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| + | '''Gina Haspel''' was termed by CIA [[whistleblower]] [[John Kiriakou]] the “godmother of the torture program.”<ref>https://whowhatwhy.org/2018/03/19/the-godmother-of-torture-may-soon-be-running-the-cia/</ref> | ||
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After Haspel was nominated to [[lead the CIA]], ''[[Quartz magazine]]'' quoted a (paywalled) ''[[New York Times]]'' report that Haspel "[https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/02/us/politics/cia-deputy-director-gina-haspel-torture-thailand.html played a leading role] in running a US [[torture]] site abroad and later destroyed the evidence of it."<ref>https://qz.com/1227879/who-is-gina-haspel-the-first-woman-nominated-to-run-the-cia-destroyed-evidence-of-us-torture/</ref> ''[[ProPublica]]'' reported in 2017 that Haspel personally signed "cables to CIA headquarters that detailed [[Zubayda]]’s interrogation."<ref>https://www.propublica.org/article/cia-cables-detail-its-new-deputy-directors-role-in-torture</ref> | After Haspel was nominated to [[lead the CIA]], ''[[Quartz magazine]]'' quoted a (paywalled) ''[[New York Times]]'' report that Haspel "[https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/02/us/politics/cia-deputy-director-gina-haspel-torture-thailand.html played a leading role] in running a US [[torture]] site abroad and later destroyed the evidence of it."<ref>https://qz.com/1227879/who-is-gina-haspel-the-first-woman-nominated-to-run-the-cia-destroyed-evidence-of-us-torture/</ref> ''[[ProPublica]]'' reported in 2017 that Haspel personally signed "cables to CIA headquarters that detailed [[Zubayda]]’s interrogation."<ref>https://www.propublica.org/article/cia-cables-detail-its-new-deputy-directors-role-in-torture</ref> | ||
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Gina Haspel was termed by CIA whistleblower John Kiriakou the “godmother of the torture program.”[1]
Activities
After Haspel was nominated to lead the CIA, Quartz magazine quoted a (paywalled) New York Times report that Haspel "played a leading role in running a US torture site abroad and later destroyed the evidence of it."[2] ProPublica reported in 2017 that Haspel personally signed "cables to CIA headquarters that detailed Zubayda’s interrogation."[3]
Related Documents
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Document:Assange Must Not Also Die in Jail | blog post | 13 August 2019 | Craig Murray | Many of the same people who are relieved by Jeffrey Epstein’s death would like to see Julian Assange dead too. |
| Document:The CIA/MI6 Skripal Conspiracy Exposed? | Wikispooks Page | 16 November 2024 | Kit Klarenberg | A longstanding Russia hawk who cut her Agency teeth recruiting spies in the Soviet Union in the years before its collapse, Gina Haspel twice served as the CIA’s London station chief - from 2008 to 2011, and 2014 to 2017. Sergei Skripal arrived in Britain in July 2010 via a grand spy swap during her first tenure, which was negotiated by Haspel’s longtime collaborator Daniel Hoffman, then-CIA Moscow station chief. |
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References
- ↑ https://whowhatwhy.org/2018/03/19/the-godmother-of-torture-may-soon-be-running-the-cia/
- ↑ https://qz.com/1227879/who-is-gina-haspel-the-first-woman-nominated-to-run-the-cia-destroyed-evidence-of-us-torture/
- ↑ https://www.propublica.org/article/cia-cables-detail-its-new-deputy-directors-role-in-torture
