did as president in april 1988 was signed and champion to congress the u.n. convention against torture. that defines torture as anything that s purposely inflict it on someone laura: gina haspel didn t make the decision, though, john. she was not the architect of waterboarding. george w. bush and the legal consuls offset justice in consultation with congress okayed these techniques in a very limited number of cases at a time where we still believed the next attack was coming. she was overseeing that thailand site in 2002 and kamala harris, i don t know what she was doing in 2002. may be in california doing something. but these are the periods we asked to carry out the duties to protect us and keep us safe. gina haspel has been treated like dirt from this committee. if she were nominated by anyone else, a democrat, she would be confirmed easily. they voted to confirm brennan, her superior. they confirmed @seanhannity or no problem. you are 100% right that the democrats are being h