{"id":352472,"date":"2018-03-16T18:22:03","date_gmt":"2018-03-16T17:22:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/trumps-pick-for-cia-director-was-gleeful-about-torture\/"},"modified":"2018-03-16T18:22:03","modified_gmt":"2018-03-16T17:22:03","slug":"trumps-pick-for-cia-director-was-gleeful-about-torture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/trumps-pick-for-cia-director-was-gleeful-about-torture\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s Pick for CIA Director Was \u201cGleeful\u201d About Torture"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>      <!-- START CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cTrump\u2019s appointing people around him who actually still think the Iraq war was a good idea\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Steve Watson<\/strong><br \/>Prison Planet.com<br \/>March 16, 2018<\/p>\n<p><strong>Senator Rand Paul has registered his opposition to President Trump\u2019s nomination for new Director of the CIA, Gina Haspel, whom Paul notes actively participated in torture programs under the Bush Administration and enjoyed it.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Appearing on Fox News Wednesday, Paul said that the nomination of Haspel is \u201cthe wrong kind of message to send to the world\u201d:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hRw676LMROA\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe believes that waterboarding should be something that we use, and I think America shouldn\u2019t be known for torture,\u201d Paul urged.<\/p>\n<p>When challenged by Fox anchor Harris Faulkner, Paul noted that in the past Haspel had acted \u201cbasically gleeful\u201d at the prospect of enemy combatants being tortured and that she seemed to \u201cenjoy\u201d the interrogations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe should not reward somebody who actually participated in torture treatment,\u201d Paul exclaimed.<!-- [donotprint] --><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ppani\">\n<li>A d v e r t i s e m e n t<\/li>\n<li\/><\/ul>\n<p><!-- [\/donotprint] --><\/p>\n<p>The Senator also warned that neocon war-hawks are still circling Trump, and finding their way into his administration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrump\u2019s appointing people around him who actually still think the Iraq war was a good idea and actually think we should have a new war with Iran.\u201d Paul warned.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/2018\/03\/15\/sen-rand-paul-why-cant-support-neocons-pompeo-at-state-haspel-at-cia-and-bolton-as-nsa.html\">In an op-ed piece<\/a>, Paul further clarifies his position, saying that he is against Haspel\u2019s appointment as well as the appointments of Mike Pompeo at The State Department and John Bolton at the NSA.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re not simply talking about a run-of-the-mill CIA agent here. Haspel was someone in a position of power who presided over practices that epitomized the abuse of that power.\u201d Paul notes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven worse, as scrutiny of the CIA\u2019s actions intensified, Haspel was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/frontline\/article\/trumps-new-cia-director-nominee-helped-cover-up-torture\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">directly involved<\/a>\u00a0in the destruction of videos documenting the torture.\u201d Paul adds, noting that \u201cthis alone should be instantly disqualifying.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Paul warns that Pompeo&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/rand-paul-trumps-pick-for-cia-director-was-gleeful-about-torture.html\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cTrump\u2019s appointing people around him who actually still think the Iraq war was a good idea\u201d Steve WatsonPrison Planet.comMarch 16, 2018 Senator Rand Paul has registered his opposition to President Trump\u2019s nomination for new Director of the CIA, Gina Haspel, whom Paul notes actively participated in torture programs under the Bush Administration and enjoyed it. 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