'Zero Dark Thirty': Did torture really net bin Laden?

By Peter Bergen, CNN National Security Analyst

Tue December 11, 2012 - http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/10/opinion/bergen-zero-dark-thirty/index.html?hpt=hp_t4

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

• Peter Bergen: Major new film depicts torture as a key to the hunt for Osama bin Laden
• He says "Zero Dark Thirty" may distort debate because of its heavy focus on torture
• Whether torture is appropriate in interrogations continues to be debated, he says
• Bergen: A three-year Senate investigation may yield some answers

Editor's note: Peter Bergen is a CNN national security analyst and author of "Manhunt: The Ten-Year Search for bin Laden, from 9/11 to Abbottabad" and "The Longest War: America's Enduring Conflict with al-Qaeda," books that this story draws upon.