from inside the senate intelligence committee hearing. you can see demonstrations, people protesting gina haspel, currently the deputy cia director. she s been nominated to be the cia director. the protests are over her role back in 2005 that engaged in water boarding. also destroying tapes. she s accepted expected to face some tough questions about all of this and the cia did release a statement from haspel guaranteeing that if she is confirmed the cia will not restart any such detention or interrogation programs. let s go straight to our senior congressional correspondent manu raju. this is a tough vote no matter how you cut it but manu, can you hear us? yes, yes. reporter: sorry. audio s a little hard here in the hallways, we re talking about members coming into this
the public view. we address that liability by calling upon the president to nominate individuals with unwavering integrity and the senate approves only those who we are assured will lead this organization lawful, ethically and morally. gina haspel was born in kentucky, the oldest of five children, where she returned after attending high school in england. she originally told her father who served in the united states air force that she wanted to attend west point, only to be gently reminded that west point at the time did not admit women. that didn t delewd her sense of service and after graduating from the university of kentucky, gina went on to work as a contractor with the 10th special forces group. it was in ft. devon that gina learned about the cia, a place where she could serve along with other women doing clandestine work around the world. since her departure in 1985,
be able to ask additional questions and to hear from ms. haspel in open and closed session. gina, you ve been asked to lead what i believe is one of our most treasured assets in this nation during a period of profound change. the central intelligence agency is one of the principled members of the united states intelligence community and its tasked with collecting foreign intelligence through human sources and by appropriate other means. the cia operates in the shadows. it s officers are often undercover and sometimes work in hostile and aus tear environments. it s not simply a job for many but it s a lifestyle. one that you have lived hon raably for more than 30 years. the nature of the agency s work, however, is both its greatest capability and its most challenging liability. as its activities are outside
have typically backed this president s nominee because their constituencies in large part support donald trump, those are the folks to watch, particularly joe manchin in this instance. we did see the chair of the committee who we ve seen a lot of them over the last year having to do with the russian investigation. there s senator burr right now. mike baker, you worked inside the intelligence committee. you had a chance to talk to gina haspel right now. any sense of how the community feels about her and her approach i think to these issues in contention, water boarding and the like? i can tell you, first of all, we re not walking back that road. she s been very clear about that and i think that s very important for her to get out again in front of this committee hearing and repeatedly say that we re not going backwards, we re not going back in history. i will say that the intel community unanimously essentially is supporting her in recent letter came out from 50
country, for your years of service and i look forward to your testimony. i now recognize the vice chairman for any comments he might make. thank you, mr. chairman. i d like to join you in welcoming ms. haspel. gina s, it s nice to see you again and congratulations on your nomination. the position of director of the central intelligence agency is one of the most important in our government. the cia director serves as a key figure in our intelligence community. he or she leads the premier human intelligence agency in the world. the largest all source analysis workforce in the intelligence community. the cia director is responsible for providing the intelligence that informs policy makers working on every national major security in foreign policy problem facing our country. as former director pompeo s recent trip to north korea demonstrated, the director can