LOS ANGELES â€" Citing an unnamed Congressional aide, the Reuters news service on Monday reported that the Senate Intelligence Committee had ended its inquiry into Central Intelligence Agency cooperation with makers of the film “Zero Dark Thirty.†The investigation began after three Senatorsâ€"Dianne Feinstein, Carl Levin and John McCainâ€"publicly objected to what they saw as the film’s incorrect portrayal of torture as having helped in the hunt for Osama Bin Laden. Those objections came at the height of an Oscar campaign that closed on Sunday with no major awards for “Zero Dark Thirty,†which was nominated for best picture and had once been seen as a strong contender. According to Reuters, the investigation was closed on Monday after it had gathered material indicating that C.I.A. officials did not actually tell the filmmakers that torture helped to find Bin Laden, though they helped in the development of the film’s characters.
