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    jsteele wrote:

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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."

[b]It's troubling that the movie would portray torture when torture wasn't used. [/b]When the U.S. is struggling with image problems abroad, why fan the flames with false images? Inappropriate and troubling decision on the part of the moviemakers. [/quote]

The point is not that torture wasn't used.  It most definitely was used.  The inaccuracy is that the torture did not lead to information that resulted in capturing bin Laden.  That information had already come up months earlier through legal, non-torture methods by the FBI and through good old-fashioned intel work.  [/quote]

Did we capture Bin Laden?[/quote]

YES, BUT NOT BECAUSE WE TORTURED PEOPLE!  (And to be accurate, we killed him. We didn't capture him.)[/quote]

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