She has a hardcore CIA past that could derail her US Senate confirmation…
And surface a past America might not want uncovered…
In shaking up his national security team, President Donald Trump said Tuesday he will nominate Gina Haspel to head the CIA, a move that would make her the spy agency’s first woman chief.
But first, Haspel must be confirmed by the Senate. The process is expected to be complicated by her role in the CIA’s “black site” program, in which terrorism suspects were extrajudicially detained and tortured.
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., pledged to oppose Haspel’s nomination, saying her background makes her “unsuitable” to lead the CIA. “If Ms. Haspel seeks to serve at the highest levels of U.S. intelligence, the government can no longer cover up disturbing facts from her past,” he said.
Launched following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the secret prison network was condemned by human-rights groups, which said the CIA’s “enhanced interrogation” methods violated international laws against the use of torture. One of President Barack Obama’s first official acts was to end the black site program….
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It appears that the drama and worries over Gina Haspel have melted away…..
With several Democratic Senator’s signaling that they WILL vote for her confirmation….Gina Haspel appears to be on her way to becoming the nation’s first woman CIA director….
With Trump and the Republicans running the show in Congress Haspel association with the post 9-11 “enhanced interrogations” program will not derail her getting the job as first expected….
The overwheling selling sentimnet seems to be that she IS a CIA insider….
The ‘Tillerson’ State Dept. experiment is over for Trump it seems….