She burned tapes related to waterboarding. Really? Who's name was on the order? I hope she realizes that is minimally an ethics violation. She is going to be a worry if she sees these measures as a methodology to the agencies records. She needs to let the American people know burning government tapes is not permissible unless the building is being taken over by an enemy. I would also expect redundancy in federal domestic offices before records are destroyed to protect the country. In this case, the records protected Dick Cheney.
Washington — President Donald Trump’s choice (click here) to be the first female director of the CIA is a career spymaster who once ran an agency prison in Thailand where terror suspects were subjected to a harsh interrogation technique that the president has supported.
Trump tweeted Tuesday that CIA Director Mike Pompeo will replace Rex Tillerson as secretary of state and that he has selected Gina Haspel to replace Pompeo. Haspel, the current deputy CIA director, also helped carry out an order that the agency destroy its waterboarding videos. That order prompted a lengthy Justice Department investigation that ended without charges....
