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US senators want details on CIA help for Bin Laden film

Three powerful US senators are demanding that the CIA provide details on the spy agency's cooperation with the director of "Zero Dark Thirty," Hollywood's take on the hunt for Osama bin Laden.

Acting CIA Director Michael Morell is seen November 28, 2012 in the US Capitol in Washington, DC. Three powerful US senators are demanding that the CIA provide details on the spy agency's cooperation with the director of "Zero Dark Thirty," Hollywood's take on the hunt for Osama bin Laden.

In two letters sent to acting CIA director Michael Morell and released Thursday, the lawmakers express concern that the film wrongly implies that torture yielded information that played a key role in tracking down the Al-Qaeda terror leader.

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