Posted on 03/13/2018 3:56:40 PM PDT by Signalman
Don't listen to those (like this CNN editorial masquerading as reporting) complaining that she was too tough on terrorists. Gina Haspel is a great choice to replace Mike Pompeo as CIA director.
First off, she knows the nuts and bolts of human intelligence from the inside out. As a career CIA officer in the agency’s operations (or spying) arm, Haspel spent the early part of her career recruiting agents in the field to give their secrets to the U.S. But after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, Haspel played a supervisory role at a CIA black site in Thailand and later, was a crucial leader in offensive counterterrorism operations under CIA clandestine service legend, Jose Rodriguez.
Haspel’s courage in taking the fight to the enemy and extracting high grade human intelligence speaks to an all too rare kind of public servant: one who matches high skill to a willingness to take politically toxic risks to serve U.S. interests. Haspel could have left the CIA for a highly lucrative private sector job that offered far better hours and far less stress. Instead, she chose to keep serving the country.
But in her willingness to take risks for the nation, Haspel makes a natural replacement for Mike Pompeo.
Pompeo’s tenure at CIA has been positively defined by his encouragement to operations officers to take greater risks in the pursuit of higher value intelligence gains. As deputy director under Pompeo, it is likely that Haspel shares Pompeo's affinity for high-risk enterprising. If not, Pompeo would not likely have recommended her to the president.
And in that, President Trump also deserves credit here. After all, Trump is often accused of politicizing the intelligence process, and sometimes does so, as with his comments on Russia at various times. Yet here, he has appointed a career professional rather than a lackey. The distinction is crucially important in an era in which the U.S. faces a diversity of threats from terrorism to state instability to rising challenges from China and Russia.
Ultimately, it is telling that former CIA directors from John Brennan to Mike Hayden are lining up behind Haspel’s nomination. They recognize that Haspel retains the trust of her workforce and the competency to objectively represent its products and interests at the White House.
While Democrats will regurgitate their fake news torture report in order to oppose Haspel’s nomination, Trump and Republicans should reach out to nonpartisan patriots like Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, and give Haspel their full support.
Good point, you post 12.
Eisenhower, McArthur, and Patton all agreed water boarding was a barbaric war crime.
Nothing could be further from the truth. It takes a little digging but you will find this:
http://dailyentertainmentnews.com/breaking-news/gina-haspels-husband/
On the controversial side, The Post reported –Haspel was part of a group of CIA officials involved in the decision to destroy videotapes of interrogation sessions that left some detainees on the brink of physical collapse. She was then picked to run the CIA’s clandestine operations unit in 2013 –however the promotion was blocked due to her history of torture.
Ms Haspel was later cleared of any wrongdoing and officials said she had been following orders in destroying the tapes.
Key here is that: she followed orders and that's basically what she is guilty of not the rest of the BS that the drivebys are intent on putting on her.Once agian they have to lie to get any traction at all. trump has seen through all their jBS and my guess is we will as well.
Brennan is undoubtedly covering his butt hoping Gina or anyone else at CIA won’t expose him for the mad muzzie he is.
Well, we know that EVERY FEMALE in the Legislature will vote to confirm her for CIA Director.
Madeleine Albright said, “There’s a special place in hell for women who don’t help each other.” Of course, that was referring to voting for Hillary, but Haspel has the same lady parts that PIAPS has (I assume).
Documentation, please.
plenty more
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/12/waterboarding-torture-japan-world-war-ii/
anyone who is familiar with the culture of US forces during WWII recognizes this. The Army of WWII had a very different ethos compared to the current Army.
She has been there since the late 87 or so. She was not around when McLame was released.
85 I believe
Understood. It was my intent to subtly draw a contrast between their two histories - her’s positive and his negative - with the aim of demonstrating his criticism was likely nothing but projection. But, alas. {;^)
McCain has always been a spoiled brat flag officer’s son. I played ball in Germany and was a boy scout with two of them. I was senior patrol leader, and; the BG’s kid was a problem. The other had a 3 star (LTG) dad. He went to West Point. He was straight up.
He’s not a Muslim (at least I never saw any indication!) but he is an ass-hole!
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