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Gina Haspel

Though "Too Late" Now, Cables From Secret CIA Black Site Read Like Gina Haspel's "Torture Journaling"

Haspel

'Black Mark in Our History': Six Democrats Join GOP to Confirm Torturer Gina Haspel as CIA Chief

Jake Johnson, staff writer

Gina Haspel

"This was never just about Gina Haspel. This is about a nation that claims constantly to be exceptional and morally superior showing the world in clear terms that it supports torture and will never hold its own accountable."

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Democrats Shamed for Supporting Gina Haspel, CIA Nominee Who Oversaw 'Chaining Detainees to Ceiling for Days, Naked or in Diapers'

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

CIA Director nominee Gina Haspel

ACLU reminded lawmakers that Trump's nominee also "oversaw torture methods...

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'Beyond Shameful': Democrats Warner, Heitkamp, and Nelson Announce Support for Torturer Gina Haspel

Jake Johnson, staff writer

There are now five Democratic senators "who have made clear they don't give a...

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Gina Haspel

With Haspel Confirmation Pending, Torture Opponents Target Fence-Sitters Flake, Heitkamp, and Others

Without Once Mentioning the Word 'Torture,' Democrat Joe Donnelly Declares Support for Gina Haspel

'Moral Free-Fall' Exposed by Media Frenzy Over Trump Aide's John McCain Comment

'Well, This Didn't Take Long': Endorsing Gina Haspel for CIA, Dick Cheney Says Bring Back Torture Program

"One of the things I found was astounding was she said the CIA has historically not been in the business of interrogations. What on Earth is she talking about?" (Photo: Screenshot)

Jeremy Scahill: Obama Paved Way for Haspel to Head CIA by Failing to Hold Torturers Accountable

With Chance to Denounce Torture, Why Have These Democrats Not Said They Are a "No" on Haspel?

Haspel Won't Say CIA 'Tortured' and Refuses to Say If Torture Is 'Immoral'

Watch: Confirmation Hearing for CIA Director Nominee Gina Haspel Underway

Haspel

As Haspel Faces Senate, People Tortured by CIA Have Some Things to Say

As Senators Prepare to Grill Haspel on 'Gruesome' History, Progressives Demand Democrats Stand Against Torture

Gina Haspel

CIA Propaganda Denounced as Durbin Sounds Alarm Over Agency Effort to Whitewash Haspel's Torturous Past

CIA Accused of 'A to Z Cover-Up' as Manchin Suggests He's Open to Voting for Haspel

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Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR)

CCR in Disbelief at Confirmation of Gina Haspel, Outraged Former Head of CIA Torture Site Now CIA Director

Amnesty International - USA

In Haspel Confirmation, US Moves Beyond Impunity to Reward Torture

Peace Action

Senate Confirms Torturer to Lead C.I.A., Completes Trump’s War Cabinet

Physicians for Human Rights

Confirmation of Gina Haspel, Supervisor of Torture, As CIA Director, Is Unconscionable

Amnesty International - USA

Amnesty International USA Responds to Gina Haspel Confirmation as CIA Director

Amnesty International - USA

Amnesty International USA Calls on Senators Not to Confirm Haspel

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Robert Crawford

Reflections on Gina Haspel’s Confirmation

Brian Tashman

The Government Has Information on Gina Haspel’s Torture Record. The Senate Can’t See It.

Katherine Krueger

WaPo Positions Support for Torturer as Vote for Feminism

Brian Terrell

Two Interrogations, Gina Haspel and Adolf Eichmann

John Feffer

The Banality of Haspel

Sondra Crosby, Brock Chisholm

We Have Evaluated Torture Survivors. Gina Haspel Cannot Head the CIA.

Karen Greenberg

The Hearings for Trump’s CIA Pick Should Prompt a Reckoning With Torture

Robert Scheer

Trump's Shameful Choice of 'Bloody Gina'

Dr. Katherine McKenzie

We Should Oppose Gina Haspel's CIA Nomination Because of Her Torture Record

Brian Tashman

The CIA Can't Keep Gina Haspel's Torture Record Secret

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