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Approval. >> they can say that but doesn't 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 doesn't 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 happening to them but that is beyond the point. we as americans never described torture from the begin...

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. let's 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 be disqualifying enough but appointing someone who helped push for destroying evidence of the progra...

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 program and waterboarding. in an excerpt she said having served in that time i can offer you my personal...

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 undertaken. so very controversial in the past. and the question is, is it going to be good enough to ...

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 of support from past directors and past intel officials. vice president pence is announce sanctio...