The Lawfare Podcast: Shane Harris on Gina Haspel

Jen Patja
Tuesday, May 8, 2018, 4:44 PM

Gina Haspel, the CIA’s current deputy director, goes before the Senate intelligence committee on Wendesday for confirmation as the CIA’s director. Shane Harris of the Washington Post recently produced a lengthy and detailed profile of Haspel, who was deeply involved in the CIA’s coercive interrogation program in the years that followed 9/11. Harris joins Benjamin Wittes to discuss the nomination, the cases for and against Haspel, and what we can expect when she faces the committee tomorrow.

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Gina Haspel, the CIA’s current deputy director, goes before the Senate intelligence committee on Wendesday for confirmation as the CIA’s director. Shane Harris of the Washington Post recently produced a lengthy and detailed profile of Haspel, who was deeply involved in the CIA’s coercive interrogation program in the years that followed 9/11. Harris joins Benjamin Wittes to discuss the nomination, the cases for and against Haspel, and what we can expect when she faces the committee tomorrow.

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Jen Patja is the editor of the Lawfare Podcast and Rational Security, and serves as Lawfare’s Director of Audience Engagement. Previously, she was Co-Executive Director of Virginia Civics and Deputy Director of the Center for the Constitution at James Madison's Montpelier, where she worked to deepen public understanding of constitutional democracy and inspire meaningful civic participation.
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