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Or torture and the destruction of those tapes? are we missing a big picture? are we going to make a mistake by focusing in on one dark chapter of her career if it is, in fact, dark and overlook other qualities and skill sets she may bring that are truly unique? >> im sympathic to the argument that shes a career professional. she does bring these unique skill sets that come from the agency that would give the workforce a lot -- a much bigger boost than theyve had over the last year under mike pom...

Be, you know, pushed in into the same way ronny jackson was, shell probably withdraw her nomination again and most likely resign from the agency. >> there have been some conflicting accounts of how involved and enthusiastic haspel was in the interrogation program that malcolm was just talking about there. the white house has sought to downplay what she did, but in a 2014 book, a long time cia lawyer indicated that haspel was responsible for the detention and torture of potentially dozens of deta...

Against a president who has been open for his support of torture, for killing the families of terrorists, would she be the kind of person who could speak truth to power? >> in theory anyone could and should, but for somebody who has a history of that behavior and has not come clean in multiple opportunities with the congress already, theres no way to have confidence that that would be the case. americans dont support torture. this speaks to a bigger question of our values as a country and our ab...

Balance. republicans fear putting a must win race in jeopardy. well look at all of those stories straight ahead. we begin with that breaking news on cia director nominee gina haspel. nbc news confirming that haspel tried to withdraw her nomination friday over concerns about her role in the integ ration of terrorist suspects. it was only after legislative affairs rushed to langley to meet with haspel for several hours that haspel relented and decided to go forward with her wednesday confirmation ...

Really of how committed she is to be open and transparency and to having an intelligence agency be one that doesnt represent torture. theres a bit of an irony here that they had to twist the arm of someone who had led torture programs and she really by showing that she doesnt want this position and doesnt want to be transparent causes deep concern and it should for people in the senate. >> to that point, andrew, speaking of the senate, democratic senators dianne feinstein, henrik and widen, the ...