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

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 based on 1960s-era experiments on dogs."

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

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

Gina Haspel

"The Senate must #BlockHaspel. We can't accept a #CIA leader who oversaw #...

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'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?

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

Deploying 'Tough on Terrorists' Euphemism, Trump Backs Haspel With Open Embrace of CIA Torture

Gina Haspel

Gina Haspel Sought to Withdraw Nomination Over Torture Role: Washington Post

"Torture is wrong"

#BlockHaspel: As Clock Ticks, Groups Ratchet Up Pressure to Stop Torturer Gina Haspel From Heading CIA

al-marri

Amid Renewed Scrutiny, Qatari Man Tortured on US Soil Demands Justice

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Secrecy Inc: Activists Sue CIA Over Spying On Classified Report On Covert Torture Program

Because no one has yet been held accountable for U.S. torture practices widely deemed "sadistic and terrifying," two open-government and FOIA activists are suing the CIA for its continued secrecy about its alleged secret surveillance of Senate lawmakers secretly investigating secret Bush-era torture. Welcome to the most transparent - and Kafkaesque - administration in history.

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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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Views

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

Christopher Anders

Senators Have a New Plan to Expand Indefinite Detention and Endless Global War

Brian Tashman

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

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