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Zero Dark Thirty question
Posted on 9/3/22 at 12:45 pm
Posted on 9/3/22 at 12:45 pm
So I’m watching Zero Dark Thirty for about the fifth time and I’m at the part when the head of the CIA (Gandolfini) sits down at the lunch table with Maya. He asks her how long she has been with the CIA and she says for twelve years and she was recruited out of high school. He asks her, “You know why we did that?” She replied something like, “I don’t think I can answer that.” Just curious why did they recruit her exactly out of high school? Im sure she was the top of her class but is there a reason I’m missing here?
This post was edited on 9/3/22 at 12:46 pm
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Posted on 9/3/22 at 12:47 pm to topcat88
Because she was a strong independent woman.
Posted on 9/3/22 at 1:07 pm to tiggerthetooth
Undergraduate Scholar Program.
Not sure why they treated it like a secret. It’s still used today.
Not sure why they treated it like a secret. It’s still used today.
Posted on 9/3/22 at 1:10 pm to topcat88
Wooderson was the CIA Director at the time.
This post was edited on 9/3/22 at 2:02 pm
Posted on 9/3/22 at 1:17 pm to 12
man i love that movie but the one line I cringe at is when he asks who she is and she says, "im the motherfricker that found this sir".
Posted on 9/3/22 at 2:40 pm to topcat88
Before she could be indoctrinated?
Posted on 9/3/22 at 3:55 pm to dallastiger55
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im the motherfricker that found this sir".
Apparently the real analyst, who also had red hair, actually talked and acted like that.
Posted on 9/3/22 at 4:12 pm to Jack Ruby
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Apparently the real analyst, who also had red hair, actually talked and acted like that.
Posted on 9/3/22 at 4:29 pm to Jack Ruby
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Apparently the real analyst, who also had red hair, actually talked and acted like that.
Yeah, I also have it on pretty good authority that she was/is difficult to work with.
Posted on 9/3/22 at 4:43 pm to topcat88
She was so good in that role
JC was fighting so hard for people to listen to her and believe her and she knew deep down she was right
JC was fighting so hard for people to listen to her and believe her and she knew deep down she was right
Posted on 9/3/22 at 4:55 pm to Lawyered
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She was so good in that role
She was she should have won the Oscar but I guess she didn’t bang Weinstein.
Posted on 9/3/22 at 4:59 pm to topcat88
Can’t speak on why she was recruited out of high school, but I always assumed the reason she couldn’t talk about it was because they were in a public area, and whatever the answer is, it’s classified (or at the very least need to know).
Posted on 9/3/22 at 5:06 pm to boxcarbarney
I found this article Newsmax
And there’s this gem:
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Throughout blogs and message boards, viewers are discussing whether the agency really does enlist teens to their ranks. The answer is yes and no. According to the CIA’s website, high school students are eligible to be a part of the agency through the Undergraduate Scholar Program, where students are given $18,000 per year for tuition, fees, books, and supplies. During their summers in college, they’ll work at headquarters using skills they excel in. After graduation, the students will work for the agency for a period of 1.5 times the period they were a part of the program.
And there’s this gem:
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A former official said that when an email of the award announcement, as well as other awards going to others, was sent out, she replied to all saying, “You guys tried to obstruct me. You fought me. Only I deserve the award.”
Posted on 9/3/22 at 7:34 pm to topcat88
Nothing to add to the convo but just dropping in to say I fricking love this movie. Think I'll go watch it tonight because of this thread
Posted on 9/3/22 at 7:41 pm to topcat88
Because every part of the movie and official story is fiction
This post was edited on 9/3/22 at 7:42 pm
Posted on 9/3/22 at 9:33 pm to ManBearTiger
I thought everybody already knew that UBL had already been dead for a decade or so in 2011.
Posted on 9/3/22 at 10:00 pm to RollTide1987
quote:I know her and she is legit just like that
Yeah, I also have it on pretty good authority that she was/is difficult to work with.
but she's fricking hilarious and great to drink with
Posted on 9/4/22 at 9:49 am to Pilot Tiger
Bigelow is a badass director.
Posted on 9/5/22 at 8:05 pm to STLhog
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Bigelow is a badass director.
Yeh being a CIA stooge is soooo badasss
Posted on 9/5/22 at 9:40 pm to Lawyered
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JC was fighting so hard for people to listen to her and believe her and she knew deep down she was right
JC is bae
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