Cenk Uygur
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Senate Questions CIA Torturer Gina Haspel
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9:15Now PlayingGina Haspel is a monster, and may soon be a much more powerful monster. John Iadarola, Jayar Jackson, and Brooke Thomas, host of The Young Turks, breaks it down. To get even more TYT in your life, go to and download our free app!
"I admire Gina Haspel’s CIA career described in the May 8 front-page article “Long undercover, CIA pick now under microscope.” But to say she does not “favor” torture is not good enough for me, particularly because she argued for destroying nearly 100 videotapes of torture, claiming the videotapes, which revealed the faces of CIA officers, put them at risk for retaliation by terrorists. (It is hard to believe the videotapes could not have been preserved with the faces obscured.)
Maybe Ms. Haspel, nominated to be CIA director, should be required to acknowledge that torture was illegal at the time she oversaw it, and it remains illegal. Maybe even say, if she were to be confirmed, that she would resign if she were ordered to reinstate enhanced interrogation. Unless she believes that the law of the United States does not always apply to the CIA. Or she believes “just following orders of superiors” is an adequate response for the CIA director.”*
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Hosts: John Iadarola, Jayar Jackson, Brooke Thomas
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