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Incoming Central Intelligence Agency director Gina Haspel stands for the national anthem during her swearing-in ceremony at CIA Headquarters, Monday, May 21, 2018, in Langley, Va. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Public confidence in Gina Haspel jumped ‘dramatically’ after her public testimony: Poll

By Dan Boylan - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2005, file picture Romanian military staff stand at the end of a corridor on the Mihail Kogalniceanu airbase, near the Black Sea port of Constanta, Romania, a Soviet-era facility which became a key focus of a European investigation into allegations that the CIA operated secret prisons. The European Court of Human Rights has ruled, Thursday, May 31, 2018, that Romania and Lithuania allowed the detention and abuse of a Saudi national and a Palestinian national, saying that Abd al-Rahim Al Nashiri was detained and abused in Romania between Sept. 2003 and Oct. 2005 and urging Romania to investigate and punish perpetrators. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)

European court: Romania, Lithuania hosted CIA secret jails

By ALISON MUTLER and LIUDAS DAPKAS - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrives to have dinner with North Korean official Kim Yong-chol, Wednesday, May 30, 2018, in New York. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

CIA, deep in Deep State brouhaha, faces new disgrace

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Trial begins for ex-CIA man accused of espionage for China

By MATTHEW BARAKAT - Associated Press

President Donald Trump, right, talks as Joshua Holt, who was recently released from a prison in Venezuela, joins him in the Oval Office of the White House, Saturday, May 26, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Man held in Venezuela for 2 years is welcomed home by Trump

By JOSHUA GOODMAN and CATHERINE LUCEY - Associated Press

In this July 13, 2016 file photo, Laurie Holt holds a photograph of her son Josh Holt at her home, in Riverton, Utah. Josh Holt has been released from a jail in Venezuela after spending nearly two years behind bars on weapons charges. Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch said on Twitter Saturday, May 26, 2018, that Joshua Holt had been released. President Donald Trump tweeted that it was “good news,” adding that Holt “should be landing in D.C. this evening and be in the White House, with his family, at about 7:00 P.M.” (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File) **FILE**

Freed after 2 years, man jailed in Venezuela returns to US

By JOSHUA GOODMAN and CATHERINE LUCEY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 8, 2010, file photo, Luis Posada Carriles talks in Miami. Posada Carriles was long suspected of organizing a string of Havana hotel bombings in 1997 and the 1976 bombing of a Cuban jetliner that killed 73. Posada Carriles died Wednesday, May 23, 2018, in Miami. He was 90 years old. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz, File)

Militant Cuban exile Luis Posada Carriles has died

By GISELA SALOMON - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 9, 2018, file photo, Gina Haspel arrives to her confirmation hearing at the Senate Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. Haspel’s 33-year spy career began as the Cold War was thawing, but she was in the shadows countering Russian intelligence agencies that never stopped trying to penetrate the U.S. government. It's experience she can tap as she leads the agency amid rising tensions with Moscow. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

The Latest: Haspel jokes about rocky confirmation process

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President Donald Trump applauds incoming Central Intelligence Agency director Gina Haspel during a swearing-in ceremony at CIA Headquarters, Monday, May 21, 2018, in Langley, Va. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

New CIA director says she’ll send more spies to the field

By KEN THOMAS and DEB RIECHMANN - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 9, 2018, file photo, CIA nominee Gina Haspel testifies during a confirmation hearing of the Senate Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. The political schism in the Democratic Party is playing out in the vote for Haspel, as support from red-state senators facing re-election is bumping up against a more liberal flank eyeing potential 2020 presidential bids who reject of the nominee over the agency’s clouded history of torture. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

CIA gets first female chief with confirmation of Gina Haspel

By DEB RIECHMANN and LISA MASCARO - Associated Press

Missouri Sens. McCaskill, Blunt split on approving CIA chief

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In this May 9, 2018, file photo, CIA nominee Gina Haspel testifies during a confirmation hearing of the Senate Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

EDITORIAL: Gina Haspel confirmed

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

FILE - In this May 9, 2018, file photo, CIA nominee Gina Haspel testifies during a confirmation hearing of the Senate Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. The political schism in the Democratic Party is playing out in the vote for Haspel, as support from red-state senators facing re-election is bumping up against a more liberal flank eyeing potential 2020 presidential bids who reject of the nominee over the agency’s clouded history of torture. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

The Latest: Human rights groups decry confirmation of Haspel

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FILE - In this May 9, 2018, file photo, CIA nominee Gina Haspel testifies during a confirmation hearing of the Senate Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. The political schism in the Democratic Party is playing out in the vote for Haspel, as support from red-state senators facing re-election is bumping up against a more liberal flank eyeing potential 2020 presidential bids who reject of the nominee over the agency’s clouded history of torture. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Gina Haspel confirmed as new CIA director

By DEB RIECHMANN and LISA MASCARO - Associated Press

In this May 9, 2018, file photo, CIA nominee Gina Haspel testifies during a confirmation hearing of the Senate Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Gina Haspel confirmed by Senate to lead CIA, first female to hold post

By Dan Boylan - The Washington Times

FILE - In this May 9, 2018, file photo, CIA nominee Gina Haspel testifies during a confirmation hearing of the Senate Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. The political schism in the Democratic Party is playing out in the vote for Haspel, as support from red-state senators facing re-election is bumping up against a more liberal flank eyeing potential 2020 presidential bids who reject of the nominee over the agency’s clouded history of torture. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Gina Haspel confirmed as new CIA director

By LISA MASCARO and DEB RIECHMANN - Associated Press

New Hampshire’s senators split on support for CIA nominee

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The Latest: Baldwin votes against CIA nominee Haspel

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Baldwin votes against CIA nominee Haspel; Johnson supports

By SCOTT BAUER - Associated Press

Illustration on the current overload of information by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Dazzled, confused and betrayed by too much information

By Suzanne Fields