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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 you referred -- >> it is a yes or no answer. >> do you believe the previous interrogation techniques...

An armchair. she has learned a great deal from her experiences. she is i think at this time -- we're 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 you're looking at right now, former centers who used to be members of this committee. democrat and republican who will nt deuce gina haspel to the committee, a sign of some of the bipartisan supp...

American people, if they don't 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 she's 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 water boarded were not boy scouts. but that doesn't get to essential questions, one, does this alig...

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 didn't have to face the decision that george ten net and others had to face in 2002 and 2003. then i add there's a bunch of

Denied these attacks after donald trump's 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. but the most was time i can offer you, the personal commitment clearly and without reservation that ...