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Approval. >> they can say that but doesnt take away the fact that she was involved in torture that is the larger point. the argument being made that the people above her told her to do it so she did it doesnt take away from the fact that she engaged in torture on top of running one of these sites where the torture was taking place. the army manual says torture is an ineffective way to get intelligence because most of the time the prisoner in the line anyway so they can stop the pain that is happ...

And daily wire editor-in-chief ben shapiro, great to have both of you tonight. there has been a position from the left and the right. lets talk about that. sen. rand paul said there is no way he will vote for her, said this in an op-ed. no question during her career she participated in and help to develop a program our government labeled torture. multiple accounts discussed her involvement in the stream video documentation of the torture program. uses direct participation in the program should b...

Denied the airstrikes. it comes hours after donald trump withdrew from the iran deal. rob: gina haspel facing tough questions from senators at a confirmation hearing. the focus, her role in the now outlawed torture program. griff jenkins live with what we can expect today. >> reporter: of confirmed she would be the first female director of the cia with a 33 year career, what she can expect from the senate intelligence committee is tough questions about her role in the enhanced interrogation prog...

Her qualifications are applauded by republicans and democrats, former cia directors who are opposed to president trump, her qualifications are not the issue per se. the issue at hand for gina haspel is her role during the george w. bush administration. in what was then an acceptable interrogation program, and enhanced interrogation, many people obviously referring to it as the torture program. it was accepted during those years. she ran a black site in thailand where some of the practices were u...

Card. >> there are lot of capable women of both party who are capable stepping into that role and being very effective. they will be doing it without this enormous weight of having been involved in the torture program. >> haspel a gifted operator who was responsible for the capture of two terrorists behind the 1998 al qaeda bombing. cia dropped off classified bombings to senators. haspel will be back on capitol hill tomorrow for a second day of meetings. >> despite the controversy, she has a lot...

Administration, he was considered at the time considered to be too radioactive because he had been in the cia leadership at the time of this torture program, hadnt been part of it, told people he opposed it. the idea that gina haspel wouldnt be aware that this hearing was going to be as rough as it looks like it will be a is little startling, somebody supposed to be in the intelligence world, how would you not expect this would be the subject of her confirmation. makes you wonder what there migh...

Haspel to head the cia and one of the err of the reporters who broke the story is on the phone now, why did ha, did haspel decide to withdraw her nomination? >> a lot of the critics of the torture program, that she was obviously a part of and interrogation and had been an enthusiastic supporter of, at least according to a document we reported on today. white house officials have been bracing for a pretty brutal confirmation, i indicated on friday she was over at the white house, meeting with off...

Some questions that had come up. and lets be clear about this. some of these questions could have been new to the white house but not new to the cia. but these questions were ones that she was being asked to give some full-throated answers to that had to do with her role in support of the cias very controversial torture program after 9/11. and the result of that question and answer session at the white house was that she suggested that she withdraw her nomination. i also want to emphasize someth...

Engaging in torture. in this case we have a civilian, gina haspel, who ran a torture facility for a period of time in thailand. it was a black site detention center. and she had a role in destroying videotapes of that torture. that should be disqualifying for any cabinet nominee. >> one might argue, as you heard the discussion with carol, that she may have been involved in these roles but overall contextually this is something that she is not the person to confirm and to order to happen. this is...

Pompeo as head of the cia, that is another one that may not go smoothly. gina is the nominee. her reported involvement in the cias torture program during the george w. bush administration is turning into a really serious issue for her nomination, and its not democrats who are the only ones raising concerns here. today, senators received this letter signed by over 100 retired military leaders, senior ones, 109 retired generals and admirals, saying that they too are concerned about her nomination....