webfact Posted May 6, 2018 Share Posted May 6, 2018 Trump CIA nominee sought to withdraw over interrogation role By Mark Hosenball U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) director nominee Gina Haspel (R) attends Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's ceremonial swearing-in at the State Department in Washington, U.S. May 2, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the CIA, Gina Haspel, sought to withdraw over concerns about her role in the agency's interrogation program, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Sunday. Haspel's offer to withdraw on Friday was prompted by growing concern among her supporters that White House staff were becoming nervous that the nomination was in trouble, the sources said. The Washington Post first reported her offer to withdraw. Haspel was summoned to the White House on Friday for a meeting to discuss her history in the interrogation program that employed techniques, including waterboarding, widely condemned as torture, the Post reported, citing four unidentified senior U.S. officials. She told the White House she would step aside to avoid a brutal Senate Intelligence Committee confirmation hearing on Wednesday that might damage the CIA, the officials told the Post. She then returned to agency headquarters in Langley, Virginia. White House aides including legislative affairs liaison Marc Short and spokeswoman Sarah Sanders then rushed to Langley for discussions on Friday that lasted several hours but did not secure a commitment from her to stick with the nomination, the paper said. Only on Saturday afternoon was the White House assured she would not withdraw, the Post quoted the officials as saying. "Acting Director Haspel is a highly qualified nominee who has dedicated over three decades of service to her country," White House spokesman Raj Shah said in response to a request for White House comment. "Her nomination will not be derailed by partisan critics who side with the ACLU (rights organization) over the CIA on how to keep the American people safe," he added. Trump named Haspel, the first woman tapped to head the Central Intelligence Agency, to succeed Mike Pompeo, who became secretary of state last month. Haspel's nomination has encountered opposition over her role in a defunct program in which the agency detained and interrogated al Qaeda suspects in secret prisons overseas using techniques widely condemned as torture. Former President George W. Bush authorized the Rendition, Detention and Interrogation Program after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Many details of Haspel's work remain classified. Sources familiar with her career who requested anonymity said that at one point she was the chief of the CIA station in a country where harsh interrogations were used on at least one terrorism suspect. Later, she served as chief of staff to Jose Rodriguez, the head of CIA undercover operations. In consultation with Rodriguez in 2005, Haspel drafted a cable ordering CIA officers to destroy videotapes of al Qaeda suspects being tortured. Haspel's supporters argue that while she drafted the cable, Rodriguez sent it without the approval of CIA Director Porter Goss and without informing Haspel that he would do so. The destruction of the tapes is a key issue for Senate critics of Haspel, who complain that public agency disclosures regarding its interrogation programs have been inadequate. (Additional reporting by Doina and Roberta Rampton; Editing by Sandra Maler) -- © Copyright Reuters 2018-05-07 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colabamumbai Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 She ran a secret site in Udon Thani in the old U.S. officers housing, visible from the highway. Thailand denies it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsiaHand Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 1 hour ago, Colabamumbai said: She ran a secret site in Udon Thani in the old U.S. officers housing, visible from the highway. Thailand denies it. Air America was one of the original tenants there, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulesMad Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 Yep, wherever there is <deleted> going on the world, usa has a big finger/hand in it..... In the past, the now and undoubtfully in the future. What else is new? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colabamumbai Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 5 hours ago, NanLaew said: And exactly which libtard hack job did you copy-paste that gem of 'knowledge' from? GPS coordinates and/or a picture or it never happened. Google tells all. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metisdead Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 A nonsensical troll post has been removed as well as the replies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrwebb8825 Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 On 5/7/2018 at 6:35 AM, webfact said: Former President George W. Bush authorized the Rendition, Detention and Interrogation Program after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. With congressional and senatorial approval. Some of which are now sitting in judgement of those following their orders. Does everybody in DC wear brown shoes and socks so the crap they're wading around in doesn't show as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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