Washington sources reported that President Donald Trump's pick to be the next director of the CIA is a career spymaster who oversaw torture at a secret prison during one of the darkest chapters in the agency's history. Meanwhile if confirmed, 61 year old Gina Haspel would become the first female head of the CIA. Meanwhile she is described by colleagues as a seasoned veteran with 30 plus years of intelligence experience who would lead the agency with integrity.
But it's the few years she spent supervising a secret black site that will be closely scrutinized at her confirmation hearing. Previously Trump announced that he had chosen Haspel to succeed Mike Pompeo, who is replacing ousted Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. Accordingly she joined the CIA in 1985 and has been deputy director of the agency since February 2017.
Moreover Haspel has been chief of station at CIA outposts abroad. In
Washington, she has held several senior leadership positions, including deputy
director of the National Clandestine Service. Presently in her current post,
she worked with Pompeo to manage intelligence collection, analysis, covert
action, counterintelligence and cooperation with the CIA's foreign
counterparts.
