Is Zero Dark Thirty based on a true story?

It’s perhaps not a true war movie, but the story is just as important. The truth about “Zero Dark Thirty” is that we all know the story: The CIA tracked a bin Laden courier to a compound where they believed bin Laden lived. We also know how this story ends.

Was the Taliban created by the CIA?

Although no documentation has surfaced that the CIA directly supported the Taliban, it has been argued that military support was indirectly provided to the Taliban because, in the 1980s, the CIA and Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency provided arms to Afghans resisting the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan …

When did the US support the Taliban?

Following the Taliban’s repeated refusal to expel bin Laden and his associates and end its support for international terrorism, the United States and its coalition partners began a military campaign on October 7, 2001, that targeted terrorist facilities and Taliban military and political assets.

Are Facebook and Twitter being recruited by the CIA?

But Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and other such services may be a case of their own.Imagine a college student with normal online posting habits being recruited by the CIA because of his language, technical or other skills.

Is Jessica Chastain’s Maya the most difficult CIA agent ever?

But the young and determined agent named “Maya”, who is played by actress Jessica Chastain, has been described by colleagues as combative and difficult. “She’s not Miss Congeniality, but that’s not going to find Osama bin Laden,” one of her former CIA colleagues told The Washington Post.

What is the CIA’s highest honor for non-combat officers?

After the successful raid, this agent and a few others were awarded the CIA’s highest honor for non-combat officers, the Distinguished Intelligence Medal.

Why did Jane Mayer out a CIA agent?

As with other reporters, Mayer acceded to the requests of the CIA not to name the officer, although she has been identified in other contexts. However, in response to Mayer’s article and an investigation by the television NBC news channel which triggered it, the investigative website The Intercept decided to “out her”.