The organization said it is now clear that Haspel was not in charge of the base until after Zubaydah’s interrogation was finished. That claim became relevant again this week with Trump’s proposed promotion of the longtime CIA official. The AP investigated its own work after being contacted by a CIA official about the existence of ProPublica’s correction. NBC corrected a Tuesday article on its website to say that Haspel was not present at Zubaydah’s interrogation. NPR said that according to several media reports, including from ProPublica, she was chief of the Thailand base starting in 2002.

Source: thestar March 17, 2018 22:02 UTC