CIA nominee says 'tough lessons' learned from interrogation

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's nominee to be the next CIA director said Wednesday the spy agency learned "tough lessons" from its use of harsh detention and interrogation tactics on terror suspects after 9/11 and that if confirmed, she would not permit the CIA to restart such a program.

"CIA has learned some tough lessons, especially when asked to tackle missions that fall outside our expertise," acting CIA director Gina Haspel told the Senate intelligence committee. "For me, there is no better example of implementing lessons learned than what the agency took away from the detention and interrogation program."

"It is important to recall the context of those challenging times immediately following 9/11," she said. "Having served in that tumultuous time, I can offer you my personal commitment, clearly and without reservation, that under my leadership, CIA will not restart such a detention and interrogation program."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/cia-nominee-says-tough-lessons-learned-from-interrogation/ar-AAwZ6Dh?li=BBnb7Kz

Sure and Trump was going to give us something better than Obamacare

[Solly Mack]

1. The CIA has a history of torturing people and they were exposed for it before, so to pretend

they had a "lessons learned" moment this time around is pure bullshit.

Simply research the Kubark torture manual to learn about the CIA's history of torture.

[HopeAgain]

2. They just didn't know...

[arthritisR_US]

3. I think she is as amoral as they come.

[C_U_L8R]

4. Exactly what lessons did you learn???

To wear rubber boots and a slicker when waterboarding??

[zipplewrath]

5. Yeah, pretty lame

There were people AT THE TIME that were telling them what they were doing wrong. They chose not to listen. Something tells me that's NOT the lesson they learned.

[comradebillyboy]

6. Keep in mind that the likely alternative to Haspel for CIA Director is Tom Cotton,

a fanatical ideologue and war monger. I prefer the career civil servant despite the blood on her hands.