CONGRESSMAN

JERROLD NADLER

Washington, D.C. – Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) released the following statement on President Trump’s nomination of Deputy Director Gina Haspel to replace Mike Pompeo as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency:

“The Senate owes it to the American people to take a hard look at Deputy Director Haspel, whose career at the CIA coincides with some of the darkest moments in recent American history.  She oversaw a ‘black site’ prison in Thailand.  She approved interrogation techniques that were clearly unlawful at the time, and ordered the destruction of evidence of those practices. 

“Torture is not only abhorrent, torture is a crime.  The Senate already—rightly—denied Deputy Director Haspel a post as head of the clandestine service because of the role she played in the Bush Administration’s ‘enhanced interrogation’ program. The Senate should not confirm Deputy Director Haspel to lead the CIA.”