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James48

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Tue Mar 13, 2018, 02:25 PM Mar 2018

The CIA's New Nominee Director Gina Haspel Once Ran a Torture Site and Destroyed Evidence [View all]

Source: Government Executive Magazine

As CIA director Mike Pompeo moves to become the United States’ Secretary of State, deputy director Gina Haspel has been nominated to lead the agency. If confirmed by the Senate, she will become the first woman to run the CIA.

Haspel’s nomination will be controversial; she played a leading role (paywall) in running a U.S. torture site abroad and later destroyed the evidence of it.

In 2002, she oversaw a secret prison in Thailand that tortured two terrorism suspects. That torture took place within the CIA’s “extraordinary rendition” program, in which suspected terrorists are sent to US allies, and interrogated in “black sites” on their soil.

One of the men, known as Abu Zubayda, was waterboarded 83 times in one month and was slammed into walls by the head. He was deprived of sleep and kept in a coffin-like box. Interrogators later decided he didn’t have any useful information.

Read more: http://www.govexec.com/defense/2018/03/cias-new-nominee-director-gina-haspel-once-ran-torture-site-and-destroyed-evidence/146618/?oref=river



I'm speechless.

""She had one man waterboarded 83 times in a single month in a Thai "black site".
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Well, of course she did... First Speaker Mar 2018 #1
Torture worse than useless. People say anything to get out of it. Despicable, evil, disgusting. . nt Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2018 #2
Yes, but..... SergeStorms Mar 2018 #11
Arrest warrant out for this monster in europe Blues Heron Mar 2018 #3
I'm shocked. Solly Mack Mar 2018 #4
Can't scrape the bottom of the barrel Marthe48 Mar 2018 #5
Exactly my thought. BumRushDaShow Mar 2018 #9
well said Marthe48 Mar 2018 #23
Unanimous confirmation. n/t malthaussen Mar 2018 #6
Pretty much what I expect from the Senate of the 1%. harun Mar 2018 #18
That's only the stuff we know about IronLionZion Mar 2018 #7
Oh, hell no. LudwigPastorius Mar 2018 #8
'...not...explicitly illegal.' Volaris Mar 2018 #14
+100 Duppers Mar 2018 #15
ANDDDDD.....let's dump on Dianne Feinstein some more. George II Mar 2018 #17
Post removed Post removed Mar 2018 #19
Who would YOU nominate for the job? George II Mar 2018 #20
Send me your resume and I'll consider you. LudwigPastorius Mar 2018 #21
This nt Abu Pepe Mar 2018 #25
And some DUers think Diane Feinstein is a great Democrat lunatica Mar 2018 #24
Philip Mudd said a little while ago that she's the best for the job. I trust his judgement. George II Mar 2018 #10
The argument is that anyone Trump chooses would be much worse IronLionZion Mar 2018 #13
James Clapper also said she'd be very good. She has those human right issues, but.... George II Mar 2018 #16
Yep. Better a career professional then a Tom Cotton. nocalflea Mar 2018 #26
She'll fit right in with the other criminals in this administration. BadgerMom Mar 2018 #12
Destroying evidence automatically should disqualify her. chelsea0011 Mar 2018 #22
Lot of disinformation here. nocalflea Mar 2018 #27
So where are Rand Paul and Code Pink? They protested Obama's appointment ucrdem Mar 2018 #28
missinformation i think. gotta check snopes. pansypoo53219 Mar 2018 #29
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