Glenn Greenwald on Twitter: "She was the subject of this WashPost article about how knee-deep she was in the Bush era CIA torture program https://t.co/0N28GRvtkd https://t.co/p69Q4gHBOL" / Twitter

She was the subject of this WashPost article about how knee-deep she was in the Bush era CIA torture program washingtonpost.com/world/national

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Jason Leopold

@JasonLeopold

Feb 2, 2017

CIA Director Mike Pompeo today announced that President Trump has selected Gina Haspel to be the new Deputy Director of CIA.

7:54 PM · Feb 2, 2017

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How do you know the article was about her? The subject is unnamed

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It was an open secret - cryptome.org/2013/05/cia-di - just like this was

theintercept.com

Meet Alfreda Bikowsky, the Senior Officer at the Center of the CIA’s Torture Scandals

The “queen of torture” played a direct part in the torture of at least one innocent detainee, had a key role in misleading Congress about the agency’s use of torture, and reportedly mishandled...

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Someone please explain how waterboarding compares to real torture?

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...thicker and thicker by the minute. And still I cry: How cld Americans not see this coming?!!! #whilewesleep

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thinks waterboarding "works", this appointments of previous overseer Gina Haspel would be no surprise.

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Swamp!

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If it doesn't draw blood, leave scars or cause brain damage it isn't torture and should be used on evil terrorists

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Well, Trump surely is consistent.

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WELP

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