Ms. Haspel is largely unknown to the American public: Only recently did the CIA declassify some of the details of her 33-year CIA career. Ms. Haspel is the first CIA officer in more than five decades to reach the top position. Ms. Haspel followed the directions of her boss, who unknown to Ms. Haspel didn’t have the authority to destroy the tapes. The White House will have to give Ms. Haspel the room to defend herself from such ugly accusations. The people misrepresenting the CIA nominee were in the cheap seats during the worst days of the war on terror.

Source: Wall Street Journal May 04, 2018 22:41 UTC