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Administration, he was considered at the time considered to be too radioactive because he had been in the cia leadership at the time of this torture program, hadn't been part of it, told people he opposed it. the idea that gina haspel wouldn't be aware that this hearing was going to be as rough as it looks like it will be a is little startling, somebody supposed to be in the intelligence world, how would you not expect this would be the subject of her confirmation. makes you wonder what there might be out there that we don't know that may have come to light in the last few days that shaped her...

Haspel to head the cia and one of the err of the reporters who broke the story is on the phone now, why did ha, did haspel decide to withdraw her nomination? >> a lot of the critics of the torture program, that she was obviously a part of and interrogation and had been an enthusiastic supporter of, at least according to a document we reported on today. white house officials have been bracing for a pretty brutal confirmation, i indicated on friday she was over at the white house, meeting with officials about her nomination, and decided it would behoove her to withdrawal. that sparked kind of a ...

Some questions that had come up. and let's be clear about this. some of these questions could have been new to the white house but not new to the cia. but these questions were ones that she was being asked to give some full-throated answers to that had to do with her role in support of the cia's very controversial torture program after 9/11. and the result of that question and answer session at the white house was that she suggested that she withdraw her nomination. i also want to emphasize something, please, if i can, which is, she wasn't withdrawing because she was worried that there was som...

Engaging in torture. in this case we have a civilian, gina haspel, who ran a torture facility for a period of time in thailand. it was a black site detention center. and she had a role in destroying videotapes of that torture. that should be disqualifying for any cabinet nominee. >> one might argue, as you heard the discussion with carol, that she may have been involved in these roles but overall contextually this is something that she is not the person to confirm and to order to happen. this is her being part of a larger infrastructure, one might make the argument in defense of what she did. ...

Pompeo as head of the cia, that is another one that may not go smoothly. gina is the nominee. her reported involvement in the cia's torture program during the george w. bush administration is turning into a really serious issue for her nomination, and it's not democrats who are the only ones raising concerns here. today, senators received this letter signed by over 100 retired military leaders, senior ones, 109 retired generals and admirals, saying that they too are concerned about her nomination. that is the sort of thing that tends to get senators' attention. joining us now is one of the ret...