McCain Blasts Trump For Picking Torture Chief To Lead CIA
Gina Haspel ran the CIA’s torture program, now Trump wants her to run the CIA.
Senator John McCain on Tuesday issued a scathing statement blasting President Trump’s decision to nominate Gina Haspel to be the next director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
McCain noted that Haspel played a lead role in “one of darkest chapters in American history.”
McCain said in that Haspel needs to explain her stance on torture.
“The torture of detainees in U.S. custody during the last decade was one of the darkest chapters in American history,” McCain said.
“Ms. Haspel needs to explain the nature and extent of her involvement in the CIA’s interrogation program during the confirmation process.”
“Any nominee for director of the CIA must pledge without reservation to uphold this prohibition, which has helped us regain our position of leadership in the struggle for universal human rights,” McCain also said.
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