Senate Confirms Gina Haspel as CIA Director

The Associated Press May 17, 2018 Human rights groups are decrying the confirmation because of her involvement in the spy agency's harsh detention and interrogation program after 9/11. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Vote on CIA Chief Highlights Democratic Rift

LISA MASCARO / The Associated Press May 17, 2018 The party's division in the Senate over the confirmation of Gina Haspel is set by the election calendar, home-state geography and personal views—and it may define Democrats for years to come. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Senate Panel Backs Gina Haspel for CIA Chief

DEB RIECHMANN / The Associated Press May 16, 2018 After eight Republicans and two Democrats on the Intelligence Committee support the veteran official, her confirmation vote by the full Senate could take place before the end of the week. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

From His Sickbed, McCain Keeps Things Hopping

LISA MASCARO / The Associated Press May 12, 2018 The Arizona senator, fighting brain cancer, spent his week promoting his new book, opposing the nomination of Gina Haspel for CIA director and yanking Donald Trump's chain. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

CIA Torture Survivor Demands Answers From Gina Haspel

Ilana Novick May 11, 2018 In 2004, Fatima Boudchar was kidnapped and held in a "black site" prison similar to the one run by Donald Trump’s nominee for CIA director. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Robert Scheer: CIA ‘Gangster Element’ Is a Stain on America (Videos and Transcript)

Staff and Robert Scheer / Truthdig May 11, 2018 "The CIA is an agency that is out of control, and they are not doing the job that they were created to do," Truthdig's editor in chief tells The Real News. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )

‘Bloody Gina’ Hearing Does Not Bode Well for Us

Joe Lauria / Consortium News May 11, 2018 While President Trump's pick for CIA director wiggled out of addressing the morality and legality of torture, agency veteran Ray McGovern was dragged out of the hearing and arrested. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Trump Aide Mocks McCain View: ‘He’s Dying Anyway’

ZEKE MILLER and JILL COLVIN / The Associated Press May 11, 2018 Kelly Sadler was discussing the ailing senator's opposition to the president's pick for CIA director, Gina Haspel, at a White House meeting Thursday, two people present tell The Associated Press. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

CIA Whistleblower Brutalized by Cops While Protesting Gina Haspel’s Nomination (Video)

Staff / Truthdig May 10, 2018 Police forcibly removed former CIA analyst Ray McGovern from the Senate hearing for the CIA director nominee who oversaw torture during her tenure. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

CIA Nominee Says Torture Doesn’t Work

DEB RIECHMANN and KEVIN FREKING / The Associated Press May 10, 2018 At her confirmation hearing, Gina Haspel says that her “strong moral compass” would prevent her from carrying out any presidential order she found objectionable. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Vote No on ‘Bloody Gina’

VIPS / Consortiumnews May 8, 2018 The Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity would rather see torture overseer Gina Haspel face a judge than the Senate Intelligence Committee. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Gina Haspel Debate Spotlights America’s Soul Sickness

John Kiriakou / Truthdig May 8, 2018 The U.S. has become a country that supports torture, so the fight to stop the godmother of the CIA's "enhanced interrogation" program may be futile. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )