Other views: Haspel’s CIA career and homeland security

Carrie Sheffield, CNN:

“Gina Haspel’s progressive critics are ... using her as a scapegoat for policies around interrogation techniques that weren’t under her control and were backed by the Office of Legal Counsel. ... It would be unfortunate if Haspel’s career and our country’s safety were derailed (by) the left’s politicking.”

Stephen Rickard and Elisa Massimino, Lawfare:

“That the CIA will not declassify Haspel’s record creates an insurmountable objection to her confirmation. ... For this reason, Haspel’s repeated refusal at her hearing to recuse herself from making decisions on declassifying her own record is troubling.”