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Or torture and the destruction of those tapes? are we missing a big picture? are we going to make a mistake by focusing in on one dark chapter of her career if it is, in fact, dark and overlook other qualities and skill sets she may bring that are truly unique? >> i'm sympathic to the argument that she's a career professional. she does bring these unique skill sets that come from the agency that would give the workforce a lot -- a much bigger boost than they've had over the last year under mike pompeo. but we are a nation that does not torture, even though there's some polls and statistics tha...

Be, you know, pushed in into the same way ronny jackson was, she'll probably withdraw her nomination again and most likely resign from the agency. >> there have been some conflicting accounts of how involved and enthusiastic haspel was in the interrogation program that malcolm was just talking about there. the white house has sought to downplay what she did, but in a 2014 book, a long time cia lawyer indicated that haspel was responsible for the detention and torture of potentially dozens of detainees. what do we know about the site that she was in charge of in thailand at the time she was in ...

Against a president who has been open for his support of torture, for killing the families of terrorists, would she be the kind of person who could speak truth to power? >> in theory anyone could and should, but for somebody who has a history of that behavior and has not come clean in multiple opportunities with the congress already, there's no way to have confidence that that would be the case. americans don't support torture. this speaks to a bigger question of our values as a country and our ability to have real security and that means engaging other countries around the world and being tra...

Balance. republicans fear putting a must win race in jeopardy. we'll look at all of those stories straight ahead. we begin with that breaking news on cia director nominee gina haspel. nbc news confirming that haspel tried to withdraw her nomination friday over concerns about her role in the integ ration of terrorist suspects. it was only after legislative affairs rushed to langley to meet with haspel for several hours that haspel relented and decided to go forward with her wednesday confirmation hearings. why so much concern about these hearings? the issue of torture expected to be front and c...

Really of how committed she is to be open and transparency and to having an intelligence agency be one that doesn't represent torture. there's a bit of an irony here that they had to twist the arm of someone who had led torture programs and she really by showing that she doesn't want this position and doesn't want to be transparent causes deep concern and it should for people in the senate. >> to that point, andrew, speaking of the senate, democratic senators dianne feinstein, henrik and widen, the more we review the classified facts the more disturbed we are both by the action she has taken d...