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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,212 posts) Fri Apr 27, 2018, 08:43 PM Apr 2018

CIA nominee to pledge not to restart detention, interrogation programs -sources

Donald Trump's choice for CIA chief is privately assuring senators that she will not reinstitute a detention and interrogation program and will make the pledge publicly at her May 9 confirmation hearing, two sources said on Friday.

Deputy CIA Director Gina Haspel plans to give the commitment in her "opening statement and she has been telling members that as well," a congressional aide told Reuters on condition of anonymity.

Word of the pledge comes as Haspel's nomination encounters opposition over her role in a now-defunct program in which the agency detained and interrogated al Qaeda suspects in secret prisons overseas using techniques widely condemned as torture.

An administration official confirmed that Haspel has been pledging in private interviews with senators that she will never allow the CIA to revive a detention and interrogation program.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/cia-nominee-to-pledge-not-to-restart-detention-interrogation-programs-sources/ar-AAwrqLd?li=BBnb7Kz

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CIA nominee to pledge not to restart detention, interrogation programs -sources (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2018 OP

Spanky will be very disappointed The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2018 #1

I am so far beyond disgusted. Solly Mack Apr 2018 #2

Apparently she's "evolved". jalan48 Apr 2018 #3

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,862 posts)

1. Spanky will be very disappointed

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Fri Apr 27, 2018, 09:16 PM

Apr 2018

and will probably pull her nomination in favor of someone who promises to reinstate waterboarding, with the occasional use of thumbscrews for good measure.

Solly Mack

(90,787 posts)

2. I am so far beyond disgusted.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Fri Apr 27, 2018, 09:23 PM

Apr 2018

That changes her war crimes how?

Crimes against humanity she was never prosecuted for and was allowed to get away with free and clear.

Seriously.

I pledge to never commit war crimes again, so please reward me. Not that I haven't already been rewarded by not being charged for being the piece of shit war criminal that I am - I still want more rewards.

Sick, sick country.

jalan48

(13,886 posts)

3. Apparently she's "evolved".

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Fri Apr 27, 2018, 09:26 PM

Apr 2018

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