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Gina Haspel

CIA Director Gina Haspel stands behind President Donald Trump with the Agency and US flags behind her.

CIA chief heard recording of Khashoggi killing during Turkey visit

CIA Director Gina Haspel heard an audio recording of the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi during her visit to Turkey this week, two sources told Reuters on Thursday, the first indication Ankara has shared its key evidence.

CIA director nominee and acting CIA Director Gina Haspel is sworn in to testify at her Senate Intelligence Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill,

CIA Director Gina Haspel’s memos detailing torture declassified

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CIA director nominee Gina Haspel raises her right hand as she is sworn in to testify at her Senate Intelligence Committee confirmation, May 9, 2018.

Senate panel advances Trump nominee to lead CIA

CIA Director Gina Haspel, wearing dark rimmed glasses, looks right in the medium cropped portrait.

Senators ‘kept in the dark’ as CIA director vote draws near

CIA director nominee Gina Haspel raises her right hand as she is sworn in to testify at her Senate Intelligence Committee confirmation, May 9, 2018.

For some, Haspel for CIA head ‘would be promoting a torturer’

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A man's image is blurred as he walks across a giant marble seal in the floor of the CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia.

What we know — and what we don’t — about Trump’s controversial pick to lead the CIA

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If she can muster enough votes, Haspel, who is 61, would be the first woman to run the intelligence agency. She would replace Mike Pompeo, newly confirmed secretary of state.

Nominee to be Director of the Central Intelligence Agency Gina Haspel arrives for meetings with Senators on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, May 7, 2018.

Haspel is Trump’s chance to reset his bad start with the CIA

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If the president wants to benefit from the best information about the most important challenges facing America, he needs to believe the CIA is doing its job well. That trust starts at the top.

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Trump’s new pick for CIA director has a murky past with torture programs

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President Donald Trump has tapped Gina Haspel to replace Mike Pompeo as CIA Director. But Sen. John McCain said that Haspel oversaw a “black site” prison where detainees were tortured with methods such as waterboarding.