CIA’s Torture Program Takes Center Stage At Hearing for “Bloody Gina”

On today's episode of Loud & Clear, Brian Becker and John Kiriakou are joined by Chip Gibbons, policy and legislative counsel for Defending Rights & Dissent and a journalist, who has contributed to The Nation, Jacobin, and the book “The Henry Kissinger Files.”

Gina Haspel appeared in open session before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence today in her much-anticipated confirmation hearing. Haspel said that on her watch, the CIA will not reinstate a detention and ... Maggiori informazioni interrogation program, and also noted that she has a strong moral compass. She did not express any regret for her role in the George W. Bush Administration’s torture program, despite being asked.