{"id":32874,"date":"2018-03-13T21:09:17","date_gmt":"2018-03-13T21:09:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/03\/13\/trump-cia-picks-links-to-torture-to-fuel-confirmation-battle\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T00:12:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:12:50","slug":"trump-cia-picks-links-to-torture-to-fuel-confirmation-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/congress\/2018\/03\/13\/trump-cia-picks-links-to-torture-to-fuel-confirmation-battle\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump CIA pick\u2019s links to torture to fuel confirmation battle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s pick for CIA director, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/news\/2018\/03\/13\/tillerson-out-at-state-to-be-replaced-by-cia-chief-pompeo\/\" title=\"\" class=\"selected-link\" target=\"_blank\">Gina Haspel<\/a>, was involved in \u201cone of the darkest chapters in American history\u201d and needs to explain her stance on torture programs, said Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump said he would nominate Haspel to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2018\/03\/13\/replacing-rex-tillerson-as-secretary-of-state-looks-like-it-will-be-a-fight\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\"> replace CIA Director Mike Pompeo<\/a>, who Trump nominated to take over for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2017\/10\/30\/tillerson-us-could-stay-in-iraq-to-fight-isis-wanted-or-not\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">Rex Tillerson<\/a> at the State Department. When Haspel was named deputy CIA director last year, she came under scrutiny for running a CIA black site in Thailand earlier in her tenure at the agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe torture of detainees in U.S. custody during the last decade was one of the darkest chapters in American history,\u201d McCain, R-Ariz., said in a statement Tuesday. \u201cMs. Haspel needs to explain the nature and extent of her involvement in the CIA\u2019s interrogation program during the confirmation process.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States, the Bush administration \u201csquandered precious moral authority\u201d to gain intelligence through torture, McCain said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Haspel, who joined the CIA in 1985, served as a chief of station in several assignments and has been given several awards during her career, according to her CIA biography.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"947\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_18072648940832.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-115404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_18072648940832.jpg.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_18072648940832.jpg.jpg?resize=300,237 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_18072648940832.jpg.jpg?resize=768,606 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_18072648940832.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,808 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">President Donald Trump tweeted March 13, 2018, that he would nominate CIA Director Mike Pompeo to be the new secretary of state and that he would nominate Gina Haspel, shown, to replace him. (CIA via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pompeo\u2019s nomination will go before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Haspel will face the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lawmakers have signaled both candidates\u2019 stances on torture would be scrutinized. Trump\u2019s critics in Congress could use the platform to delve beyond their qualifications and dissect the administration\u2019s approach to Russian meddling in the 2016 elections, the Iran nuclear deal, the nuclear summit with North Korea or any other foreign policy controversies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Haspel would be vulnerable at her confirmation hearing to questions over her role in the CIA\u2019s now-banned torture program and accusations she ordered the destruction of video evidence of interrogations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lawmakers and advocacy groups have criticized Haspel over her running the Thailand site where terrorism suspect Abu Zubaydah was held following his 2002 capture in Pakistan. He was waterboarded 83 times in a single month, slammed against a wall and confined to a coffin-like box, according to a Senate report on CIA torture programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., a senior member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, announced Tuesday he opposes Pompeo for not being strong enough on Russia and opposes Haspel because her \u201cbackground makes her unsuitable to serve as CIA director.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf Ms. Haspel seeks to serve at the highest levels of U.S. intelligence, the government can no longer cover up disturbing facts from her past,\u201d Wyden said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Tuesday, Sen. Tammy Duckworth, an Iraq War veteran, said she would oppose Haspel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI voted against Mr. Pompeo\u2019s nomination to be CIA director because he failed to express moral opposition to torture, but Ms. Haspel has done much worse,\u201d Duckworth, D-Ill., said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNot only did she directly supervise the torture of detainees, but she also participated in covering it up by helping to destroy the video evidence. Her reprehensible actions should disqualify her from having the privilege of serving the American people in government ever again, but apparently this president believes they merit a promotion. I could not disagree more.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pompeo\u2019s confirmation may also be a fight. Senate Republicans said Tuesday they want to quickly confirm Pompeo to replace Tillerson. 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