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Veteran spy Gina Haspel will become the first female director of the CIA after six Democrats joined Republicans in a Senate confirmation vote that overrode concerns about her role in the spy agency's harsh interrogation program after 9/11.
Thursday's 54-45 vote split both parties, and the margin was the closest for a CIA nominee in the nearly seven decades that a nod from the Senate has been required. Haspel, who has spent nearly all of her 33-year CIA career in undercover positions, is the first career operations officer to be confirmed since William Colby in 1973.
Haspel, 61, is a native of Kentucky but grew up around the world as the daughter of an Air Force serviceman. She worked in Africa, Europe and classified locations around the globe and was tapped as deputy director of the CIA last year.
Source: Fox News
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(Score: 0, Troll) by Ethanol-fueled on Monday May 21 2018, @12:06AM (1 child)
Well, I will tell you this: If those uppity Blacks start getting reparations, we won't be the economic big-dog for long. I suggest we work with the Jewish media to develop Black Panther sequels and carve out a patch of land in Africa, called Wakanda, where we can resettle our disgruntled Blacks in their own ethnostate and on our dime. Or, we can resettle them to Sweden. Either choice would be a better long-term arrangement for America.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 21 2018, @03:24AM
While we're dreaming I'd like to add in opening the 9th circle of hell and putting you through in a box with a big "RETURN TO SENDER".