Movies I've Seen - Zero Dark Thirty

• Maya is a CIA operative whose first experience is in the interrogation of prisoners following the Al Qaeda attacks against the U.S. on the 11th September 2001. She is a reluctant participant in extreme duress applied to the detainees, but believes that the truth may only be obtained through such tactics. For several years, she is single-minded in her pursuit of leads to uncover the whereabouts of Al Qaeda's leader, Osama Bin Laden. Finally, in 2011, it appears that her work will pay off, and a U.S. Navy SEAL team is sent to kill or capture Bin Laden. But only Maya is confident Bin Laden is where she says he is.
  - Written by Jim Beaver <jumblejim@prodigy.net>

I finally watched Zero Dark Thirty.   (Finally?  It was first in wide release just over one year ago.  Movies are in and out of theaters in the blink of an eye these days.)
Did they ever say those words in the movie?   I have since learned it's the military term for the time of bin Laden's death, 12:30 am.

I'll agree with Roger Ebert on this one...
"My guess is that much of the fascination with this film is inspired by the unveiling of facts, unclearly seen. There isn't a whole lot of plot -- basically, just that Maya thinks she is right, and she is."

I wasn't able to follow the logical moves from here to there that allowed Maya to feel so confident that bin Laden was in the compound.
I would say this is a good overview film.  There seemed to be any number of stories that would have been more emotionally engaging.  I was interested in the way the CIA station in Pakistan is run, the people tracking the courier, the Seal team member who looked like he might have roots in the region and was having second thoughts as he walked through the compound with the body bag, the friendship of the two female analysts at the CIA in Pakistan, why Maya was recruited from high school, and a discussion about torture, among other things.

So, now I've seen it.