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Torture many years later. on both of those account, we have gotten no transparency and no further information from this nominee. she has been evasive and stonewalled on that. and i think its an embarrassment for the senate to consider voting on a nominee when you dont have this basic level and knowledge of information about only two things we know about her. >> i will say jon tester, who is a democratic senator who is in a contested race in montana said he is not going vote for haspel. he said i...

Whole other process to confirm someone new and were already dealing with five or six slots that are trying to get filled high up in the government this . this is dragging down policies all over the place. >> i want to talk about gina haspel, because shes going through the confirmation process. is it too much to say that the president just wants to run things without anybody else having any say? does he enjoy dealing with the congress, or any checks and balances? would he be more comfortable if t...

It does injustice to her. shes a smart, savvy person. clearly she knew there were other avenue ps .this is the kind of thing that people do when they go on the hill and cant tell the truth. and so they dissemiable. and she dissembled today. and she may well end up as director of the cia. looks like she may end up with the votes. >> the goodwill she does seem to have with democrats comes from the obama administration apparently relying on her and welcoming her into their deliberations. i think th...

Led by waterboarding, aka torture took place and played a direct role in destruction of videotapes showing cia agents torturing detainees. haspel said she would not bring the torture program back and she does not believe torture works. she also said she believes trump would never ask her to resume waterboarding. >> if the cia has a high value terrorism suspect in its kid and the president gave you a direct order to water board that suspect, what would you do? >> senator, i would advise -- i do n...

When they go on the hill and cant tell the truth. and so they dissemiable. and she dissembled today. and she may well end up as director of the cia. looks like she may end up with the votes. >> the goodwill she does seem to have with democrats comes from the obama administration apparently relying on her and welcoming her into their deliberations. i think the problem is her very public, and i think shameful role in the torture program. >> thank you for joining us. well be right back. (vo) what i...

Directed by the president who as a candidate enthusiastically endorsed water boarding and more. >> i would bring back waterboarding and a hell of a lot worse than waterboarding. >> i would not restart under any circumstances an interrogation program at cia under any circumstances. >> reporter: pressed however, haspel with not say if she considered the torture program immoral. >> do you believe that the previous interrogation techniques were immoral. >> senator, i leave that cia officers to whom ...

An armchair. she has learned a great deal from her experiences. she is i think at this time -- were not going to be able to erase that history. i would rather have somebody in that position who is risen up through operations, who has learned these hard lessons and will lead this agency forward and she has been absolutely clear in her desire not to walk back down that road. >> let me just tell you who youre looking at right now, former centers who used to be members of this committee. democrat an...

American people, if they dont know, who is khalid sheikh muhammad. a "new york times" story, khalid sheikh muhammad -- we know he was water boarded and said he gave information to stop the waterboarding, that it was bogus. so shes going to go into a closed hearing and be asked about the treatment of khalid sheikh muhammad. the trump administration is framing the politics, who are you going to side with, a woman tough on terror or the guy that orchestrated the 9/11 attacks. >> the folks getting w...

This is the last president i would expect to have our back to go out and do something edgey if things begin to unwind. >> during the course of the confirmation hearing response from questions from senator harris of california, gina haspel refused to say if the enhanced interrogation program or the torture program back after 9/11 was immoral. with hiends signdsight can, can stand up to the president? >> absolutely. what i usually say is i thank god that i didnt have to face the decision that geor...

Denied these attacks after donald trumps withdrawal from the iran deal. gina haspel facing tough questions from senators, their focus her role in the now outlawed torture program. graph jenkins live in washington dc with what we can expect. >> she would be the first female director fond of highlighting the 33 year veteran will face tough questions in front of the committee in the post-9/11 attacks particularly waterboarding and enhanced interrogation techniques of system -- terrorist suspects. b...