Dramatic Hearing Expected for Trump’s CIA Nominee

President Donald Trump’s pick for CIA director, Gina Haspel, is expected to face a combative coterie of senators during her long-awaited confirmation hearing Wednesday.

Dozens of former intelligence and national security officials have publicly lined up behind Haspel, a 33-year CIA veteran who, if confirmed, would be the agency’s first female director. But Democrats have been pushing the agency to declassify and release more information about her involvement in the CIA’s now-defunct interrogation program, and are near-guaranteed to place the issue front and center on Wednesday.