President Trump on Tuesday chose CIA veteran Gina Haspel to be the spy agency’s next director, picking a woman who spent multiple tours overseas and is respected by the workforce but is deeply tied to the agency’s use of brutal interrogation measures on terrorism suspects.
Democracy Dies in Darkness
Gina Haspel, Trump’s pick for CIA director, tied to use of brutal interrogation measures
By Greg Miller
and March 13, 2018 at 2:26 p.m. EDT