Dem Senator Tells Haspel She Should Have Used this Obvious Solution to the CIA Tapes Scandal . . . "Haspel fielded other antagonistic retorts throughout the hearing - a few of which she was ready for. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR), for instance, suggested that her record is largely classified in order to put her in a better light. What was she hiding?
" 'After 9/11, I didn't look to go sit on the Swiss desk, I stepped up," Haspel said in defense. "I was not on the sidelines. I was on the front lines in the Cold War and I was on the front lines in the fight against al Qaeda."
"She defended her integrity when Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) grilled her about what she would do if President Trump directed her to restart enhanced interrogation.
" 'My parents gave me a very strong moral compass," she said. "I would never, ever take CIA back to an interrogation program.”
"At another point, Haspel corrected Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) for suggesting the CIA had interrogated 92 detainees. It was 92 tapes of one detainee, Haspel responded." . . .
Gina Haspel Embarrasses Senator Feinstein For Citing Debunked Reports
. . . "Feinstein shot back, "My understanding is that it was recently confirmed it was you."
"Senator, I did not run the interrogation department," Haspel said. "In fact, I was not even read into the interrogation program until it had been up and running for a year."
Senator Cotton Reminds Democrats About Their Connection To Torture Program "On Wednesday, Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) gave a friendly reminder to Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee, reminding them that they voted in favor of confirming President Barack Obama's CIA director nominee John Brennan, who held a senior-level position in the agency during its use of enhanced interrogation techniques."