Feinstein opposes Haspel
Source: The Hill
BY JORDAIN CARNEY - 05/10/18 10:33 AM EDT
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said Thursday that she will vote against CIA deputy director Gina Haspel as leader of the spy agency.
This nomination is bigger than one person. The torture program was illegal at the time based on international treaties. ...I believe those who were intimately involved should not lead the agency," Feinstein said in a statement.
She added that the "CIAs Rendition, Detention and Interrogation Program is one of the darkest chapters in our nations history and it must not be repeated."
"For the Senate to confirm someone so involved with the program to highest position at the CIA would in effect tell the world that we approve of what happened, and I absolutely do not," she said.
Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/387083-feinstein-opposes-haspel-for-cia
Freethinker65
(9,932 posts)Solly Mack
(90,740 posts)what happened, that being torturing people - some of them to death - wasn't exactly met with disapproval.
But it's good she's not voting to confirm.
Spare me the outrage for my comment. The U.S. (State Department) sends out a report each Feb/March telling other countries to stop torturing (and other abuses) and to hold the guilty accountable.
Our door. Clean behind it.
Otherwise...free roaming war criminals always - always - pop back up.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142056887#post2
jalan48
(13,797 posts)Solly Mack
(90,740 posts)He admitted to and bragged about giving the go ahead to torture. Cheney also bragged about it.
jalan48
(13,797 posts)Solly Mack
(90,740 posts)jalan48
(13,797 posts)theaocp
(4,223 posts)twice in one day. Kudos.
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)Unsurprising you're forced to misinterpret as such.
Blind squirrels, indeed. Kudos, part II.
theaocp
(4,223 posts)No misinterpretation needed. Cheers.
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)mpcamb
(2,855 posts)portrayed as just a bureaucrat. That's not the case!
This is pure evil reaching for public acceptance. Oppose it for all it's worth.