trump told the CIA director NOT to appear before the Senate.

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welcome to the don trump dictatorship...in full bloom

Pompeo told the senators, when asked about the whereabouts of Haspel, 'ask the White House'... per Dick Durbin (Morning Joe)

CIA director Haspel caught in Khashoggi briefing tug-of-war

Washington (CNN)CIA director Gina Haspel found herself at the center of a political dispute Tuesday amid reports that the White House was blocking her from briefing Senators on the murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

Illinois Democrat Sen. Dick Durbin told CNN's Wolf Blitzer Tuesday that senators were told Haspel will not participate in Wednesday's all-Senate classified briefing alongside Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defense Secretary James Mattis despite indications that lawmakers on both sides of the aisle would like to hear from her directly about the CIA's assessment regarding Khashoggi's killing.

"We were told that she would not be attending the briefing for members of Congress," Durbin said.

"That is extraordinary when we are dealing with the Khashoggi situation, the assertion by the State Department and intelligence agencies, her absence is obvious and its noted, and it raises a serious question as to whether this administration is giving us the whole truth," he added.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/27/politics/cia-haspel-senate-briefing/index.html

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1. Couldn't they compel her to show up?