Then-analyst Nada Bakos (who likely is part of the amalgam that created the character of Maya in the movie "Zero Dark Thirty") went to Iraq.

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In Kathryn Bigelow's "Zero Dark Thirty, " which opens in wide release on Friday, she plays Maya, the strong-willed CIA agent who uncovers a trail of information leading directly to Osama bin Laden's hideout in Pakistan.

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