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This March 21, 2017, photo provided by the CIA, shows CIA Deputy Director Gina Haspel. Haspel, who joined the CIA in 1985, has been chief of station at CIA outposts abroad. President Donald Trump tweeted March 13, 2018, that he would nominate CIA Director Mike Pompeo to be the new secretary of state and that he would nominate Haspel to replace him. She has extensive overseas experience, including several stints as chief of station at outposts abroad.(CIA via AP)

Senators want CIA to lift veil on nominee’s black site past

By DEB RIECHMANN - Associated Press

This March 21, 2017, photo provided by the CIA, shows CIA Deputy Director Gina Haspel. Haspel, who joined the CIA in 1985, has been chief of station at CIA outposts abroad. President Donald Trump tweeted March 13, 2018, that he would nominate CIA Director Mike Pompeo to be the new secretary of state and that he would nominate Haspel to replace him. She has extensive overseas experience, including several stints as chief of station at outposts abroad.(CIA via AP)

Senators want CIA to lift veil on nominee’s black site past

By DEB RIECHMANN - Associated Press

This March 21, 2017, photo provided by the CIA, shows CIA Deputy Director Gina Haspel. The news organization ProPublica corrected a story about President Trump's choice as the next CIA director and the waterboarding of a detainee the year after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Other organizations, including the Associated Press, have issued done the same, illustrating the murkiness of reporting on the behavior of official actions by public servants whose work remains in the shadows. (CIA via AP)

ProPublica leads media into correction of murky CIA story

By DAVID BAUDER - Associated Press

Rep. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., answers questions during an interview at the Associated Press bureau in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2017. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

Tom Cotton accuses Rand Paul of undermining Trump by opposing CIA nominee

By Sally Persons - The Washington Times

This March 21, 2017, photo provided by the CIA, shows CIA Deputy Director Gina Haspel. Haspel, who joined the CIA in 1985, has been chief of station at CIA outposts abroad. President Donald Trump tweeted March 13, 2018, that he would nominate CIA Director Mike Pompeo to be the new secretary of state and that he would nominate Haspel to replace him. She has extensive overseas experience, including several stints as chief of station at outposts abroad.(CIA via AP)

Gina Haspel, Trump CIA nominee, didn’t oversee Abu Zubaydah waterboarding: Pro Publica

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FILE - This is Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017 file photo of CIA Director Michael Pompeo, as he testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Iran nuclear deal was in near terminal condition and on life support even before President Donald Trump fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, but his dismissal this week may hasten its demise. As CIA chief and Iran hawk Mike Pompeo prepares to take the helm of the State Department, the Trump administration is weighing whether to withdraw from the agreement earlier than the president has threatened, according to officials and outside advisers briefed on the matter. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

John Barrasso confident Mike Pompeo will get out of committee

By Sally Persons - The Washington Times

Correction: Former Top Spy story

Associated Press

Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, speaks about immigration and the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2018, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

Angus King: Mike Pompeo will need to face the full Senate for secretary of state post

By Sally Persons - The Washington Times

Correction: Trump-CIA story

By DEB RIECHMANN - Associated Press

This March 21, 2017, photo provided by the CIA, shows CIA Deputy Director Gina Haspel. Haspel, who joined the CIA in 1985, has been chief of station at CIA outposts abroad. President Donald Trump tweeted March 13, 2018, that he would nominate CIA Director Mike Pompeo to be the new secretary of state and that he would nominate Haspel to replace him. She has extensive overseas experience, including several stints as chief of station at outposts abroad.(CIA via AP)

Gina Haspel’s ‘black site’ past a hurdle to CIA director confirmation

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

This March 21, 2017, photo provided by the CIA, shows CIA Deputy Director Gina Haspel. Haspel, who joined the CIA in 1985, has been chief of station at CIA outposts abroad. President Donald Trump tweeted March 13, 2018, that he would nominate CIA Director Mike Pompeo to be the new secretary of state and that he would nominate Haspel to replace him. She has extensive overseas experience, including several stints as chief of station at outposts abroad.(CIA via AP)

The Latest: McCain questions Trump’s pick for CIA

Associated Press

In this Jan. 29, 2018, photo, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson speaks at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

The Latest: Trump fires Secretary of State Tillerson

Associated Press

This April 13, 2016, file photo shows the seal of the Central Intelligence Agency at CIA headquarters in Langley, Va. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Gina Haspel will have to answer torture allegations to win job at CIA: Wyden

By Stephen Dinan and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

In this Dec. 20, 2017, file photo, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington. Tillerson huddles Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018, with nations that fought on America's side in the Korean War, looking to tighten the economic noose around North Korea over its nuclear weapons even as hopes rise for diplomacy. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump ousts Rex Tillerson, taps CIA Director Mike Pompeo for State Dept.

By Dave Boyer and Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

This April 13, 2016, file photo shows the seal of the Central Intelligence Agency at CIA headquarters in Langley, Va. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Trump’s CIA pick is career spymaster, oversaw secret prison

By DEB RIECHMANN - Associated Press

Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., answers questions during an interview at The Associated Press bureau in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2017. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

Tom Cotton says Gina Haspel, Donald Trump’s CIA pick, likely to face questions on torture

By Sally Persons - The Washington Times

In this Jan. 12, 2017, file photo, then CIA Director-nominee Mike Pompeo testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Pompeo announced Feb. 2, 2017, that he has selected Gina Haspel, who has extensive overseas experience, including several stints as chief of station at outposts abroad. In Washington, she has held several top leadership positions in the clandestine service. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Edward Snowden: CIA’s Gina Haspel guilty on ‘torture’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

At its height under President George W. Bush, Guantanamo held 750 suspected militants captured in the global war on terror. Today, just 41 remain. (Associated Press/File)

Guantanamo Bay waits for Donald Trump’s ‘bad dudes’

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

This March 21, 2017, photo provided by the CIA, shows CIA Deputy Director Gina Haspel. Haspel, who joined the CIA in 1985, has been chief of station at CIA outposts abroad. President Donald Trump tweeted March 13, 2018, that he would nominate CIA Director Mike Pompeo to be the new secretary of state and that he would nominate Haspel to replace him. She has extensive overseas experience, including several stints as chief of station at outposts abroad.(CIA via AP)

Gina Haspel one of us, former spies say

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks at the 2018 American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) policy conference at Washington Convention Center, Monday, March 5, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) ** FILE **

Nancy Pelosi: Tillerson’s hiring, firing both are signs Trump is Putin’s puppet

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times