Gina Haspel, nominated by Trump as first woman to lead CIA, has controversial past
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/03/13/gina-haspel-trump-nominee-first-woman-leader-cia/419547002/ Bart Jansen <http://www.usatoday.com/staff/2126/bart-jansen/>, USA TODAYPublished 10:26 a.m. ET March 13, 2018 | Updated 12:09 p.m. ET March 13, 2018 [image: XXX CIAMUSEUM 6340.JPG A FEA VA] (Photo: H. Darr Beiser, USA TODAY) CONNECTTWEET <https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A//usat.ly/2IluoQM&text=Gina%20Haspel%2C%20nominated%20by%20Trump%20as%20first%20woman%20to%20lead%20CIA%2C%20has%20controversial%20past&via=usatoday> LINKEDIN <http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?url=https%3A//usat.ly/2IluoQM&mini=true> 16COMMENTEMAILMORE Gina Haspel, President Trump’s nominee to become the first woman to lead the Central Intelligence Agency, made her career in covert action, but her involvement in controversial interrogations has already provoked Senate opposition to her confirmation. Haspel, who joined the CIA in 1985, earned high-level awards during her career and was sworn in as deputy director of the agency on Feb. 7, 2017. In that post, she assists managing intelligence collection, analysis, covert action and counterintelligence. *snip>* -- You received this message because you are subscribed to Mark Crispin Miller's "News From Underground" newsgroup. If you'd like to donate to News From Underground, please visit http://markcrispinmiller.com/donate - we appreciate your ongoing support. Ways to unsubscribe, 1) send a blank email to newsfromunderground+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. PLEASE NOTE: you must unsubscribe using the SAME email with which you subscribed; 2) go to http://groups.google.com/group/newsfromunderground and click on the "Unsubscribe or change membership" link in the yellow bar at the top of the page, then click the "Unsubscribe" button on the next page. For more News From Underground, visit http://markcrispinmiller.com
