Gina Haspel fact checks Senator Feinstein in real time over false and retracted reports of her role in the CIA’s interrogation program pic.twitter.com/ZkoZQctB1D
— Ryan Saavedra 🇺🇸 (@RealSaavedra) May 9, 2018
On Wednesday, CIA director nominee Gina Haspel embarrassed 84-year-old California Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein by fact-checking her during her confirmation hearing after Feinstein cited reports that have been debunked for months.
The Free Beacon reports: The passage in question was written by former CIA lawyer John Rizzo in the book Company Man, and reports citing his book claimed Haspel ran an interrogation program at a CIA site where al Qaeda suspect Abu Zubaydah was interrogated, but Rizzo has corrected that claim.
“Senator, I am so pleased you asked me that question,” Haspel responded to Feinstein, who asked her if she ran the CIA’s interrogation program. “If you have your staff check, Mr. Rizzo has issued a correction.” – READ MORE
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