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Rich Lowry: Don't Bork Gina Haspel

President Donald Trump's pick for CIA director is about to experience a good Borking.

No one doubts her professionalism, and she's been endorsed by Obama intelligence officials. Yet Gina Haspel's long career at the agency, including extensive work undercover in the field, is getting blotted out by her reported involvement in the CIA's black-site interrogation program, which has become a warrant to say anything about her.

Her critics assert she should be in jail, and The New York Times editorial page wrote about her nomination under the headline "Having a Torturer Lead the CIA."

Not to be outdo...

 

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