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McCain slams 'Zero Dark Thirty' for waterboarding scene
implications   If you live in either New York or Los Angeles,
there's a good chance you've seen "Zero Dark Thirty" by now. The
film was released in limited release on Dec. 19, which means
that audience members have had a chance to start witnessing for
themselves the torture scenes that have become a point of debate
around the project. Many people have come forth to rebel against
"Zero Dark Thirty's" supposed implication that waterboarding a
prisoner revealed the clue that helped Jessica Chastain's
character find Osama bin Laden, and Sen. John McCain is one of
them.  "You believe when watching this movie that waterboarding
and torture leads to information that leads then to the
elimination of bin Laden. That's not the case," McCain tells
CNN's "The Situation Room." He says he's standing up against the
film because "movies, particularly by very highly credentialed
producers, directors and cast,