards FBI investigator John O'Neill from the moment of his October 2000 arrival in Yemen (see
USS Cole kulipuka).