Senate Decides To End 'Zero Dark Thirty' Probe After Academy Awards

Senate Pulls 'Zero Dark Thirty' Probe After Oscars
This undated publicity photo released by Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. shows Kyle Chandler, left, as Joseph Bradley and Jason Clarke as Dan, in Columbia Pictures' new thriller, "Zero Dark Thirty," directed by Kathryn Bigelow. The makers of Zero Dark Thirty say authenticity was paramount every step of the way as they received insider access to tell the sweeping, meticulously detailed story of the decade-long search for Osama bin Laden. (AP Photo/Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., Jonathan Olley)
This undated publicity photo released by Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. shows Kyle Chandler, left, as Joseph Bradley and Jason Clarke as Dan, in Columbia Pictures' new thriller, "Zero Dark Thirty," directed by Kathryn Bigelow. The makers of Zero Dark Thirty say authenticity was paramount every step of the way as they received insider access to tell the sweeping, meticulously detailed story of the decade-long search for Osama bin Laden. (AP Photo/Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., Jonathan Olley)

A day after the Academy Awards failed to recognize Zero Dark Thirty with any major awards — and nearly seven weeks after snubbing director Kathryn Bigelow altogether — the U.S. Senate closed its investigation into “inappropriate” meetings and conversations that Bigelow and screenwriter Mark Boal may have had with members of the CIA to research their movie, which tells the story of the secret American effort to track and kill Osama bin Laden.

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