It follows from the irrationality of $\pi$ and [Weyl's criterion][1] that the positive integers are equidistributed modulo $\pi$. In particular, asymptotically one-third of the integers $k\in\{1,\dotsc,n-1\}$ satisfy that $k\bmod\pi$ lies in $[\pi/3,2\pi/3]$. It follows, for $n$ large, that $\prod_{k=1}^{n-1}\cos^2(k)\leq 2^{-n/2}$. Hence the limit in the original question equals zero. **Remark.** From $\int_0^\pi\ln(\cos^2(x))\,dx=-\pi\ln 4$ it even follows that $\prod_{k=1}^{n-1}\cos^2(k)\leq 4^{-(1+o(1))n}$. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equidistributed_sequence#Weyl's_criterion