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Title: Zero Dark Thirty: new torture-glorifying film wins raves
Source: guardian.co.uk, Monday 10 December 2012 08.40 EST
URL Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentis ... ero-dark-thirty-torture-awards
Published: Dec 14, 2012
Author: Glenn Greenwald
Post Date: 2012-12-14 08:25:10 by Ada
Keywords: None
Views: 250
Comments: 6

Can a movie that relies on fabrications to generate support for war crimes still be considered great?

Earlier this year, the film "Zero Dark Thirty", which purports to dramatize the hunt for and killing of Osama bin Laden, generated substantial political controversy. It was discovered that CIA and White House officials had met with its filmmakers and passed non-public information to them - at exactly the same time that DOJ officials were in federal court resisting transparency requests from media outlets and activist groups on the ground that it was all classified.

With its release imminent, the film is now garnering a pile of top awards and virtually uniform rave reviews. What makes this so remarkable is that, by most accounts, the film glorifies torture by claiming - falsely - that waterboarding and other forms of coercive interrogation tactics were crucial, even indispensable in finding bin Laden.

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What makes this so remarkable is that, by most accounts, the film glorifies torture by claiming - falsely - that waterboarding and other forms of coercive interrogation tactics were crucial, even indispensable in finding bin Laden.

What a load of crap! Pure, unadulterated bull$#it! How could they "find" a man who had been dead a decade before they started yammering about killing him?

Osama Bin Laden Has Been Dead For Years

Osama bin Laden: A dead nemesis perpetuated by the US government

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How could they "find" a man who had been dead a decade before they started yammering about killing him?

They put Max Headroom on the case. What could be better - a fictional character pursuing a dead target.

The funny thing is that they didn't even have a good script for this bollocks. AND a new report was just released which points out that torture doesn't work.

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#4. To: James Deffenbach (#1)

Balderdash!!!!!!!111 Obama used his community organizing skills and superior intellect to mystically divine the compound that was hiding the dastardly Osama Bin Laden!!! Your attitude has been noticed, comrade......

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