DEB RIECHMANN / The Associated PressMay 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 )
Ilana NovickMay 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 )
Staff and Robert Scheer / TruthdigMay 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 )
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Joe Lauria / Consortium NewsMay 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 )
ZEKE MILLER and JILL COLVIN / The Associated PressMay 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 )
DEB RIECHMANN and KEVIN FREKING / The Associated PressMay 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 )
VIPS / ConsortiumnewsMay 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 )
John Kiriakou / TruthdigMay 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 )
Sam HusseiniMay 8, 2018
The confirmation hearing for the CIA director nominee offers a chance to show how the U.S. government manufactures consent through insidious means. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Robert Scheer / TruthdigMay 6, 2018
By nominating Gina Haspel to head the CIA, the president has defined himself as a fatally callous leader. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Paul Street / TruthdigMay 2, 2018
The U.S. sees itself as a humanitarian City on a Hill, fit to judge other nations while giving itself an "exceptionalist" free pass on violations. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )
Chris Hedges and Mr. Fish / TruthdigApr 8, 2018
Israel’s slaughter of unarmed Gazans doesn’t bother most Americans because we have been indoctrinated into dehumanizing Muslims. We and others live in a world where murder and racism are state policy. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )
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