Tag: Torture

Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., right, speaks about the Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act, with Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., during a media availability on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012.

Ben Cardin: Trump needs to apologize for John McCain comments

Katelyn Caralle · May 11, 2018 12:17 pm

Ray McGovern (pictured center-right) is removed after disrupting Gina Haspel, President Trump's pick to lead the Central Intelligence Agency, as she testifies at her confirmation hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill on Wednesday in Washington, D.C.

CIA veteran tackled at Gina Haspel hearing charged with resisting arrest

Steven Nelson · May 10, 2018 9:50 pm

President Donald Trump boards Air Force One, Thursday, May 10, 2018, in Andrews Air Force Base, Md., en route to Elkhart, Ind., for a campaign rally.

Beltway Confidential

Trump has a great week, yet liberals can’t even give him an ounce of credit

Nicole Russell · May 10, 2018 9:08 pm

Retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Thomas McInerney is shown speaking on television.

Retired general: Torture worked on John McCain, that’s why they call him ‘Songbird John’

Naomi Lim · May 10, 2018 6:34 pm

National Security

Meghan McCain rails against Gina Haspel: ‘What’s next? Are we going to be like ISIS and chop people’s heads off?’

Mandy Mayfield · May 10, 2018 6:14 pm

President Trump's nominee for CIA director, Gina Haspel, is seated for a confirmation hearing of the Senate Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill Wednesday in Washington, D.C.

What more could we ask for in a CIA director than Gina Haspel?

Rebeccah Heinrichs · May 10, 2018 4:51 pm

Dick Cheney, former U.S. vice president, speaks during a panel at the Context Leadership Summit in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., on Wednesday, May 9, 2018. The Context Summit features educational content from business leaders and industry experts in the alternative asset management industry.

National Security

Dick Cheney wants enhanced interrogation program ‘active and ready to go’

Katelyn Caralle · May 10, 2018 12:47 pm

Beltway Confidential

Covering the CIA and Gina Haspel, media outlets are ignoring all the news that’s fit to print

Tom Rogan · May 10, 2018 12:00 pm

CIA nominee Gina Haspel testifies during a confirmation hearing of the Senate Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill Wednesday in Washington, D.C.

Steve Schmidt: History will remember our choice on Gina Haspel

Steve Schmidt · May 10, 2018 4:00 am

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., delivers remarks at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., Oct. 30, 2017.

National Security

John McCain calls on Senate to reject CIA nominee Gina Haspel

Al Weaver · May 10, 2018 12:31 am

Gina Haspel, President Trump's pick to lead the Central Intelligence Agency, prepares to testify at her confirmation hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. Haspel, a 61-year-old career undercover spy, is a 33-year veteran at the agency in foreign and domestic assignments, and if confirmed, would be the CIA's first female director.

Former CIA official rips senators’ ‘collective amnesia’ after Gina Haspel questioning

Naomi Lim · May 9, 2018 11:48 pm

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged Sept. 11 mastermind, shortly after his capture during a raid in Pakistan.

Beltway Confidential

Targeting Gina Haspel, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is trying to trick America

Tom Rogan · May 9, 2018 6:58 pm