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Ex-CIA director watched torture of prisoner – NYT
Gina Haspel observed an interrogation with waterboarding at a Thai black site, court testimony has revealed
Jun 5, 2022 06:55
CIA director Gina Haspel resigns a day before Biden inauguration
The Trump-appointed director of the CIA, Gina Haspel, has left her post after 36 years with the intelligence agency, announcing her resignation on Tuesday – a day ahead of the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden.
Jan 19, 2021 19:09
CIA Director Gina Haspel may have run ‘black site’ at Guantánamo Bay, court docs reveal
CIA Director Gina Haspel, confirmed by the Senate last year amid accusations of involvement in torture, may have run a so-called ‘black site’ at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. Haspel did not mention this role in her confirmation hearing.
Jan 11, 2019 20:30
‘Hulking muscled guards’: CIA cable gives steamy description of ‘enhanced’ interrogation
A declassified cable detailing torture at a CIA blacksite in Thailand operated by now-CIA Director Gina Haspel employed hokey language perhaps better suited for an erotic novel – as opposed to documenting the agency’s actions.
Aug 13, 2018 14:38
‘She breathes the CIA’: Ignoring torture reputation, Trump swears in Haspel as 1st female spy chief
Gina Haspel has been sworn in as the first female director of the CIA at a ceremony attended by US President Donald Trump, despite controversy surrounding her participation in the post-9/11 torture and interrogation program.
May 21, 2018 17:12
Senate confirms Gina Haspel as CIA chief despite her torture past
Gina Haspel is the new director of the CIA, after getting confirmed in the US Senate. Several Democrats crossed the aisle and gave her the green light, despite objecting to Haspel’s role in the CIA’s torture program.
May 17, 2018 19:38
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