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Just representing herself right now. she doesn't need this job. one of the c.i.a., her former bosses an interviewed for my column this morning, every job that has come to her. she is not just a c.i.a. clandestine operative. she represents the men and women of this agency. hundreds of whom were involved in that interrogation program. if she is killed -- if her nomination is killed over her involvement in this program, it sends a signal to hundreds of people in that agency that your careers are basically over. your chance for advancement is over. you followed the lawful orders of the commander-i...

Participated in the rdi program should ever be promoted -- i know there are some who feel that -- while i have expressed on many occasions many own objections to the rdi program, i think we have to recognize at that time the country had just been attacked, people throughout the government were frightened of more imminent attacks, and didn't know what to do. and the rdi program was absolutely an out growth of that fear. there are many at the agency who participated in the program who believed that what they were doing was both legal and authorized by the then president. what i'm not willing to ...

>> there are 180° wrong. i think this deal was giving iran cover to get to the objective. deliverable nuclear weapons. this deal was badly negotiated. it was conceived with the wrong view of its consequences for the united states and iran. really, it rested on the notion we could just resolve the nuclear problem, iran's behavior would change for the better. the opposite has happened. iran's behavior has gotten worse. >> it also didn't address the ballistic missile program and to reinforce that notion the speaker of the iranian parliament say iran will continue spending on its ballistic missil...

Reservation that under my leadership c.i.a. will not restart such a detention interrogation program, end quote. the questions will follow but that's her position, steve. how does that not go through? >> yeah. i think the question is whether these red state democrats who want to make this a debate about bush-era enhanced interrogation program. they'll probably try to make it a bigger issue. very little ambiguity. i would like there to be a detention and interrogation program. whether it should include enhanced techniques used. one of the problems under the obama administration, there was no ser...

With this position who served as a supervisor in the counter terrorism center during the time of rendition, detention and interrogation programs. miss haspel has acknowledged the history of the program. she stated that the law has changed and the program is no longer legal. she is committed to upholding the law. i appreciate that, but it is not enough. the secrecy inherent in the c.i.a.'s work demands that the director honor and follow the law. particularly in the dark spaces where the i.c. often operates. when the glaring light of public scrutiny is non-existent. no one should get credit for ...