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The key moments of Gina Haspel's confirmation hearing. Plus the release of Americans detained in North Korea, the dark side of genius, and more.
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Intelligence Briefing: The Senate held a confirmation hearing for Gina Haspel, President Trump’s nominee to be CIA director. Here are 10 key moments from her testimony. In her career at the CIA, Haspel oversaw a so-called black site where at least one detainee was tortured. Though she told senators that she didn’t run the interrogation department and that the CIA had learned “tough lessons” from the program, Mieke Eoyang argues that this record suggests Haspel may be lacking in independent judgment.
Trump announced that three Americans who were being detained in Pyongyang in what may be the biggest accomplishment of his negotiations with North Korea so far. has some foreign-policy experts worried: and may
