If confirmed by the US Senate, Gina Haspel would become the first woman to head the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), after serving as deputy director since February 2017. If confirmed by the US Senate, Haspel would become the first woman to head the CIA, after serving as deputy director since February 2017. Haspel’s background makes her unsuitable to serve as CIA director,” Wyden said. “There is no question that a director leaving after a year is very turbulent for the agency,” said former CIA director Michael Hayden. Then-CIA director John Brennan in 2013 named her deputy director of National Clandestine Service, but she was denied a permanent promotion in the face of congressional opposition.

Source: Mint March 13, 2018 17:26 UTC