Trump defends CIA pick Haspel: 'Democrats want out because she is too tough on terror'

[DonViejo]

Source: Politico




By LOUIS NELSON 05/07/2018 08:11 AM EDT

President Donald Trump issued an online vote of confidence Monday for Gina Haspel, his pick to be the next director of the CIA, and chided Democrats who have been critical of her for her role in waterboarding terrorism suspects at a secret agency prison.

“My highly respected nominee for CIA Director, Gina Haspel, has come under fire because she was too tough on Terrorists,” the president wrote on Twitter. “Think of that, in these very dangerous times, we have the most qualified person, a woman, who Democrats want OUT because she is too tough on terror. Win Gina!”

Haspel is expected to be on Capitol Hill on Monday, meeting with senators ahead of confirmation hearings later this week. Whether she will be confirmed to lead the CIA remains an open question amid concern about her role running a CIA “black site” prison in Thailand where terrorism suspects were subjected to so-called “enhanced interrogation” techniques like waterboarding.

Haspel’s past involvement with practices labeled by many as torture has already cost her the support of Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), meaning she will require the support of at least one Democrat in order to be confirmed.

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[Freethinker65]

1. Correction- meaning Rand Paul, despite threats, will vote to confirm her if his vote is needed

[lagomorph777]

5. Yup!

Media need to stop falling for his shtick

[bucolic_frolic]

2. Donald is having 2001 hallucinations of cheering Arabs again

Please, his divide and conquer is an insult to logic and human intelligence

[Ellipsis]

3. That makes no sense.

[William Seger]

4. No respect for either the law or morality; no understanding of why torture is illegal

... and no understanding of why decent people won't stand for it.

[Vinca]

6. Colonel Bone Spurs going all macho again.

[sakabatou]

7. As I always say, anyone who is for torture

has to go through it him or herself.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

8. Sorry, donnie

It has nothing to do with her being tough on terror.

It has everything to do with her torturing people to death, then lying about it and destroying evidence of what she did. It's kind of like obstruction of justice, so I know you wouldn't understand.

But we know.

[DeminPennswoods]

9. Can't say this often enough,

she is a war criminal.