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Get the SEAL perspective
OPENING FRIDAY Zero Dark Thirty Everyone knows how "Zero Dark Thirty" ends: with the killing of Osama bin Laden in his Pakistani compound by SEAL Team Six. But it’s how it begins — with the hauntingly effective use of the voices of the...
Tags: Ryan Gosling, Central Intelligence Agency, Joel Edgerton, Nick Nolte, Tobe Hooper
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CIA's outrageous fake vaccination plot
The CIA is probably smug and triumphant about its duplicitous vaccination drive in Abbotabad, a mission hatched to catch and kill Osama bin Laden ("A tainted polio program," Jan. 7). As a doctor, I cringe to think of this unscrupulous use of medicine...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Disease Prevention, Polio, Pharmaceuticals, Central Intelligence Agency
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Jessica Chastain gets her character in 'Zero Dark Thirty'
As the overstressed beating heart of "Zero Dark Thirty," a CIA analyst named Maya who relentlessly chases after the hated phantom that was Osama bin Laden, Jessica Chastain is at times steely, at times shattered, potty-mouthed but somehow girlish,...
Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Jennifer Ehle, Espionage and Intelligence, Entertainment Events, Golden Globe Awards
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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: The Pentagon, The Hollywood Reporter, Movies, Central Intelligence Agency, The New York Times
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'Zero Dark Thirty': Why the fabrication?
The critical acclaim for the new Kathryn Bigelow movie "Zero Dark Thirty" has renewed the debate on the efficacy of torture. The movie dramatizes the decade-long effort to find and eventually kill Osama bin Laden. In a riveting opening section, the film...
Tags: George W. Bush, White House, Dick Cheney, Central Intelligence Agency, Medical Specialization
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CIA deception threatens global effort to eradicate polio
The news that the Central Intelligence Agency had been running a fake vaccination program in Pakistan first surfaced in 2011 and quickly ignited fears that the covert operation could compromise the global campaign to eradicate polio. Late last month, a...
Tags: R. Sargent Shriver, Health Organizations, Disease Prevention, Central Intelligence Agency, Pharmaceuticals
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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: Peter T. King, Sony Corp., Carl Levin, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc., Central Intelligence Agency
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When senators play movie critic
I won’t be able to watch “Zero Dark Thirty” until next weekend. Bizarrely, a movie that is become a cause celebre in Washington, D.C., isn’t available yet to residents of the nation’s capital. But you don’t have to have...
Tags: Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc., U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Police Investigations, Movies, Central Intelligence Agency
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On Location: 'Zero Dark Thirty's' compound challenges
First-time feature production designer Jeremy Hindle admits to some dicey feelings while taking director Kathryn Bigelow on an initial walk-through of "Zero Dark Thirty's" key set. But they weren't rookie jitters. "I remember telling her, 'You're...
Tags: Pakistan, Heart Attack, Movies, Entertainment, Science and Technology
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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: Movies, Central Intelligence Agency, Entertainment, John McCain, Zero Dark Thirty (movie)
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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: Pakistan, Ottawa Senators, Police Investigations, Abbottabad (Pakistan), Movies
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Will senators' slam on 'Zero Dark Thirty' hurt it at awards time?
"Zero Dark Thirty" is a hit with critics and early audiences, but a bipartisan thumbs-down from Washington may dim the once-bright Oscar chances for Kathryn Bigelow's fact-based thriller about the hunt for Osama bin Laden. The film, which arrived in...Tags: A Beautiful Mind (movie), Carl Levin, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc., Central Intelligence Agency, Awards and Prizes
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