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>> her support for u.s. torture programs after 9/11, the fact that she headed up a secret u.s. detention camp in thailand, that somebody was water boarded there under her watch. >> laura: the truth is she oversaw detention facility in thailand in 2002 for a few al qaeda operatives were waterboarding. they make it sound like she invented the interrogation technique. she did not. it was authorized by george w. bush and approved by his legal team who briefed congress on it. there was further static about her being involved as you heard with the destruction of nearly hundreds of tapes of interroga...

Nomination after questions arose about her past activities with the agency. michelle kosinski has the details. >> reporter: for a long time, in fact ever since gina haspel has been nominated to be the first woman to head up the cia, there have been these serious questions about her more than 30-year tenure there. her support for u.s. torture programs after 9/11, the fact that she headed up a secret u.s. detention camp in thailand, that somebody was waterboarded there under her watch. but now leading up to her nomination hearing on wednesday, the white house has been getting plenty of questions...

Has picked to lead the cia has may have a rough road to getting the job. cnn has learned gina haspel offered to withdrawal her nomination after questions arose about her past activities with the agency. michelle kosinski has the details. >> is for a long time there have been these serious questions about her more than 30-year tenure there. her support for u.s. torture programs after 9/11. the fact that she headed up a secret u.s. detention camp in thailand. is that somebody was water boarded there under her watch. but now leading up to her nomination hearing on wednesday, the white house has b...

Hour. the president's pick for cia director has p-l nearly walking away from the job, trying to withdraw her nomination following her controversial role in the interrogation of terror suspects. she's do you to face a senate confirmation hearing on wednesday. let's get right to michelle kosinski, our senior diplomatic correspondent. how did all of this go down and what's the potential impact on this upcoming hearing? >> reporter: we knew the questions for wednesday's hearing were going to be extremely difficult, questions over her more than 30 year long tenure at cia, her support for torture pr...

Cia director. morgan ortegas says she will have hurdles to face before taking over. >> he will have a lot of broad-based support among the rank and file who are always happy to see one of their own get to the top but as you reported this morning this is not going to go without controversy as john mccain and others said they think there are a lot of questions about her involvement in bush era torture programs. jillian: if confirmed she will be the first woman ever to lead the cia. rob: paul manafor it might spend life in prison according to federal judge who says he faces 305 years behind bars ...