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>> what if, in fact, he does fly through? easier for me to say. gets the job. then gina haspel will step up, be the first woman to helm the cia. you know her. tell me more about her. should her tenure at the cia overseeing the controversial torture program, should that be a black mark on her as she tries to move forward? >> no. she's not the first woman to run the central intelligence agency. technically. judgment, experience about the organization. she has a sense of humor. this will be debated about the interrogation techniques the cia used. the american people in 2002, including congression...

Gina haspel is currently serving as the deputy cia director. she mostly worked undercover. democrats have long took issue with the fact that she oversaw the torture program at the cia prison in thailand where terror suspects were waterboarded. she then destroyed videotapes documenting it all. here is what democratic senator ron widen, a member of the senate intelligence committee, told our own manu raju. >> such important policy, i think, would be, in effect, a referendum to supporting secrecy. >> would you block this nomination with a fill bufibust? >> i already made it clear i'm

Sta state department, his deputy at the cia, gina haspel, is who the president is calling on to run the agency. she will be the first woman in that role assuming she is confirmed. but haspel is a highly controversial figure. let me tell you a little bit about her. she has spent about 30 years as an officer with the cia. haspel was made deputy director of the agency last february. now, she spent much of her time undercover, but later in her career, haspel was heavily involved in the cia's controversial torture program. you'll hear it referred to as enhanced interrogation. in 2002, she ran a sec...

Administration. president trump has nominated gina haspel. if confirmed she'd be the first woman ever con dpifirmed the le the agency. she spent 30 years as an officer with the cia. she serves as deputy director. she was selected for the job last february. she has spent much of her time undercover. later in her career she was involved in the cia controversial torture program. in 2002 she ran a secret cia prison for suspected terrorists in thailand that used harsh tactics the the time says she oversaw the brutal questioning of two detainees. one was tortured so badly at one point he appeared to...

Clandestine service and just associated with the torture program. she was running it. she was one of the architects of the torture program. and i have to say this, from my own experience, debriefing detainees in iraq, the torture program was not only, i think, useless, but it was counterproductive. and actually created more enemies for us to have to go after. >> she hasn't sat for a confirmation, so we haven't gotten her updated opinions on any of these things, but she does have the past that you are referring to. and donald trump said say on the campaign trail that he thought waterboarding sh...