CIA Director Gina Haspel Announces Resignation
CIA Director Gina Haspel, who has had an increasingly strained relationship with President Trump during the final year of his administration, announced Tuesday that she is leaving the agency.“You have broken barriers and empowered the next generation of CIA officers,” wrote the CIA of Haspel, who was confirmed as the first female director of the CIA in May 2018. Haspel was tapped by Trump to replace former CIA Director Mike Pompeo when he was promoted to secretary of state in 2018. Her nomination was rebuked by Democrats in the Senate, who criticized her involvement in the CIA’s torture program during George W. Bush’s administration, and was confirmed on a mostly party-line vote of 54-45. Haspel appeared to fall out of favor with Trump last year when she failed to publicly dispute national security and intelligence reports he disliked, and reportedly feared she would be fired in the months leading up to the 2020 election.“Gina Haspel, Trump’s Pick for CIA Director, Ran a Black Site for Torture” (The Intercept)“MyPillow CEO hints at scrapped plan to replace CIA director with Trump loyalist” (CNN)“Episode 5: The secret CIA plan” (Axios) All data is taken from the source: http://forbes.com Article Link: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jemimamcevoy/2021/01/19/cia-director-gina-haspel-announces-resignation/ #cia #enews #newsworldnow #newstodayabc #newsworld #bbcnewsworld #
CIA Director Gina Haspel, who has had an increasingly strained relationship with President Trump during the final year of his administration, announced Tuesday that she is leaving the agency.“You have broken barriers and empowered the next generation of CIA officers,” wrote the CIA of Haspel, who was confirmed as the first female director of the CIA in May 2018. Haspel was tapped by Trump to replace former CIA Director Mike Pompeo when he was promoted to secretary of state in 2018. Her nomination was rebuked by Democrats in the Senate, who criticized her involvement in the CIA’s torture program during George W. Bush’s administration, and was confirmed on a mostly party-line vote of 54-45. Haspel appeared to fall out of favor with Trump last year when she failed to publicly dispute national security and intelligence reports he disliked, and reportedly feared she would be fired in the months leading up to the 2020 election.“Gina Haspel, Trump’s Pick for CIA Director, Ran a Black Site for Torture” (The Intercept)“MyPillow CEO hints at scrapped plan to replace CIA director with Trump loyalist” (CNN)“Episode 5: The secret CIA plan” (Axios) All data is taken from the source: http://forbes.com Article Link: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jemimamcevoy/2021/01/19/cia-director-gina-haspel-announces-resignation/ #cia #enews #newsworldnow #newstodayabc #newsworld #bbcnewsworld #