Haspel: Trump selects a torturer to head the CIA

What chance has a torturer got of being ratified as the head of the CIA?

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She had “direct, first-hand knowledge of the extent of defendants’ involvement in the development of interrogation efforts”, and was “in a position to confirm that defendants never engaged in any interrogation activities that had not been previously and specifically approved in advance by the CIA on a case-by-case basis”.

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Regardless which option we follow, however, and especially in light of the planned psychological pressure techniques to be implemented, we need to get reasonable assurances that subject will remain in isolation and incommunicado for the remainder of his life.

The latter from redacted court papers.

Is someone who ran the CIA's secret "Black Site" in Thailand suitable to head the CIA?

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