your answer suggests. after 9/11, i did not look to go sit on the swiss desk. i stepped up, i was not on the sidelines. i was on the front lines in the cold war and i was on the front lines in the fight against al qaeda. president obama cia director john brennan was a senior manager with the interrogation program wasn t demented, and still got concern from democrats. by contrast, haspel was a junior employee. you and this president are being held to a double standard. if you have been nominated by president obama or hillary clinton nominated you, how many votes do you think you would have gotten? after the hearing, democratic senator joe manchin confirmed that he will now vote for haspel. senate majority whip john cornyn beliefs of the democrats will follow and haspel will be confirmed. republicans want to vote on the floor for a week of may 20th before the memorial day recess. shannon? shannon: thank you very much.
this about myself. after 9/11 i didn t look to go sit on the swiss desk. i stepped up. i was not on the sidelines. i was on the front lines in the cold war and i was on the front lines in the fight against al qaeda. i am very proud of the fact that we captured the perpetrator of 9/11 khalid shaikh mohammed. i think we did extraordinary work. to me, the tragedy is that the controversy surrounding the interrogation program as i ve already indicated to senator warner, i fully understand that, but it has cast a shadow over what has been a major contribution to protecting this country. i respect a number of those points, i just am trying to get some answers here to questions that i think are particularly relevant. according to a press story today about the destruction of the interrogation videotapes, jose rodriguez told you in advance that he was going to take matters into his own hands. did that conversation happen? senator, no, it did not.
before the senate intelligence committee. the focus is her connection to ten chanced interrogation program after 9/11. here she is defending herself and the agency. after 9/11, i didn t look to go sit on the swiss desk. i stepped up. i was not on the sideline. i was on the front line in cold war and i was on the front line in the fight against al-qaeda. i m very proud of the fact we captured the perpetrator of 9/11 khalid sheikh mohammed. we did extraordinary work. to me the tragedy is the controversy surrounding interrogation program, which as i have already indicated to senator warner, i fully understand that but it has cast a shadow over what is a major contribution to protecting this country. harris: chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge is live for us in washington. thank you, harris. good afternoon. gina haspel testified for nearly three hours in this open session before the senate
sit on the swiss desk. i stepped up. i was not on the sidelines. i was on the front lines and in the cold war and on the front lines in al-qaeda. i m proud of the fact we captured the perpetrator of 9/11. i think we did extraordinary work. to me the tragedy is that the controversy surrounding the interrogation program which as i ve already gated to senator warner, i fully understand that, but it has cast a shadow over what has been a major contribution to protecting this country. i respect a number of those points. i just am trying to get answers here to questions that i think are particularly relevant. according to a press store today about the destruction of the interrogation videotapes, jose rodriguez told you in advance that he was going to take matters into his own hands. did that conversation happen? senator, no, it did not. mr. rodriguez indicated to me that he planned to discuss it