bush-era interrogation tactics. the fact she ran a quote/unquote black site prison. so dianne feinstein is writing a letter to haskell and the cia calling for them to declassify documents that detail her role. the senator saying she wants a full accounting of haspel s role, a complete involvement in the picture of her involvement as they consider her nomination to be at the top of the cia. and what are rand paul s concerns? he has the same concerns. he said he wants a full accounting of what role she played. yesterday he was on capitol hill likening her role to that program as a role in torture. he called her a cheerleader for waterboarding. rand paul not only voicing concerns and saying i want to blank he will vote against her, but also raised serious reservations and said you cannot vote for mike pompeo to be
again, those people protecting them, they are the ones to blame. also tonight, liberals are channeling their rage to attack a brand-new target. democrats are now threatening to block the nomination of gina haspel to be the first femalede cia director. here is why. haspelle played a very key rolen overseeing the enhanced interrogation techniques that were used at caa black sites against top-level al qaeda terrorists. of course, this was after 9/11. 3,000 americans were killed. the left campaign all the moral outrage they want, play all the politics they want, but facts are not on their side. the cia, other top officials, likeke leon panetta who worked n the obamasa administration, has said, and we ll show you this later tonight, that enhanced interrogation tactics work. it led to finding and killing usama bin laden. without them, he probably still be alive today.
mileage. she has worked for more than 30 years in the agency. she has earned the right to be there. she can go to work on day one. the other thing is that if president trump wants a nonpartisan cia director, she is the perfect choice because she is going to tell him what s going on based on the best intelligence available without filtering it through some kind of a political lens to either please him or achieve some political goal or via for a better job in government. she is the perfect choice for this particular job. brian: she is going to break a ceiling here there has never been a female cia director before that didn t stop the bashing, listen. later in her career haspel was heavily involved in the cia s controversial torture program. in 2002, she ran a secret cia prison for suspected terrorists in thailand that used harsh interrogation
dana: fox news alert. larry kudlow confirms to the wall street journal he s accepted the president s offer to be the top economic adviser. opposition already forming after the president ousted secretary of state rex tillerson yesterday, nominating mike pompeo to replace him and gina haskell to take over the agency. senator rand paul is voicing objections to haskell for her controversial interrogation tactics in the wake of 9/11. to appoint the head cheerleader of water boarding to be head of the cia? how could you trust somebody who did that to be in charge of the cia? i think it s galling, to show glee during water boarding is appalli appalling. dana: amy stoddard is an associate editor for real clear politics. gina haskell has been the deputy
the media for years has been saying that women should be celebrated because they are playing in the big boys leg and they are tough and we need tough, women who can take the fight to people. now we actually have a woman like that homemade terrorists whine and whimper and they are trying to attack her. greg: you know it scares me. i think democrat husbands are going to tell their wives not a supporter, they want because they are so subservient. juan, i m going to even the argument i always hear that our tactics, interrogation tactics, fueled the people who hate us. it s like we make it worse. because we are lowering ourselves to that level. is that how you feel? juan: i don t think it s very american to torture people, and neither does john mccain, who was tortured. jesse: waterboarding is not torture. juan: may be in your free time you want to and i don t think that s rational or sane. nobody in their right mind. greg: what is your alternative?