Rights group asks Germany to arrest CIA deputy director

Source: Associated Press

Frank Jordans, Associated Press
 Updated 6:47 pm, Wednesday, June 7, 2017


BERLIN (AP) — A civil rights group is asking German authorities to issue an arrest warrant for the recently appointed deputy director of the CIA over claims she oversaw the torture of terrorism suspects 15 years ago.

The nonprofit European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights submitted a legal brief to German federal prosecutors Tuesday, alleging that Gina Haspel allowed the waterboarding of prisoners at a secret U.S. detention center in Thailand.


The prosecutor's office confirmed Wednesday the complaint had been received and was being reviewed. Similar complaints against senior U.S. officials in the past haven't resulted in arrest warrants.

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 Haspel was the first female career CIA officer selected to be deputy director in February .

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