Gina Haspel Now Says CIA Shouldn't Have Conducted Its Interrogation Program
Source: NYT
Gina Haspel Now Says CIA Shouldnt Have Conducted Its Interrogation Program
She repeatedly refused to weigh in on its morality at her confirmation hearing.
By Igor Bobic
Aaron Bernstein / Reuters
WASHINGTON ― Gina Haspel, President Donald Trumps nominee to head the CIA, says the agency shouldnt have used its infamous enhanced interrogation techniques, a week after she repeatedly refused to take a stand on the programs morality at her Senate confirmation hearing.
In a letter sent on Monday to Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, Haspel said that the controversial methods that sought to gain information from terrorism suspects in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks did damage to our officers and our standing in the world.
While I wont condemn those that made these hard calls, and I have noted the valuable intelligence collected, the program ultimately did damage to our officers and our standing in the world, Haspel said in the letter, first obtained by CNN. With the benefit of hindsight and my experience as a senior agency leader, the enhanced interrogation program is not one the CIA should have undertaken.
At her confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill, Haspel told lawmakers she would not restart the agencys torture program ― which included waterboarding ― if confirmed as the CIAs director. But she repeatedly dodged the question of whether it was appropriate.
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Read more: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/gina-haspel-torture-warner_us_5afaf308e4b0200bcab90391
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