Who is the real Maya in Zero Dark Thirty?

[Anonymous]

I heard its based on a real character. Would love to know who this is

[Anonymous]

It's based on a real woman, who works for the CIA. I saw an article on it a while ago, don't remember which site though. Her identity will remain secret until everything is declassified.

[Anonymous]

I keep thinking, we may pass people who do this kind of job or say hi to them in the grocery store and not even know it. I'm fascinated now.

[Anonymous]

PP here, please remove the link posted above (I posted it by accident).

Here is the link I meant to post -

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/in-zero-dark-thirty-shes-the-hero-in-real-life-cia-agents-career-is-more-complicated/2012/12/10/cedc227e-42dd-11e2-9648-a2c323a991d6_story_1.html

[Anonymous]

Great article! Thanks PP!

[Anonymous]

Do you think the lead in Homeland is based on Her (maya)

[Anonymous]

Terrible, stupid, unrealistic Hollywood movie.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Terrible, stupid, unrealistic Hollywood movie.

Whatever... I LOVED IT!!!!!

[Anonymous]

Actually- my understanding is it was realistic. Loved it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Actually- my understanding is it was realistic. Loved it.

The depiction of the use of torture to obtain critical information was not accurate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Actually- my understanding is it was realistic. Loved it.

The depiction of the use of torture to obtain critical information was not accurate.

NP here and actually, I think that the scene of using torture is supposed to be accurate, unfortunately.

[jsteele]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Actually- my understanding is it was realistic. Loved it.

The depiction of the use of torture to obtain critical information was not accurate.

NP here and actually, I think that the scene of using torture is supposed to be accurate, unfortunately.

The scene may be an accurate depiction of techniques used, but the context was inaccurate. Senators Feinstein, Levin, and McCain wrote a very harsh letter to Sony Pictures about this:

http://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/542919/12-12-19-sony-letter.pdf

"We believe the film is grossly inaccurate and misleading in its suggestion that torture resulted in information that led to the location of Usama bin Laden."

These three Senators are on the Intelligence Committee and have been thoroughly briefed on the topic. In addition, then CIA Director Leon Panetta confirmed to McCain that "no detainee in CIA custody revealed the facilitator/courier's full true name or specific whereabouts. This information was discovered through other intelligence means."

[Anonymous]

She is based on a real character, but there were others highly involved within the CIA whose stories are excluded from the movie (or remain unknown). Also, apparently, the use of torture depicted in the movie was overblown in this case (not saying that the CIA doesn't use torture, but that the movie departed a bit from known reports for drama's sake). And, interestingly, there was apparently a woman in the CIA who was tuned into OBL after the 1993 World Trade Center attack who also made it her life's mission to get him. I'm not sure on if it was the same woman.

http://www.onthemedia.org/2012/dec/14/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She is based on a real character, but there were others highly involved within the CIA whose stories are excluded from the movie (or remain unknown). Also, apparently, the use of torture depicted in the movie was overblown in this case (not saying that the CIA doesn't use torture, but that the movie departed a bit from known reports for drama's sake). And, interestingly, there was apparently a woman in the CIA who was tuned into OBL after the 1993 World Trade Center attack who also made it her life's mission to get him. I'm not sure on if it was the same woman.

http://www.onthemedia.org/2012/dec/14/

I believe the WaPo article said she is in her 30s, so she would have been pretty young in 1993.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Actually- my understanding is it was realistic. Loved it.

Oh, so after sleeping on that couch in Afghanistan, she woke up and washed her hair, blowdried it with the dryer she brought from home (good thing she remembered her converter!), then took another 30 minutes to curl it all (good thing she remembered her curling iron!), then teased the front up (good thing she remembered her soft-bristle brush!), then smoothed it back and pinned the side pieces up (good thing she remembered those bobby pins!), then layered the top piece back over it to hide those pins (such a perfectionist, that one). I mean, you wouldn't want to go to a meeting with all TWO of your coworkers in the dusty desert looking like ass, now, would you?

Come on. I can't take that shit seriously.