My highly respected nominee for CIA Director, Gina Haspel, has come under fire because she was too tough on Terrorists. They said Ms Haspel, who is the acting director of the CIA, was reassured that her nomination was still on track and will not withdraw. Ms Haspel, who would be the first woman to lead the CIA, is the first career operations officer to be nominated to lead the agency in decades. Ms Haspel, one official said, was wary of suffering the same fate as failed veterans affairs nominee Ronny Jackson and of dredging up the CIA's troubled past. Raj Shah, a White House spokesman, on Sunday called Ms Haspel a highly qualified nominee.

Source: Bangkok Post May 07, 2018 12:45 UTC