With Haspel Sworn In as CIA Director, Let's Stop Pretending That Her Atrocities Run Counter to American Values
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By Maha Hilal, Truthout
Gina Haspel prepares to speak while flanked by President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence, after she was sworn in as CIA director at agency headquarters, May 21, 2018, in Langley, Virginia. (Photo: Mark Wilson / Getty Images)
Although Gina Haspel's nomination received the fewest supporting votes of any previous CIA director nominee, on Monday morning she was sworn in to head the agency. Introducing Haspel, Trump stated that "instead of apologizing for our nation, we are standing up for our nation." He spoke these words knowing that Haspel oversaw the CIA's first black site in the "war on terror," where two Muslim prisoners were waterboarded repeatedly. Why? Because torture is American.
Prior to her confirmation, there seemed to be three comm...