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Dems Go after Gina Haspel with the “Torture” Smear
Front Page ^ | March 22, 2018 | Bruce Thornton

Posted on 03/22/2018 10:26:04 AM PDT by detective

Gina Haspel, Trump’s pick to succeed Mike Pompeo as head of the CIA, is a thirty-year veteran of the agency, one well respected by intelligence professionals from both parties. If confirmed, she will be the first woman to run our most important security agency. But despite this feminist victory, the Dems are likely to muddy the waters at her confirmation hearings by smearing her with allegations she oversaw “torture” at a black site in Thailand in 2002. Typical of what we can expect is the New York Times editorial titled, “Having a Torturer Lead the CIA,” even as the charge about the black site was shown to be untrue.

Once again, the party bereft of ideas and principle resorts to emotional obfuscation and accusation to advance their ideological prejudices. So, once again, it is necessary to lay out the facts and partisan hypocrisy behind the “torture” charge that has damaged our ability to gather the intelligence necessary to defend our safety and security.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government
KEYWORDS: cia; democrats; haspel; torture
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Gina Haspel is an excellent choice to be the Director of the CIA.

Democrats who attack her during confirmation hearings by repeating the lies about “torture” only care about lying and destroying people. They only care about winning a dishonest political victory.

The Democrats do not care about protecting the safety and security of the American people.

1 posted on 03/22/2018 10:26:04 AM PDT by detective
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To: detective

The commie ‘RATS’ war on women continues.


2 posted on 03/22/2018 10:27:29 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (#NotARussianBot)
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To: detective

The Dems just don’t like strong women in government.


3 posted on 03/22/2018 10:28:05 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: detective

Pompeo likes her and that’s good enough for me.

I don’t know the details of her interrogation techniques but I am inclined to see them as resume enhancers, if anything.
NOTE: These terrorists are not US citizens and they are also not protected by the Geneva Convention. They are fair game, and we need to protect American lives.


4 posted on 03/22/2018 10:29:54 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Racism against Whites is a real thing. Let's stop pretending it isn't.)
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To: detective

Having a traitor at the head of the government is worse, but they never complained about bammy.


5 posted on 03/22/2018 10:30:11 AM PDT by I want the USA back (There are two sexes: male (pronoun HE), and female (pronoun SHE). Denial of this is insanity.)
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To: detective

Torture makes our enemies give up information.
And if it doesn’t then it’s just satisfying to watch their discomfort.


6 posted on 03/22/2018 10:30:27 AM PDT by BuffaloJack (Chivalry is not dead. It is a warriors code and only practiced by warriors.)
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To: detective

Torturing terrorists would be a resume enhancement to the vast majority of Americans.


7 posted on 03/22/2018 10:31:31 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: detective

“”Smear”” is the CommieCrats middle name.


8 posted on 03/22/2018 10:32:25 AM PDT by CMailBag
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To: detective
in Thailand in 2002.

She wasn't there.

Correction: Trump’s Pick to Head CIA Did Not Oversee Waterboarding of Abu Zubaydah: Propublica Retraction

9 posted on 03/22/2018 10:34:13 AM PDT by CptnObvious (uestion her now.)
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A captured terrorist knows the time and location of a nuclear weapon about to go off in NYC and he's not talking.
1. Some would bring him milk and cookies.
2. Others would work on him with pliers and a blowtorch.
I'll go with number 2.
10 posted on 03/22/2018 10:35:05 AM PDT by dainbramaged (Get out of my country now)
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I could not hate them any more than I do.

Didn’t Biden call for war? I’m ready.


11 posted on 03/22/2018 10:39:30 AM PDT by brownsfan (Behold, the power of government cheese.)
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If President Trump had appointed Billy Graham to a post, the hate fueled Democrats would have tried to tear down his reputation, too. They are ugly people, inside and outside.


12 posted on 03/22/2018 10:39:52 AM PDT by txrefugee
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Having a Torturer Lead the CIA....................... ??? The same news source that told the USA in the 30’s “the Russian childrent starving, they’re just hungry”?


13 posted on 03/22/2018 10:41:49 AM PDT by Bringbackthedraft (Damn Tag line, fouled up again, thanks cursor.)
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And then we have blabbing "allies" like Rand Paul who has already put on his John McCain costume and started bad mouthing Gina.
 
14 posted on 03/22/2018 10:41:56 AM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (CNN is fake news.)
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Rino global Communist moles are slow walking many of Trumps nominations!


15 posted on 03/22/2018 10:42:18 AM PDT by Lopeover ( The 2016 Election is about allegiance to the United States!)
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If she is a female Danny Regan, she has my support.


16 posted on 03/22/2018 10:43:05 AM PDT by joshua c (To disrupt the system, we must disrupt our lives)
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To: Bringbackthedraft

“children aren’t”


17 posted on 03/22/2018 10:44:04 AM PDT by Bringbackthedraft (Damn Tag line, fouled up again, thanks cursor.)
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Yeah, Gina’s a meanie.

Unlike Brennan. /S


18 posted on 03/22/2018 11:01:05 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine ("Married with children.")
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DoD waterboards our officers as part of their training. (or used to)

It is NOT torture!

It leaves no lasting physical damage.


19 posted on 03/22/2018 11:05:17 AM PDT by G Larry (There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
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Dems go after torture?

Hell - they wallow in it.


20 posted on 03/22/2018 11:07:00 AM PDT by Iron Munro (If Illegals voted Republican 66 Million Democrats Would Be Screaming "Build The Wall!")
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