Here's why Haspel's all-but-confirmation that she pushed to continue torture in 2005 is important: 1) CIA started torturing Abu Faraj al-Libi immediately after taking custody of him--no pretense of seeing whether he'd cooperate.
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Ron Wyden Makes It Clear Gina Haspel Pushed for Torture to Continue in 2005 https://www.emptywheel.net/2018/05/09/ron-wyden-makes-it-clear-gina-haspel-pushed-for-torture-to-continue-in-2005/ …
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2) By torturing him right away, CIA basically forced the WH (and DOJ) to reauthorize torture in 2005. 3) Torture didn't get al-Libi to admit to knowing a courier who still communicated with Osama bin Laden.
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4) CIA used al-Libi's complaints about not being able to hear well as an excuse to torture him. It turns out he was telling the truth.
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The post that explains all that is here: https://www.emptywheel.net/2018/05/09/ron-wyden-makes-it-clear-gina-haspel-pushed-for-torture-to-continue-in-2005/ …
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Here's the video of that exchange: https://www.c-span.org/video/standalone/?c4728636/gina-haspel-pushed-continuation-torture …
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OK, so narrowing down the timeframe for her Damascene moment. She was stricken by conscience sometime after 2005. Good to know.
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she's awful but so is the CIA so they're perfect for each other. Not like there's anyone who could make CIA function morally
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I don't believe someone doesn't have a CYA file.
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