re: Zero Dark Thirty - "can't you put a camera in these trees?"

I actually liked the line and thought it was perfect for the moment. IMO, it was a tongue in cheek comment and personified the theme that many people dedicate their lives to to intelligence and searching for that one minute breakthrough. It brought to light the frustration that intelligence community was feeling because of the lack of cooperation from our government, which was again personified earlier in that exchange with "I'm the motherfricker that found this place sir..."