Zero Dark Thirty

Character mistake: The CIA determines that there must be a third male living in the compound because three women are observed living there and according to Muslim law a woman must either live with her family or husband and cannot live alone. However Bin Laden had two wives living with him at the time so it could be possible for that to happen. (01:40:55)

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Character mistake: Dan is supposedly such an expert in Pakistan, but he hands Ammar the cigarette pack with his left hand (unclean to Muslims, and therefore not much of a gesture of hospitality).

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Factual error: When Maya and team first enter the hangar at Area 51 to see the helicopters, mechanics are working on them with socket wrenches. However, when they use the socket wrenches, they turn them one way to make the ratchet sound, then lift the wrenches up off the bolts to put them back in their original position, and do it again. In fact, the way they are holding the wrenches with both hands indicates there might be no bolt there at all. In other words, they are doing absolutely nothing...just making a ratchet noise.

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Quotes

Ammar: Please help me.
Maya: You can help yourself by being truthful.

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Chosen answer: Most likely to conceal her naturally bright red hair. If that fact is known, it would make it easier for the enemy to identify and target her, either for surveillance, to be kidnapped, killed, etc.

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