The film resembles "Independence Day" in several ways, the most obvious being the beating that the White House takes. (Also the C-130's eerie ability to defend itself against our Air Force interceptors, at least for a while, by putting out a futuristic force field.) But there's a crucial difference, and to discuss it I must first makeaconfession.
"My feeling is that he came forward because he's been in a pretty bad place since the truth has emerged, and the only way that he can rebuild to begin his life is to makea full confession of all the things he did, " Walsh said.