Monday, April 9, 2018

Former Obama Senior Intelligence Officials Back Haspel

Lauretta Brown

Former Obama Senior Intelligence Officials Back Haspel

"A group of more than 50 senior intelligence officials wrote a letter Monday to the Senate Intelligence Committee Monday in support of Trump CIA Director nominee Gina Haspel. The group included eight former CIA directors or acting directors, three former directors of national intelligence, and two former secretaries of state.
"Those signing the letter included former CIA Directors John Brennan, Leon Panetta, Michael Hayden, Porter Goss, George Tenet, and William Webster. James Clapper, the Director of National Intelligence under Obama, also signed the letter as did former Secretaries of State Henry Kissinger and George Shultz.
"The officials wrote that Haspel has the “qualifications to become CIA Director match or exceed those of most candidates put forward in the Agency’s 70-year history.”
" 'Those who have served alongside Ms. Haspel have only the utmost praise and respect for her. She has broad support from the CIA workforce," they emphasized. "Within the U.S. national security community and among our allies around the globe, admiration for her is unsurpassed.' " . . .

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