You have broken barriers and empowered the next generation of CIA officers, wrote the CIA of Haspel, who was confirmed as the first female director of the CIA in May 2018. The claims that Haspel was arrested and injured in a CIA raid or that she was found dead are false. "I'm happy to tell you that Director Haspel is alive and well and at the office," de Haay said. Remember When Tucker Carlson Humiliated Zio-Neocon Max Boot about Russia? [47] Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) quoted colleagues Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Martin Heinrich (D-NM) who were on the committee: I am especially concerned by reports that this individual was involved in the unauthorized destruction of CIA interrogation videotapes, which documented the CIA's use of torture against two CIA detainees. A corpse can't talk." [43] However, she was not appointed to the position permanently due to criticism about her involvement in the Rendition, Detention and Interrogation program. Another post visible here ,shows a screenshot of a tweet thatclaims Haspel was found dead fromnatural causesand that this is going viral in gov circles but there is currently a strict news blackout.. [14][15][16][17][18] At that time, the Bush Administration considered the techniques legal based on a set of secret, now-rescinded legal opinions which expansively defined executive authority and narrowly defined torture. On Tuesday there were similar conflicting reports over whether Khashoggi's belongings had been found in suitcases in a Saudi diplomatic car. In one version of the purported events, Haspel was Found Dead from Natural Causes,' with the information going viral in gov circles but there is currently a strict news blackout., Another, more elaborate account in which her name is misspelled Hasple claims the spy chief was arrested after she was injured in the Frankfurt Germany CIA building raid to secure the servers.. [69], On May 14, Haspel sent a letter to Senator Mark Warner of Virginia stating that, in hindsight, the CIA should not have operated its interrogation and detention program. These claims, likely stemming from. One screenshotwas posted by Rumor Mill News on Nov. 30, 2020 here . (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call), CIA Director, Gina Haspel, was found dead of natural causes.. Former CIA director Gina Haspel has not been confirmed dead or alive. "Gina Haspel, (for those that don't know(CIA Director) Found Dead. ", The article explains five special forces troops and a CIA official were killed in the raid and Haspel was flown to Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp (GITMO) where she was treated and "received a tribunal for treason. 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Shortly after this article was published, another rumor started to circulate about Haspel claiming that the CIA director had been "found dead" of "natural causes," which led to speculation that the government had actually killed Haspel and that they were now covering up her death. Rule 2 does not apply when replying to this stickied comment.. Rule 2 does apply throughout the rest of this thread.. What this means: Please keep any "meta" discussion directed at specific users, mods, or r/conspiracy in general in this comment chain only.. Haspel appeared to fall out of favor with Trump last year when she failed to publicly dispute national security and intelligence reports he disliked, and reportedly feared she would be fired in the months leading up to the 2020 election. The "water treatment" was bureaucratic jargon for waterboarding, and 11 newly released top-secret cables from the time that Gina Haspel, now the C.I.A. VT: As we got it from sources close to Mike Flynn, Haspel had been arrested for treason and was being taken to Gitmo when she was shot and killed in a raid. Scrutiny of the 33-year spy career of new CIA director Gina Haspel has focused on her . The article explains that five special forces troops and a CIA official were killed in the raid and Haspel was flown to Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp (GITMO) where she was treated and received a tribunal for treason. EPIC SHIT!!!! What Else Does the Senate Need to Know? The cables describe acts of deliberate physical torture of detainees, including waterboarding and confinement,[21] which Haspel personally observed. [6][9], After her service in Thailand, she served as an operations officer in Counterterrorism Center near Washington, D.C.[6] She later served as the CIA's station chief in London and, in 2011, New York. VT RADIO: The King Charles III Coronation Show, BLACKROCK KILLED CARLSON for Vaccines & Weapons Business. You may opt-out by. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. April 10, 2023. ", "Redacted-transcript-of-closed-9-11-trial-hearing", File:Redacted-transcript-of-closed-9-11-trial-hearing (2018-11-16).pdf, "Who is Gina Haspel? The accusation against her was centered on the case of Saudi national Abu Zubaydah. Others claimed that Haspel had been found dead from natural causes. WASHINGTON During Gina Haspel's confirmation hearing to become director of the C.I.A. NY Times/Post: False reports posted on social media claim that CIA Director Gina Haspel has died or else was injured and arrested during a raid on an agency building overseas. Others claim she was injured during a shootout that ensued at a raid on German servers. Sidney Powell called a DOD official and demanded a special ops rescue mission, a new book says. Supreme Court ruling on covid vaccine April 10, 2023. In his memoir, Rodriguez wrote that Haspel had drafted a cable in 2005 ordering the destruction of dozens of videotapes made at the black site in Thailand in response to mounting public scrutiny of the program. 2 Killed, 4 Hurt in Miss. Gina Haspel, Trumps Pick for CIA Director, Ran a Black Site for Torture (The Intercept), MyPillow CEO hints at scrapped plan to replace CIA director with Trump loyalist (CNN), This is a BETA experience. On January 29, 2019, during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing, Haspel reported that the CIA was "pleased" with the Trump administration's March 2018 expulsion of 61 Russian diplomats following the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal. Dead persons , can t speak ! Simon Parkes: The five SpecOps killed in Frankfurt were shot by Ms Haspel's security team, & she was wounded. She was treated & taken on a rendition flight & quickly turned, telling everything she knows, & back in US She Is no longer ClA directorhttps://t.co/C6lW4MUdQO pic.twitter.com/Ni8MMnn9rc, HASPEL SHOT, FLIPPED pic.twitter.com/qRyPXf82lO, JUAN Q SAVIN (@richardgibb8) December 1, 2020. The CIA director travelled to Turkey on Monday to review intelligence about the incident. These rumors stem from a debunked story about a fictional raid on a German software company. "Gina Haspel has been hurt and taken into custody in Germany," Powell told Cohen on the call, according to Karl's book. No, Gina Haspel isn't dead (or in jail) Former President Donald Trump issued a statement threatening to leak "interesting videos" of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Read about our approach to external linking. Powell, who has long referenced QAnon conspiracy theories, was axed from the Trump campaign's legal team in mid-November 2020. [79][80] William J. Burns had been selected by Biden on January 11 to succeed Haspel pending Senate confirmation. Both CNN and NBC News reported that the meeting, organized by Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe, excluded Haspel. She is the first woman to serve as the director in the CIA's history. Reuters found asimilar screenshot posted on aQAnonwebsitethe sameday, it is visible in this 8kun file here . In "Betrayal," Karl also wrote that Powell and former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn, who previously employed Powell as his attorney, tried to enlist Cohen to help them overturn the 2020 election, ABC News reported. The building had no guards and was unprotected. She is the first woman to serve as the director in the CIAs history. 8kun, formerly 8chan, is a fringe messaging board increasingly popular withQAnonconspiracy theorists (here). More rumors are circulating online that are equally as inconclusive. THE FACTS: Social media users Saturday were sharing reports published by conservative websites claiming servers that would reveal wrongdoing in the U.S. election had been confiscated by U.S. military forces in Germany. Both the Army and Scytl told The Associated Press the claim is not true. 2023 NYP Holdings, Inc. All Rights Reserved, How Trump could have the most progressive administration yet, Top GOP senators slam Trump over fight with intelligence officials, CIA director appoints woman to top analyst position, CIA director to brief senators on Khashoggi killing. [23][24] She worked at a site that was codenamed "Cat's Eye", which would later become known as the place where suspected al Qaeda terrorist members Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri and Abu Zubaydah were detained and tortured with waterboarding. Thank you to Rex Tillerson for his service! [44] Her permanent appointment was opposed by Dianne Feinstein and others in the Senate. Hasple pulled in some. [60][61], More than 50 former senior U.S. government officials, including six former Directors of the CIA and three former directors of national intelligence, signed a letter supporting her nomination. ", "Gina Haspel CIA Torture Cables Declassified", "Gina Haspel Observed Waterboarding at C.I.A. Jamal Khashoggi and how Saudi critics keep going missing. The secret mine that hid the Nazis' stolen treasure. Currently, speculation is rife that Gina Haspel has died. 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Scytl said in a statement the U.S. army had not seized anything from them, and they do not have offices in Germany. News4Jax Anchor Mary Baer Is Leaving WJXT-TV, News4Jax Meteorologist John Gaughan Is Leaving WJXT-TV. On Tuesday the US president voiced his strongest criticism of the Saudi government to date and suggested the crown prince must have known what was going on. [81] Burns was sworn in as the new director on March 19, 2021. ", "Former intelligence heavyweights endorse Trump's CIA pick", "Former Generals Oppose Trump's CIA Nominee", "WaPo Positions Support for Torturer as Vote for Feminism", "Gina Haspel: Democrat Donnelly backs CIA pick beset by torture questions", "Gina Haspel: CIA Should Not Have Carried Out 'Enhanced Interrogation', "Committee approves Trump's CIA director nominee, setting up full Senate vote", "Senate Confirms Gina Haspel to Lead C.I.A. [1][3][85] From 2001 to 2018 she owned a home in Ashburn, Virginia. Federal Reserve Says Social Media Partially At Fault For Silicon Valley Banks Failure, Tuckered Out? Sources quoted by the Washington Post and Reuters news agency later backed up the reports. The crown prince was speaking at a business forum in Riyadh, dubbed "Davos in the Desert", which has been boycotted by a number of political and corporate leaders. [40], From 2004 to 2005, Haspel was Deputy Chief of the National Resources Division. [83], Haspel has received a number of awards, including the George H. W. Bush Award for excellence in counterterrorism,[84] the Donovan Award, the Intelligence Medal of Merit, and the Presidential Rank Award. . It has been the greatest honor of my life to lead this remarkable organization, Haspel wrote in a statement shared by the CIA on Twitter. A person "familiar with the audio" told the Washington Post that it was "compelling". The U.S. presence was miniscule by comparison. Gina Haspel (born on October 1, 1956) was appointed as director of the CIA by Donald Trump in 2018. Khashoggi suspect had 'cyber spy' training, Russia launches pre-dawn missile attack on Ukraine, Chaos at port as thousands rush to leave Sudan, Air strikes pound Sudan capital as truce extended. Her nomination was rebuked by Democrats in the Senate, who criticized her involvement in the CIAs torture program during George W. Bushs administration, and was confirmed on a mostly party-line vote of 54-45. director have come tumbling into view as some Senate leaders showed support while . The raid itself has been debunked. The article includes grammar and spelling errors, misspelling Haspels name as Hasple. "[54], Republican senator Rand Paul said he would oppose the nomination, saying "To really appoint the head cheerleader for waterboarding to be head of the CIA? [1][2][3] Her father served in the United States Air Force. Foreign liaison services who have worked with her uniformly walked away impressed. Expressed opinions are NOT necessarily the views of VT, other authors, affiliates, advertisers, sponsors, partners, or technicians. Police have charged a 19-year-old man with killing two teenagers and wounding four others in an early Sunday shooting at. Gina Haspel 61-year-old veteran of the agency's clandestine services will be the first woman to head the Central Intelligence Agency. It finally said that Khashoggi had been murdered in a "rogue operation" that the leadership had not been aware of. The US President criticises Saudi Arabia's handling of Jamal Khashoggi's death, He told the Wall Street Journal: "Well, the prince [Mohammed bin Salman] is running things over there more so at this stage. Follow FREEDOM MINDS FOR THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS. The CIA made up a cover story about the 5 soldiers and one cia operative killed and said they were killed in a helicopter crash. Another post visible, shows a screenshot of a tweet that claims Haspel was found dead from "natural causes" and this is "going viral in gov circles but there is currently a strict news blackout.". China doing human testing to create enhanced 'super soldie Dad of crying infant that triggered Texas massacre 'never thought' gunman would shoot, It's not just soda: Nutritionists weigh in on the absolute worst drinks for your health, NFL linebacker's 2-year-old daughter drowns in pool, Gayle King says she doesnt have a desire to retire: I want more work, WNBA star Brittney Griner is heading to the Met Gala, Mariah Carey celebrates Moroccan and Monroes 12th birthday: My babies, NY Post Sports Reporter Zach Braziller breaks down the Knicks game 1 loss to the Heat, Elon Musk Tells Bill Maher Woke Mind Virus Is Dangerous On Real Time, Kendall Jenner rocks sheer top, fur mini skirt for date night with Bad Bunny. Embarrassed: Trump lied, Haspel not Dead, whole Stop the Steal and Reset SEARCH VT: Over 64,000 Articles Published Since 2004, VT RADIO: Alternative Foreign Policy Talk, Intercept: Comparing Bidens Administration to Obamas is Revealing, The Mossad, GOP Pedos and a Crooked Doctor, the real story behind Trumps failed election rigging attempt in 2020, Declassified Canadian Intelligence Show US-CIA Encouragement of 1990s Wars and False Flag Operations, Scope Of International Contest Will Result In Doubt, Horrific Slaughter: Russia Finally Admits to Destroying NATOs Deep Underground Command Bunker in Kiev. There is no evidence to show CIA Director Gina Haspel was arrested or injured in a CIA raid in Germany or found dead. Meanwhile Saudi Arabia's public prosecutor was quoted as saying Khashoggi's murder was "premeditated". The article includes grammar and spelling errors, misspelling Haspel's name as "Hasple.". That official at the time was Chris Miller. Some claim that Haspel was arrested for alleged treason. The claim seems to stem from a conspiracy theory about the United States military seizing election servers from electronic voting companyScytlin Germany. On Nov. 15, 2020, The Associated Press published an article investigating the rumor, which they determined to be false: CLAIM: The U.S. Army raided the Frankfurt office of the Spanish election software company Scytl to seize servers that had evidence of voting irregularities in the Nov. 3 U.S. election. The fake news which appears to involve QAnon conspiracy theorists began circulating this week on platforms including Facebook, Twitter and 8kun, formerly 8chan, according to a Friday report from Reuters. [26][27] In March 2018, US officials said Haspel was not involved in the torture of Zubaydah, as she only became chief of base after Zubaydah was tortured. This week Turkish President Erdogan said Turkey had strong evidence the journalist was killed in a premeditated and "savage" murder and has called for the suspects to be tried in Istanbul. The screenshot of an articledated Nov. 29, 2020in this post here , claims that Haspel was arrested after she was injured in Frankfurt, Germany during a CIA raidtosecure the servers. The journalist Maggie Haberman reported one Trump advisor saying at the time that it was because "she was too conspiratorial even for him.". [2][4][5], Haspel joined the CIA in January 1985 as a reports officer. A US spokesman said that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had told Saudi leaders that he wanted Mr Khashoggi, a dual citizen, to be able to return to the US and was "pleased" that he had been allowed to do so. False. [7] In an official statement released that day, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes (R-CA) said:[46]. On Wednesday Turkey's Sabah newspaper said she had listened to audio recordings of Khashoggi's interrogation and death, but gave no details about the contents or how the audio had been obtained. [24][26] In August 2018, cables from the site, dating from November 2002 and likely authorized by if not written by Haspel, were released due to a Freedom of Information lawsuit, and described the torture of Nashiri in detail, including slamming him against a wall, confining him to a small box, waterboarding him, and depriving him of sleep and clothing, while threatening to turn him over to others who would kill him. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you . She was later nominated and confirmed to the role, making her the first woman to become CIA director on a permanent basis. [68], On May 9, 2018, Haspel appeared before the Senate Intelligence Committee for a confirmation hearing. [52][53] Robert Baer, who once supervised Haspel at the CIA, found her to be "smart, tough and effective. "[55] Soon after Paul made this statement, the allegation that Haspel had mocked those being interrogated was retracted. There is no evidence to show CIA Director Gina Haspel was arrested or injured in a CIA raid in Germany or found dead. [3] She was a student at the University of Kentucky for three years and transferred for her senior year to the University of Louisville, where she graduated in May 1978[2] with a Bachelor of Science in languages and journalism. [8], Haspel married Jeff Haspel, who served in the United States Army, c. 1976; they were divorced by 1985.
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