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'Zero Dark Thirty' writer brings firsthand accounts to big screen
This post has been corrected, as indicated below.Watching the first scene of "Zero Dark Thirty" is a jarring experience. Sort of like having a bag pulled off your head to find yourself in a windowless room, surrounded by very serious people. "It's a controversial subject, to put it lightly. But nobody...Tags: Abbottabad (Pakistan), Republican Party, Entertainment Events, Pakistan, Zero Dark Thirty (movie)
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A case for targeted killings
WASHINGTON — President Franklin Roosevelt was truly astonished when told by a reporter that Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto, architect of the Pearl Harbor attack, had been shot down by U.S. planes over a Pacific island after Americans decrypted Yamamoto&...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Jimmy Carter, Central Intelligence Agency, Technology, Libya
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U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan said to kill 2 top Al Qaeda leaders
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Recent U.S. drone missile strikes in northwest Pakistan have killed two Al Qaeda commanders, according to Pakistani intelligence sources, including a militant leader who had replaced Al Qaeda’s second-in-command, Abu...Tags: Abbottabad (Pakistan), Pakistan, Armed Conflicts, Central Intelligence Agency, Islamabad (Pakistan)
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Despite controversy, 'Zero Dark Thirty' soars in limited release
The backlash in Washington over "Zero Dark Thirty" didn't reach the box office, as Kathryn Bigelow's CIA thriller got off to an excellent start in limited release. Playing in five theaters, the film about the hunt for Osama bin Laden grossed $410,000...
Tags: Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc., The Impossible (movie), Kristen Stewart, Sony Corp., Central Intelligence Agency
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CIA director wades into controversy over 'Zero Dark Thirty'
In unusual move, the acting director of the CIA, Michael Morell, has stepped into the controversy over the accuracy of the new film "Zero Dark Thirty." A bipartisan trio of senators -- John McCain, Dianne Feinstein and Carl Levin -- have complained in...Tags: Abbottabad (Pakistan), Pakistan, Zero Dark Thirty (movie), Movies, Central Intelligence Agency
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Letters: The 'real' story on torture
Re "Senators say Bin Laden film is off base," Dec. 20 The trailers for "Zero Dark Thirty" tell us we will see the "real" story of Osama bin Laden's killing and that the film is "based on firsthand accounts of actual events." Audiences are led to believe...Tags: Zero Dark Thirty (movie), Ottawa Senators
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Bring my son, and everyone else's, home from Afghanistan
My soldier son called last month to wish his mother and me a happy Thanksgiving. My iPhone buzzed and there he was, sitting in a gun tower, his smiling face bathed in gauzy infrared light, an M249 machine gun propped at the ready behind him. For...
Tags: Pakistan, Wars and Interventions, Central Intelligence Agency, The Pentagon, Armed Forces
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'Zero Dark Thirty' a complex, captivating thriller, critics say
Opening in limited release Wednesday, director Kathryn Bigelow's "Zero Dark Thirty," a dramatized account of the hunt for Osama bin Laden, is already the talk of two towns. In Washington, questions have arisen about whether Bigelow and screenwriter Mark...Tags: Docudramas (genre), The New York Times, Zero Dark Thirty (movie), Movies, Central Intelligence Agency
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Mail Call - Dec. 20
“Potomac Edison: I just want to warn Hagerstown. They charged me a late fee. I have my bill taken out of my checking account automatically every month. I’m going to call them this morning and find out why they’re charging me a late fee...Tags: Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia), Dave Brubeck, Theft, Barack Obama, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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Senate leaders Feinstein and McCain condemn 'Zero Dark Thirty'
A trio of Senate leaders have condemned the Kathryn Bigelow movie "Zero Dark Thirty," calling elements of its dramatization of the Osama bin Laden manhunt “grossly inaccurate and misleading.” In a letter to Sony Pictures chief Michael Lynton...
Tags: Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc., Politics, Republican Party, Barack Obama, Sony Corp.
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Did 'Zero Dark Thirty' filmmakers get torture right? [Poll]
When it comes to “Zero Dark Thirty,” there’s been a lot written about the CIA and torture—whether it looked in real life the way it does on screen, whether it was effective, whether it was ethical. As we’ve been reporting...
Tags: Zero Dark Thirty (movie), Movies, Central Intelligence Agency, Entertainment, John McCain
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