Peter Van Buren — Gina Haspel: As If Nuremberg Never Happened

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Nothing will say more about who we've become as a nation than if a torturer is allowed to head the CIA. Sums it up. It's bad now, and her nomination makes it worse. But her confirmation and occupying office would be the icing on the cake.Kills US soft power. It's a gift to enemies of America, too.The American ConservativeGina Haspel: As If Nuremberg Never HappenedPeter Van Buren, 24-year State Department veteran

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Mike Norman considers the following as important: CIA, Gina Haspel, torture

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