Will Democrats Unite to Block Trump’s Torturer, Gina Haspel, as CIA Chief? If Not, What Do They #Resist?

Summary: Theconfirmation hearingfor Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the CIA, Gina Haspel, will beginin the U.S. Senate on Wednesday. Haspel’s nomination has become controversial because of her supervision of a CIA black site in Thailand at which detainees were tortured (with heinous methods that extended far beyond “mere” waterboarding), as well has her central role in destroying videotapes of the interrogation sessions at which torture was employed.