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Democrats Confirm Torturer As Director Of CIA

• By Paul Craig Roberts PaulCraigRoberts.org

How did a person who should be in the criminal dock both in the US and in the International Criminal Court for running a torture prison get appointed the Director of the US Central Intelligence Agency? What is all the Washington talk about defending human rights when a torturer is put in charge of covert operations?

Milosovic, the Serbia leader who tried to defend his country from Washington's aggression, was sent by Washington to the war crimes tribunal or some such place that only tries victims of Washington's aggression. He died in prison, some say he was murdered by Washington. The court ended up clearing him of the faked American charges. But little good that did a dead man.

But now Washington has a real criminal, a real person who has committed without any doubt "crimes against humanity" confirmed by the US Senate as CIA director. That tells us a lot about the hypocrisy, double standards, and utter mendacity of the government in Washington.

As some Republicans voted against the torturer in chief, it was the Democrats that put a torturer at the head of the CIA.

Listen to their excuses:

West Virginia's Joe Manchin said: Haspel prioritizes the safety of America. She is "an unbelievable public servant."

North Dakota's Heidi Heitkamp said that Trump had picked the director best suited to the job. Heidi said she would make sure that Congress conducts oversight of Haspel's job, an ambivalent statement if the job is torture, which seems to be enshrined in US practices.

Indiana's Senator Joe Donnelly said that he believed Haspel "has learned from the past, and that the CIA under her leadership can help our country confront serious international threats and challenges."
What threats? What challenges? This is bla-bla talk. Think about it for a minute. Imagine a criminal before the judge saying "I have learned from my past crimes and am now fit to be an upstanding citizen who can help our country."

Florida's Bill Nelson covered his collapse as a moral person by meeting with Haspel personally and arriving at the conclusion that she was fit to serve.


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