CIA Director Nominee Gina Haspe's Confirmation Hearing -- News Roundup

FOX News: CIA pick Haspel defends ‘moral compass’ amid Dem attacks, details spy credentials

President Trump’s nominee for CIA director Gina Haspel on Wednesday defended her “moral compass” as she brushed back Democratic criticism of her handling of the post-9/11 detention and interrogation program -- while sharing gripping details about her credentials as a lifelong spy.

Haspel spoke at her confirmation hearing to replace now-Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at the agency's helm, and sought to head off criticism about her role in the interrogation of terror suspects. While GOP lawmakers and bipartisan voices from the intelligence community have strongly backed her bid, Democrats have threatened to stall her nomination over the Bush-era programs.

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CIA Director Nominee Gina Haspe's Confirmation Hearing -- News Roundup

CIA nominee says torture doesn’t work as interrogation tool -- AP
Key moments: Haspel defends her moral compass at tense hearing -- Politico
CIA nominee bolsters chance for confirmation -- The Hill
CIA nominee Haspel vows spy agency will not reinstate torture -- AFP
CIA pick Gina Haspel repeatedly declines to say if torture techniques are 'immoral' – as it happened -- The Guardian
Gina Haspel: I will 'never, ever take CIA back to interrogation program' -- UPI
Gina Haspel vows CIA will not engage in torture -- Al Jazeera
Gina Haspel, Trump's Nominee to Head the CIA, Won't Say If Torture Is Immoral -- Mother Jones
How the White House is pushing through one of the most controversial nominees in recent history -- Joe Perticone, Business Insider
The CIA Needs an Independent Thinker—Not Gina Haspel -- Mieke Eoyang, The Atlantic
The CIA Needs Gina Haspel -- Lester Munson, RealClearDefense