Gina Haspel

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Gina Haspel

Gina Cheri Haspel ( née Walker ; born October 1, 1956 in Ashland , Kentucky ) is an American secret service employee and since May 17, 2018, the first woman director of the Central Intelligence Service (CIA) . She was previously Deputy CIA Director since February 2017 .

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Haspel joined the CIA in January 1985 as an intelligence officer. She has held several "undercover" positions overseas, where she was often station manager. Her first assignment was from 1987 to 1989 in Ethiopia, Central Eurasia and Turkey, followed by several assignments in Europe and Central Eurasia from 1990 to 2001. From 1996 to 1998 Haspel was station chief in Baku, Azerbaijan.

In October 2002 she took over a “ black site ” prison run by the CIA in Thailand , in which, among others, Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri and Abu Subaida were held. In CIA torture report it was stated that the prisoners during interrogations of torture method waterboarding subjected and other no longer permissible interrogation techniques have been applied. Based on press reports that Haspel ran the prison during the torture, the American Civil Liberties Union has called Haspel "quite literally" a " war criminal ." The New York Times wrote that torture conducted by Reel on suspects had played into the hands of terrorist groups for propaganda and recruitment purposes. On March 15, 2018, ProPublica withdrew the allegations regarding Abu Subaida because Haspel took over the facility later. In the case of Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, who was admitted in mid-November 2002 and waterboarded three times before the prison was closed in December 2002, it is undisputed that she was working there in a responsible position at the time.

In 2005 Haspel served Jose A. Rodriguez , head of the CIA's Counterterrorism Center , as chief of staff . Rodriguez stated in his memoir that Haspel ordered the destruction of dozens of evidence-containing videotapes from Black Site prison in 2005.

After serving in Thailand, she served as an operations officer at the Counter-Terrorism Center near Washington, DC. Later she was CIA station chief in London and from 2011 in New York.

On February 2, 2017, US President Trump appointed her vice director of the CIA. Trump nominated Haspel on March 13, 2018, after the dismissal of Rex Tillerson as US Secretary of State and the appointment of CIA Director Mike Pompeo as his successor, for the post of director of the CIA. The next day, Republican Senator Rand Paul announced that he would file a filibuster against Haspel's nomination for supporting torture in the US Senate in order to prevent her appointment. His Senate and party colleague John McCain , himself a victim of torture in the Vietnam War , also called after Haspel's Senate hearing on May 9, 2018, not to confirm it. At the hearing, Haspel replied evasively to repeated questions from Democratic Senator Kamala Harris whether she considered torture fundamentally immoral. A third Republican senator, Jeff Flake , voted against Haspel, as did most of the Democratic senators. But since six Democrats voted for Haspel, including four who stood for re-election in 2018 in states that President Trump had won in 2016 ( Joe Manchin , Heidi Heitkamp , Joe Donnelly and Bill Nelson ), Haspel became 54 on May 17, 2018 46 votes confirmed by the Senate. Human rights groups like Human Rights Watch criticized the decision.

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  1. ↑ CIA Cables Detail Its New Deputy Director's Role in Torture. In: Propublica.org , February 22, 2017; Trump's CIA vice chief ran a secret prison. In: DerStandard.at , February 3, 2017.
  2. ↑ Gina Haspel, Trump's pick for CIA director, tied to use of brutal interrogation measures. In: The Washington Post , March 13, 2018; Critics Label Trump's New CIA Director a 'War Criminal'. In: Townhall , March 15, 2018.
  3. ↑ The Editorial Board: Having a Torturer Lead the CIA In: The New York Times , March 13, 2018.
  4. ^ Raymond Bonner: Correction: Trump's Pick to Head CIA Did Not Oversee Waterboarding of Abu Zubaydah. In: ProPublica , March 13, 2017.
  5. ^ Adam Goldman: Gina Haspel, Trump's Choice for CIA, Played Role in Torture Program. In: The New York Times , March 13, 2018.
  6. ↑ Trump's Darling. In: Zeit Online , June 7, 2017; CIA officer with ties to 'black sites' named deputy director. In: The Washington Post , February 2, 2017.
  7. ↑ Niels Lesniewski: McCain: Senate Should Reject Gina reel Over Torture involvement. In: Roll Call , May 9, 2018.
  8. ↑ Frauke Steffens: Gina Haspel regrets nothing. In: FAZ.net , May 10, 2018.
  9. ↑ US Senate confirms Gina Haspel as head of the CIA. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung , May 17, 2018; Gina Haspel confirmed as CIA director after key Democrats vote in favor. In: The Guardian , May 17, 2018; Lisa Mascaro: The Vote on Gina Haspel's Confirmation as CIA Chief Exposes a Rift Among Democrats. In: Time , May 17, 2018.
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SURNAME Reel, Gina
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Reel, Gina Cheri (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US head of the secret service
DATE OF BIRTH October 1, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Ashland , Kentucky