The US Senate has approved appointment of controversial candidate Gina Reel to new head of CIA intelligence agency. The 61-year-old, nominated by President Donald Trump, received a majority vote in Washington and can thus take over leadership of CIA.
Against reels nomination, re had been considerable reservations in Senate because it was involved in a US program in which terror suspects were put into secret prisons abroad and were interrogated re with torture methods.
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From se methods, reels recently distanced mselves from Congress: in looking back, y believed that CIA should not have applied brutal interrogation methods “,” she had declared earlier this week.
Among controversial methods was Waterboarding, simulated drowning. Reels temporarily led a secret prison in Thailand, where such methods were used. According to media reports, at least one suspected al-Qaeda member should have been subjected to Waterboarding.
In a hearing before Senate, reels recently asserted that it would no longer allow m to deal with detainees at that time. The activities of CIA would have to be “consistent with American values”.
Reel defends earlier action
However, it refused to condemn previous practices completely. They and ir colleagues followed instructions and had “believed in our work,” said Reeler. The programme provided “valuable information” and contributed to prevention of furr attacks.
Reel has been working for CIA for 33 years. In February 2017 she was appointed Vice-director, now she takes over line. The post had become vacant, because incumbent Mike Pompeo on Trump’s wish to replace Rex Tillerson as Foreign minister.
