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Gina Haspel, President Trump's nominee to be the next CIA director, on Tuesday picked up the support of two more Senate Democrats, which puts her on track to be confirmed by the Senate later this month. Democrats were slow to come around to Haspel, as many worried about her role overseeing enhanced interrogation techniques used on terror suspects in the aftermath of the Sept.
President Donald Trump's CIA nominee said during her confirmation hearing that she doesn't believe torture works as an interrogation technique and that her "strong moral compass" would prevent her from carrying out any presidential order she found objectionable. Under questioning Wednesday by members of the Senate Intelligence Committee, acting CIA Director Gina Haspel said she would not permit the spy agency to restart the kind of harsh detention and interrogation program it ran at black sites after Sept.
Gina Haspel, President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the CIA, promised she wouldn't resort to waterboarding and other harsh techniques that she once helped supervise, but she repeatedly refused to disavow their past use as immoral or ineffective. "Having served in that tumultuous time, I can offer you my personal commitment, clearly and without reservation, that under my leadership, on my watch, CIA will not restart a detention and interrogation program," Haspel told the Senate Intelligence Committee at her confirmation hearing on Wednesday.
Gina Haspel's response comes in response to a question from Democratic Sen. Kamala Harris, who noted that President Donald Trump has said he believes torture works.
The fate of Gina Haspel's nomination to be the first female director of the CIA may come down to her performance in a situation she's never before encountered: a Senate confirmation hearing. When Haspel goes before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Wednesday, Republicans are bracing for what they expect will be a contentious, politically fraught hearing where Democrats will grill the nominee on her time in the CIA -- in particular the period after September 11, 2001, when she supervised one of the CIA's black sites, and her role in the destruction of CIA interrogation tapes.
President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the CIA has told senators privately that she would stand firm against any effort to restart the brutal detention and interrogation program the spy agency ran after 9/11, administration officials said Friday. In comments meant to soften the public profile of Gina Haspel before her confirmation hearing on Wednesday, two administration officials said she was not the "architect" of the program, but a "line officer" who never interrogated any terrorism suspects.
A Democratic senator who supports rolling back some of the financial rules put in place after the 2008 financial crisis warned bankers Tuesday that the legislation will stall if it comes back to the Senate for another vote. Sen. Mark Warner's comments are a warning shot to House Republicans, who are insisting on adding to Senate-passed legislation that would scale back the law known as Dodd-Frank.
SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON - 7 April 2018: Facebook Inc backed for the first time on Friday proposed legislation requiring social media sites to disclose the identities of buyers of online political campaign ads and introduced a new verification process for people buying "issue" ads, which have been used to sow discord online. The change in stance, announced in a Facebook post by Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg, comes a few days before he is scheduled to answer questions in congressional hearings about how the company handles its users' data.
'She can describe him intimately': Stormy Daniels' lawyer says she was ready to discuss intimate details of her alleged affair with Trump and more evidence will be released in coming weeks BREAKING NEWS: Federal Trade Commission will investigate Facebook over privacy - knocking billions off the value of Mark Zuckerberg's firm IBM boss joins Tim Cook in calls for more oversight following Facebook data scandal, after the Apple CEO warned 'profound change is needed' REVEALED: How Facebook logs ALL your phone calls and texts - but the social media giant insists the function has always been 'opt-in only' Apple's Steve Jobs tried to warn Mark Zuckerberg about privacy issues in 2010 when he said policies should be spelled out in 'plain English and repeatedly' Facebook is still not being 'fully forthcoming' about its data leak, Senator Mark Warner says as he calls for Zuckerberg to testify 'and ... (more)
Facebook's CEO apologized for the Cambridge Analytica scandal with ads in multiple U.S. and British newspapers Sunday. The ads signed by ... On the same day Facebook bought ads in US and British newspapers to apologize for the Cambridge Analytica scandal, the social media site faced new questions about collecting phone numbers and text messages from... On the same day Facebook bought ads in US and British newspapers to apologize for the Cambridge Analytica scandal, the social media site faced new questions about collecting phone numbers and text messages from Android devices.
The lawyer for fugitive former Cat... . FILE - In this March 18, 2018 file photo Catalan's fugitive ex-president Carles Puigdemont, takes part in a panel titled "Self-Determination", at the International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights, in ... .
The show began on Saturday. The Russian punk collective Pussy Riot have brought their anti-fascist messages to the Republican stronghold that strongly supports President Donald Trump.
President Donald Trump will not be adding two new lawyers to the legal team defending him in the special counsel's Russia investigation, one of the president's attorneys said Sunday. Trump attorney Jay Sekulow said in a statement that Washington lawyers Joseph diGenova and Victoria Toensing have conflicts that won't allow them to represent the president regarding special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg should testify before Congress about privacy protections in the wake of revelations data from 50 million users was shared without their knowledge, Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., said Sunday. In an interview on CBS's "Face the Nation," Warner said Zuckerberg has to go beyond the full-page ad he placed in British and U.S. newspapers, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal, to apologize for the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
Democratic Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia says he believes that the student-led rallies for stricter gun laws will make a difference as Congress weighs its response to recent school shootings. Warner is also indicating he's had a change of heart after previously voting against a ban on certain high-capacity magazines and semi-automatic weapons.
Students and activists across the country planned events Saturday in conjunction with a Washington m... . Four-year-old twins Eli, left, and his brother Nathan Hellman hold their signs during the 'March For Our Lives' event on Saturday, March 24, 2018, in Colorado Springs, Colo.
Congress is ratcheting up political pressure on Facebook after reports that a political data analytics firm employed by President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign received personal data and information from up to 50 million profiles on the popular social networking site. Lawmakers involved in congressional investigations into Russian election interference have renewed interest in the platform, calling for top company leaders to testify on Capitol Hill and more scrutiny of safeguards meant to protect user data.
Social media giants that have acknowledged Russians exploited their platforms ahead of the 2016 election face renewed bipartisan demands to explain to Congress what they're doing to counter abuse of their networks ahead of this year's congressional midterms. Democratic Senator Mark Warner of Virginia, the vice chairman of the Intelligence Committee, said that the chief executives from companies like Facebook, Twitter and Alphabet's Google should testify as to how they can tackle ongoing interference by Russia, as well as abuse of their networks by others.
Support for 'Bank Lobbyist Act' by these Democrats, said Public Citizen, is an "ugly reflection of Wall Street's political clout in both parties, purchased through billions in political spending over many decades." "Remember these names the next time Wall Street tanks our economy and taxpayers are left to bail out the Big Banks."