This morning, President Trump’s nominee for CIA director faced questions from a Senate committee. Sen. Kamala Harris, always somehow angling for 2020 soundbites, grilled Haspel about morality, self-awareness-be-damned. Also during the hearing, Democrat Sen. Jack Reed took a similar approach, but Haspel wasn’t playing that game:
Democrat Jack Reed asks Gina Haspel if the CIA waterboarding terrorists is immoral.
Haspel replies: "I don’t think there’s any comparison between CIA officers serving their country, adhering to US law, & terrorists who, by their very definition, are not following anybody’s law." pic.twitter.com/ZTI0da5LXH
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) May 9, 2018
https://twitter.com/WiredSources/status/994274050448003072
NICE try, Sen. Reed, but not this time.
https://twitter.com/GaryBarb/status/994288931511422976
Wait, they didnt show his head exploding….. https://t.co/2lxceUldW2
— Red FIN (@MomJar1) May 9, 2018
https://twitter.com/Typewriter_Lore/status/994260497561075715
We second that!