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Interrogation and trying to get intelligence out of them. we obviously know about the so-called torture programs and so forth that were used to try to extract information from these al qaeda operatives. there was then a move towards military commissions. and then when the obama administration came in, i remember going to a meeting at the white house with 9/11 families where they were told there was going to be a shift to another form of military commissions in order to bring swift and certain ju...

Interrogation and trying to get intelligence out of them. we obviously know about the so-called torture programs and so forth that were used to try to extract information from these al qaeda operatives. there was then a move towards military commissions. and then when the obama administration came in, i remember going to a meeting at the white house with 9/11 families where they were told there was going to be a shift to another form of military commissions in order to bring swift and certain ju...

Ive heard shes done a great job with the career she built. the people are very excited about having one of their own so to speak in the drivers seat. aside from that she has a distinguished career. shes done difficult jobs and done them very well. i think the democrats are trying to find someway to vote against her but its hard. in the end she will be confirmed. >> we had 17 years to digest what took place after 9/11. a lot has been made about the torture programs. at the time this was the right...

Fowler and daily wire editor in chief ben shapiro. great to have you both here tonight. there has been opposition from the left and the right. lets talk about that. senator rand paul, who has said theres no way hes going to vote for her has said this in an op-ed. theres no question that during her career haspel participated in and helped develop the program that our own government has labeled torture. further, multiple accounts discuss our involvement in destroying video documentation of the tor...

>> her support for u.s. torture programs after 9/11, the fact that she headed up a secret u.s. detention camp in thailand, that somebody was water boarded there under her watch. >> laura: the truth is she oversaw detention facility in thailand in 2002 for a few al qaeda operatives were waterboarding. they make it sound like she invented the interrogation technique. she did not. it was authorized by george w. bush and approved by his legal team who briefed congress on it. there was further static...

Nomination after questions arose about her past activities with the agency. michelle kosinski has the details. >> reporter: for a long time, in fact ever since gina haspel has been nominated to be the first woman to head up the cia, there have been these serious questions about her more than 30-year tenure there. her support for u.s. torture programs after 9/11, the fact that she headed up a secret u.s. detention camp in thailand, that somebody was waterboarded there under her watch. but now lea...

Has picked to lead the cia has may have a rough road to getting the job. cnn has learned gina haspel offered to withdrawal her nomination after questions arose about her past activities with the agency. michelle kosinski has the details. >> is for a long time there have been these serious questions about her more than 30-year tenure there. her support for u.s. torture programs after 9/11. the fact that she headed up a secret u.s. detention camp in thailand. is that somebody was water boarded the...

Hour. the presidents pick for cia director has p-l nearly walking away from the job, trying to withdraw her nomination following her controversial role in the interrogation of terror suspects. shes do you to face a senate confirmation hearing on wednesday. lets get right to michelle kosinski, our senior diplomatic correspondent. how did all of this go down and whats the potential impact on this upcoming hearing? >> reporter: we knew the questions for wednesdays hearing were going to be extremely...

Cia director. morgan ortegas says she will have hurdles to face before taking over. >> he will have a lot of broad-based support among the rank and file who are always happy to see one of their own get to the top but as you reported this morning this is not going to go without controversy as john mccain and others said they think there are a lot of questions about her involvement in bush era torture programs. jillian: if confirmed she will be the first woman ever to lead the cia. rob: paul manaf...