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President Trump’s nominee to lead the CIA, Gina Haspel, was deeply involved in the Agency’s torture program, according to multiple credible press reports. Gina Haspel’s Troubling Role in the CIA Torture Program According to press accounts, President Trump’s nominee to lead the CIA, Gina Haspel, was deeply involved in the Agency’s torture program, though there are more questions than answers about exactly what her role was. News reports last year stated that Haspel was the chief of base at the CIA’s first overseas prison (or “black site”) for terrorism suspects, in Thailand. She was involved in the destruction of the videotapes that documented the torture. Read more   See coverage of our analysis: ‘She Should Be in Jail’—Rights Groups Rally to Stop Torture Overseer Turned Trump CIA Pick Gina Haspel  |  The Daily Beast Trump’s CIA pick Gina Haspel ‘up to her eyeballs in torture’ — but Senate Dems can’t even ask about it  |  Raw St...

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