Haspel

Trump Nominates Gina Haspel as CIA Director Despite Role in Torture Program and Evidence Destruction

2018-03-13 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

President Donald Trump announces his nomination of Gina Haspel to serve as CIA Director, making her the first woman nominated for the position despite her direct involvement in the CIA’s torture program and destruction of interrogation videotapes. Haspel ran the CIA’s “Cat’s …

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CIA Destroys 92 Torture Interrogation Videotapes to Conceal Evidence

2005-11-09 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 10/10

CIA National Clandestine Service director Jose Rodriguez orders the destruction of 92 videotapes documenting hundreds of hours of brutal interrogations of Abu Zubaydah and Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri at secret CIA black sites. The tapes contain graphic evidence of waterboarding, stress positions, and …

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