Leid Stories—Gina Haspel’s Appointment as CIA Director Warranted ‘Enhanced Interrogation’ by Senate Intelligence Committee--05.16.18

Gina Haspel, the President Donald Trump-backed acting director of the Central Intelligence Agency, appears very likely to get the top job. After a week of hearings, the Senate Intelligence Committee takes a preliminary closed-session vote on her appointment today, with the full Senate then taking a final confirmation vote by week’s end.

Since May 9, when the Senate Intelligence Committee began questioning Haspel, it was clear that “national security” concerns would not allow Haspel to be specific about her CIA career and her key role in running secret prisons (called “black sites”) in several locations that specialized in “enhanced interrogation” of alleged terrorists.

Leid Stories discusses the flimsy pretend hearing that will result in Haspel’s appointment as CIA director.