Gina Haspel, Donald Trump’s pick to lead the CIA, rules out using rendition and ‘black sites’
Haspel, who served as an undercover intelligence officer for more than 30 years, has won the support of dozens of former senior US officials
US President Donald Trump’s choice for CIA chief is privately assuring senators that she will not reinstitute a detention and interrogation programme and will make the pledge publicly at her May 9 confirmation hearing, two sources said on Friday.
Deputy CIA director Gina Haspel plans to give the commitment in her “opening statement and she has been telling members that as well,” a congressional aide said on condition of anonymity.
An administration official confirmed that Haspel has been pledging in private interviews with senators that she will never allow the CIA to revive a detention and interrogation programme.
She also is telling them that all US government agencies involved in interrogations should observe the standards set in a US Army field manual on interrogations, said the administration official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.