Gina Haspel
Gina C. Haspel | |
|---|---|
| 6th Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency | |
| Assumed office February 2, 2017 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | David S. Cohen |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 1, 1956 |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Residence | Ashburn, Virginia |
Gina Cheri Haspel is an US intelligence officer. She joined the Central Intelligence Agency in 1985.[1] In February 2017, she was selected as Deputy Director of the CIA by President Donald Trump.[1][2][3] According to the CIA she is the "first female career CIA officer" to receive that appointment.[1] Meanwhile various news agencies reported she was the second woman.[4][5] Oliver Holmes, writing in The Guardian, pointed out that Avril Haines had been appointed by Barack Obama in 2013.[6]
While at the CIA, Haspel was Deputy Director of the National Clandestine Service and the National Clandestine Service for Foreign Intelligence and Covert Action.[7] She ran Cat’s Eye, a CIA black site prison in Thailand where terror suspects Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri and Abu Zubaydah were waterboarded in 2002.[7][8][9] Haspel later was the chief of staff to Jose Rodriguez, who headed the CIA's Counterterrorism Center. In his memoir, Rodriguez wrote that Haspel had "drafted a cable" in 2005 ordering the destruction of dozens of videotapes made at the black site in Thailand.[9]
Haspel is the recipient of the George H. W. Bush Award for excellence in counterterrorism, the Donovan Award, the Intelligence Medal of Merit and the Presidential Rank Award.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d "Gina Haspel Selected to be Deputy Director of CIA". Central Intelligence Agency. February 2, 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-02-03. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
Ms. Haspel is the first female career CIA officer to be named Deputy Director.
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Glenn Greenwald (2017-02-02). "The CIA's New Deputy Director Ran a Black Site for Torture". The Intercept. Retrieved 2017-02-03.
That CIA official's name whose torture activities the Post described is Gina Haspel. Today, as BuzzFeed's Jason Leopold noted, CIA Director Mike Pompeo announced that Haspel was selected by Trump to be Deputy Director of the CIA.
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"Gina Haspel becomes first female CIA deputy director". WDSU. 2017-02-02. Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2017-02-03.
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Suman Varandani (2017-02-03). "Who Is Gina Haspel? 5 Facts About Trump's CIA Deputy Director Pick". International Business Times. Retrieved 2017-02-03.
Haspel joined the Central Intelligence Agency in 1985, and spent most of her career undercover. She has been part of several controversies, including her involvement in several torture programs conducted by the U.S. She also ran waterboarding and other interrogation techniques at some of CIA's "black sites" or secret prisons.
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Paul Handley (2017-02-02). "Woman tied to secret interrogations to be CIA No. 2". Washington DC: Yahoo News. Retrieved 2017-02-03.
A longtime CIA clandestine operations official reportedly involved in its much-criticized "black site" interrogations after the 9/11 attacks was named number two at the US spy agency Thursday.
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Oliver Holmes (2017-02-03). "CIA deputy director linked to torture at Thailand black site". The Guardian. Retrieved 2017-02-03.
Kellyanne Conway, a senior White House aide and Trump's former campaign manager, congratulated Haspel in a tweet, saying she was the first female to be second in command at the CIA. However, Avril Haines was the first woman to hold the position, from 2013-15.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ a b Riechmann, Deb (February 2, 2017). "Seasoned spymaster linked to waterboarding named CIA deputy". Washington Post. AP.
- ^ Toosi, Nahal (February 2, 2017). "Trump taps former 'black site' prison operator for CIA deputy". Politico.
- ^ a b Miller, Greg (February 2, 2017). "CIA officer with ties to 'black sites' named deputy director". The Washington Post. Retrieved February 3, 2017.
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