De Amerikaanse inlichtingendienst CIA heeft ingegrepen in het script van 'Zero Dark Thirty' (2012), de film over de zoektocht naar en dodelijke raid op al-QaÃ¯da-leider Osama Bin Laden. 'The Agency' maakte bezwaar tegen twee folterscènes. De Amerikaanse site Gawker maakte de CIA-inmenging wereldkundig. De site heeft documenten over 'Zero Dark Thirty' mogen inkijken. Daaruit bleek dat regisseur Kathryn Bigelow en schrijver Mark Boal contact hadden met de CIA over de manier waarop de inlichtingendienst zou worden neergezet. Het doel van die gesprekken was tot 'een gepaste portrettering van de CIA en de operatie tegen Bin Laden te komen'. | Filmnews - Updates for the film- and television world

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The American intelligence service CIA has intervened in the script of 'Zero Dark Thirty' (2012), the film about the search for and deadly raid on al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden. 'The Agency' objected to two scenes of torture. The American site Gawker made the CIA interference public. The site has been allowed to view documents about 'Zero Dark Thirty'. It revealed that director Kathryn Bigelow and writer Mark Boal were in contact with the CIA about how the intelligence service would be portrayed. The purpose of those conversations was to arrive at 'an appropriate portrayal of the CIA and the operation against bin Laden'.

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The American intelligence service CIA has intervened in the script of 'Zero Dark Thirty' (2012), the film about the search for and deadly raid on al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden. 'The Agency' objected to two scenes of torture. The American site Gawker made the CIA interference public. The site has been allowed to view documents about 'Zero Dark Thirty'. It revealed that director Kathryn Bigelow and writer Mark Boal were in contact with the CIA about how the intelligence service would be portrayed. The purpose of those conversations was to arrive at 'an appropriate portrayal of the CIA and the operation against bin Laden'.