The collision of evangelical imagination and intelligence in the vacuum. But since his 2020 election defeat, theres speculation that President Trump might fire her. It has been the greatest honor of my life to lead this remarkable organization, Haspel wrote in a statement shared by the CIA on Twitter. [71] The next day, Haspel was confirmed by the full Senate, on a mostly party-line, 5445 vote. Expressed opinions are NOT necessarily the views of VT, other authors, affiliates, advertisers, sponsors, partners, or technicians. A A Social media users have been sharing content online that claims Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director Gina Haspel was arrested, injured, or found dead. More rumors are circulating online that are equally as inconclusive. There is no evidence to support the theory and, in a statement to Reuters in December 2020, CIA spokesperson Nicole de Haay said the theory was "the most absurd inquiry I've ever addressed.". [24][26] In August 2018, cables from the site, dating from November 2002 and likely authorized by if not written by Haspel, were released due to a Freedom of Information lawsuit, and described the torture of Nashiri in detail, including slamming him against a wall, confining him to a small box, waterboarding him, and depriving him of sleep and clothing, while threatening to turn him over to others who would kill him. Shooting; Man Arrested, Rep. Gonzales: Border Worse as Title 42 End Nears. Despite Torture Concerns", "Controversial nominee Gina Haspel confirmed as first female CIA director", "Haspel: Intelligence panel 'pleased' with decision to expel 61 Russian officers", "Under CIA Chief Gina Haspel, an Intelligence Service Returns to the Shadows", "No, Gina Haspel isn't dead (or in jail)", "Was Gina Haspel Found Dead in November 2020? ", "Former intelligence heavyweights endorse Trump's CIA pick", "Former Generals Oppose Trump's CIA Nominee", "WaPo Positions Support for Torturer as Vote for Feminism", "Gina Haspel: Democrat Donnelly backs CIA pick beset by torture questions", "Gina Haspel: CIA Should Not Have Carried Out 'Enhanced Interrogation', "Committee approves Trump's CIA director nominee, setting up full Senate vote", "Senate Confirms Gina Haspel to Lead C.I.A. These claims, likely stemming from QAnon conspiracy theorists, are false. . This situation is still developing. [57][58][59] In the Senate, McCain was a staunch opponent of torture, having been tortured as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam. The prison was part of the US government's "extraordinary rendition" program after the September 11 attacks, and used torture techniques such as waterboarding. May 19. According to a former senior CIA official, Haspel arrived as station chief after the interrogation of Abu Zubaydah but was chief during the waterboarding of Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri. This week Turkish President Erdogan said Turkey had strong evidence the journalist was killed in a premeditated and "savage" murder and has called for the suspects to be tried in Istanbul. In one version of the purported events, Haspel was Found Dead from Natural Causes,' with the information going viral in gov circles but there is currently a strict news blackout., Another, more elaborate account in which her name is misspelled Hasple claims the spy chief was arrested after she was injured in the Frankfurt Germany CIA building raid to secure the servers.. Remember When Tucker Carlson Humiliated Zio-Neocon Max Boot about Russia? That version apparently built on a previously debunked conspiracy that the US military had seized computer gear from the electronic voting company Scytl, which has said it was never raided and doesnt have any offices in Germany. What Else Does the Senate Need to Know? The raid itself has been debunked. On Nov. 15, 2020, The Associated Press published an article investigating the rumor, which they determined to be false: CLAIM: The U.S. Army raided the Frankfurt office of the Spanish election software company Scytl to seize servers that had evidence of voting irregularities in the Nov. 3 U.S. election. ProPublica and The New York Times issued corrections to their stories but noted that Haspel was involved in the torture of al-Nashiri. A corpse can't talk." You have broken barriers and empowered the next generation of CIA officers, wrote the CIA of Haspel, who was confirmed as the first female director of the CIA in May 2018. CIA Director Gina Haspel was found dead in November 2020. Social media users have been sharing content online that claims Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director Gina Haspel was arrested, injured or found dead. [39] On May 9, 2018, the day prior to Haspel's confirmation vote, The New York Times reported that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, architect of the 9/11 attacks, requested to submit six paragraphs of information for the Senate committee to review before its vote. Image Via MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images. in 2018, Senator Dianne Feinstein asked her if she had overseen the . She is undoubtedly the right person for the job, and the Committee looks forward to working with her in the future. Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. Read about our approach to external linking. His body was then rolled in a rug and given to a local "co-operator" to dispose of, the official said. [3] From 1980 to 1981, she worked as a civilian library coordinator at Fort Devens in Massachusetts. All rights reserved. Is Gina Haspel the subject of a death hoax, or did something really happen to her? [62][63][64] In April, a group of 109 retired generals and admirals signed a letter expressing "profound concern" over Haspel's nomination due to her record and alleged involvement in the CIA's use of torture and the subsequent destruction of evidence. MasterChef Australia host Jock Zonfrillo dies, Adidas sued by investors over Kanye West deal, Suspected IS chief killed in Syria, Turkey says, UK chip giant Arm files for blockbuster share sale, Pope urges Hungarians to 'open doors' to migrants. Follow FREEDOM MINDS FOR THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS. Several senators say they will be asking tough questions about her role in the . [43] However, she was not appointed to the position permanently due to criticism about her involvement in the Rendition, Detention and Interrogation program. Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you're on the go. In "Betrayal," Karl also wrote that Powell and former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn, who previously employed Powell as his attorney, tried to enlist Cohen to help them overturn the 2020 election, ABC News reported. Destroyed 2 Tapes Showing Interrogations", "New Report on CIA Nominee Gina Haspel May Rescue Her But It Shouldn't", "The CIA Black Sites Program and the Gina Haspel Nomination", "NGO seeks arrest warrant for Donald Trump's deputy CIA director", "Rights Group Asks Germany to Arrest CIA Deputy Director", "Gina Haspel, Trump's pick for CIA director, tied to use of brutal interrogation measures", "Critics Label Trump's New CIA Director a 'War Criminal', "Ex-CIA Official Says Some Torture Videotapes May Still Exist", "9/11 Planner, Tortured by C.I.A., Asks to Tell Senators About Gina Haspel", "New Head of C.I.A. These claims, likely stemming from. "You need to launch a special operations mission to get her. [3], Haspel attended high school in the United Kingdom. [79][80] William J. Burns had been selected by Biden on January 11 to succeed Haspel pending Senate confirmation. GUANTANAMO BAY NAVY BASE, Cuba An attorney for the accused architect of the Sept. 11 attacks told a judge in a secret session last year that CIA Director Gina Haspel ran a secret agency outpost at Guantnamo, an apparent reference to a post-9/11 black site, according to a recently declassified transcript. A person "familiar with the audio" told the Washington Post that it was "compelling". director, oversaw the base provide at. Haspel can appear at least in a clip , holding a updated news paper , showing she is not dead as yet ! A US spokesman said that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had told Saudi leaders that he wanted Mr Khashoggi, a dual citizen, to be able to return to the US and was "pleased" that he had been allowed to do so. Now she's leading an effort by a U.S. law firm to advise family offices on risks to the world's ultra-wealthy. The secret mine that hid the Nazis' stolen treasure. Subscribe and get full access to Ground News. Gina Haspel 61-year-old veteran of the agency's clandestine services will be the first woman to head the Central Intelligence Agency. [14][15][16][17][18] At that time, the Bush Administration considered the techniques legal based on a set of secret, now-rescinded legal opinions which expansively defined executive authority and narrowly defined torture. Joe Biden was the first . John McCain Wants To Know If Gina Haspel's Okay With That", "How the C.I.A. Gina Haspel REUTERS False reports posted on social media claim that CIA Director Gina Haspel has died or else was injured and arrested during a raid on an agency building overseas. Does Gary Mendez Die on A Million Little Things? She was the agency's deputy director from 2017 to 2018 to Mike Pompeo, and became acting director on April 26, 2018, after Pompeo became U.S. secretary of state. Republican senator and former presidential candidate John McCain called on Haspel to provide a detailed account of her participation in the CIA's detention program from 20012009, including whether she directed the use of so-called "enhanced interrogation techniques" and to clarify her role in the 2005 destruction of interrogation videotapes. Embarrassed: Trump lied, Haspel not Dead, whole Stop the Steal and Reset SEARCH VT: Over 64,000 Articles Published Since 2004, VT RADIO: Alternative Foreign Policy Talk, Intercept: Comparing Bidens Administration to Obamas is Revealing, The Mossad, GOP Pedos and a Crooked Doctor, the real story behind Trumps failed election rigging attempt in 2020, Declassified Canadian Intelligence Show US-CIA Encouragement of 1990s Wars and False Flag Operations, Scope Of International Contest Will Result In Doubt, Horrific Slaughter: Russia Finally Admits to Destroying NATOs Deep Underground Command Bunker in Kiev. An unnamed Saudi official told Reuters news agency on Sunday that Khashoggi had died in a chokehold after resisting attempts to return him to Saudi Arabia. 8kun, formerly 8chan, is a fringe messaging board increasingly popular withQAnonconspiracy theorists (here). Sidney Powell called a DOD official and demanded a special ops rescue mission, a new book. 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[10], On January 8, 2019, Carol Rosenberg, of the Miami Herald, reported that partially redacted transcripts from a pre-trial hearing of Guantanamo Military Commission of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, seemed to indicate that Haspel had been the "Chief of Base" of a clandestine CIA detention site on the Guantanamo Bay Naval Station, in the 20032004 period. The most popular one propagated by a tweet is that Gina Haspel is dead. First, Saudi Arabia said Khashoggi had left the building alive, then that he had been killed in a "fist-fight" inside the consulate. I cover the world's richest people for Forbes. One screenshotwas posted by Rumor Mill News on Nov. 30, 2020 here . Foreign liaison services who have worked with her uniformly walked away impressed. 2023 NYP Holdings, Inc. All Rights Reserved, How Trump could have the most progressive administration yet, Top GOP senators slam Trump over fight with intelligence officials, CIA director appoints woman to top analyst position, CIA director to brief senators on Khashoggi killing. A November 29 Facebook post (flagged as bogus by Facebook) claimed that five special forces troops and a CIA official were killed in the raid and Haspel was flown to Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp (GITMO) where she was treated and "received a tribunal for treason". She is the first woman to serve as the director in the CIA's history. [70] Shortly thereafter, Warner announced he would back Haspel when the Senate Intelligence Committee voted on whether to refer her nomination to the full Senate. The CIA rubbished the theory at the time, saying Gina Haspel was safe in her office. Haspel appeared to fall out of favor with Trump last year when she failed to publicly dispute national security and intelligence reports he disliked, and reportedly feared she would be fired in the months leading up to the 2020 election. Several fact-checking projects debunked these claims, and were unable to find any evidence that Haspel had died or that a raid had taken place. [67] On May 12, the first two Senate Democrats, Joe Donnelly of Indiana and Joe Manchin of West Virginia, announced their support for Haspel's nomination. Wellthis is the most absurd inquiry Ive ever addressed, but Im happy to tell you that Director Haspel is alive and well and at the office, agency spokesperson Nicole de Haay said. Clearly a better exit strategy considering the inevitable. Reuters debunks a popular social media fantasy about CIA director Gina Haspel. She agreed to help trump for a lighter sentence of life which can be revoked if she chooses to not cooperate. I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Furthermore, Scytl does not have offices or servers in Frankfurt, Germany. There is no evidence to show CIA Director Gina Haspel was arrested or injured in a CIA raid in Germany or found dead. Hasple was air evacuated out. Haspel was tapped by Trump to replace former CIA Director Mike Pompeo when he was promoted to secretary of state in 2018. This material may not be reproduced without permission. [3] She has four siblings. Reuters Fact Check previously debunked this claim. The CIA did not immediately respond to questions from Forbes. Advertisement [10][41], On February 2, 2017, President Trump appointed Haspel Deputy Director of the CIA,[45] a position that does not require Senate confirmation. Do You Remember When Love and Peace Was A Thing? However, the claim that election servers were raided in Germany was disproved weeks ago. By clicking Sign up, you agree to receive marketing emails from Insider On Wednesday Turkey's Sabah newspaper said she had listened to audio recordings of Khashoggi's interrogation and death, but gave no details about the contents or how the audio had been obtained. Hasple pulled in some. To read of her glee during the waterboarding is just absolutely appalling. On Tuesday the US president voiced his strongest criticism of the Saudi government to date and suggested the crown prince must have known what was going on. In December 2020, she became the subject of a death hoax. However, media reports have quoted Turkish security sources as saying the operation was run by a top aide to Prince Mohammed. Newsmax, Moneynews, Newsmax Health, and Independent. Haspel added that the CIA did not object to the Treasury Department's decision in December 2018 to remove sanctions on three Russian companies tied to Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, a close associate of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Alex Wong / Getty Images. All content is owned by the author exclusively. That official at the time was Chris Miller. The CIA director travelled to Turkey on Monday to review intelligence about the incident. It is unclear where this screenshot or claim originated but its activity online appears to come primarily from groups and boards filled with QAnon content. [1][2][3] Her father served in the United States Air Force. She's A Great Choice For CIA Director", "Rand Paul to oppose Gina Haspel as CIA director over her 'gleeful joy' at torture", "CIA Director nominee Gina Haspel did not mock tortured detainee", "McCain presses Trump CIA nominee over her record on interrogations", "McCain asks CIA director nominee Haspel to explain role in post-9/11 interrogations", "Fatima Boudchar Was Bound, Gagged And Photographed Naked. Former Director of the CIA Gina Haspel Joins King & Spalding in Washington, D.C. WASHINGTON, Jul. He's running things and so if anybody were going to be, it would be him. A claim that the CIA director had been hurt and captured in Germany spread in QAnon circles in late 2020. The claim adds that Haspel agreed to help Trump for a lighter sentence of life which can be revoked if she chooses not to cooperate. All images are the full responsibility of the article author and NOT VT. Rather, this "obituary" which simply took the aforementioned conspiratorial postings as truth and provided no additional confirmation was published on Dec. 1 on deaddeath.com, a website that has previously published premature obituaries based on fake news. The madness is not over,an entire flurry of crazy is gaining traction as novices grab the opportunity to invent for the purpose of self importance No details of the briefing have been released. You may not know that CIA Director Gina Haspel was killed last month in a U.S. Special Forces raid in Frankfurt, Germany, which retrieved a server used to control the Dominion voting machines. The claim seems to stem from a conspiracy theory about the United States military seizing election servers from electronic voting company Scytl in Germany. Others claim she was injured during a shootout that ensued at a raid on German servers. The accusation against her was centered on the case of Saudi national Abu Zubaydah. VT RADIO: The King Charles III Coronation Show, BLACKROCK KILLED CARLSON for Vaccines & Weapons Business. Nov. 11, 2020. "Gina Haspel has been hurt and taken into custody in Germany," Powell told Cohen on the call, according to Karl's book. [34][35][36][37][38], On May 1, 2018, Spencer Ackerman, writing in The Daily Beast, reported that former CIA analyst Gail Helt had been told some of the controversial torture recordings had not been destroyed, after all. . [65] Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting criticized press coverage that portrayed Haspel's nomination as a victory for feminism. 1995 - 2023 by Snopes Media Group Inc. . The posts on social media present no source or evidence for their claims. [24][29][30] A partially-declassified CIA document shows that the instruction for a new method of record keeping at the black site in Thailand, re-recording over the videos, took place in late October 2002, soon after Haspel's arrival. [86][87] She has never used social media.[3]. I join their request. One of the more outlandish theories held that an election software company in Germany had been used to alter the vote tallies in the United States. See here for a complete list of exchanges and delays. Black Site, Psychologist Testifies", "Seasoned spymaster linked to waterboarding named CIA deputy", "Correction: Trump's Pick to Head CIA Did Not Oversee Waterboarding of Abu Zubaydah", "CIA officer with ties to 'black sites' named deputy director", "Gina Haspel, C.I.A. The Anadolu agency initially reported the Saudis had denied permission for it to be searched, only for broadcaster NTV to say later that permission had been given. #DDK - ART OF WAR and more April 11, 2023. Musks Safety Team Let Him Keep Tweeting. She received a paralegal certificate from Northeastern University in 1982 and worked as a paralegal until she was hired by the CIA. [28], Haspel played a role in the destruction of 92 interrogation videotapes that showed the torture of detainees both at the black site she ran and at other secret agency locations. ", "Gina Haspel Used To Work For Me. The latest focus appears to be on a well in the garden of the Saudi consulate building. The raid itself has been debunked. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. [52][53] Robert Baer, who once supervised Haspel at the CIA, found her to be "smart, tough and effective. Gina Haspel Death News : Was Cia Director Gina Haspel Found Dead ? They included former Directors of the CIA John Brennan, Leon Panetta and Michael Morell, former Director of the NSA and CIA Michael Hayden, and former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper. What's the latest with the investigation? On January 29, 2019, during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing, Haspel reported that the CIA was "pleased" with the Trump administration's March 2018 expulsion of 61 Russian diplomats following the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal. Read about our approach to external linking. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Thanks for contacting us. The building had no guards and was unprotected. The theory claimed that Haspel had then been flown to Guantanamo Bay and "received a tribunal for treason.". ", "Redacted-transcript-of-closed-9-11-trial-hearing", File:Redacted-transcript-of-closed-9-11-trial-hearing (2018-11-16).pdf, "Who is Gina Haspel? . President Donald Trump and some of his conservative allies have become increasingly frustrated with CIA Director Gina Haspel in recent weeks, accusing her of delaying the release of documents they . (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call), CIA Director, Gina Haspel, was found dead of natural causes.. [76][77][78] The CIA announced her retirement after 36 years of service, via a tweet, on January 19, 2021, one day prior to the presidential transition from Trump to Joe Biden. 8, 2021 King & Spalding announced that former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency Gina Haspel has joined the firm as a senior advisor on the firm's National Security team. If Not, What Do They #Resist? Well this is the most absurd inquiry Ive ever addressed, but Im happy to tell you that Director Haspel is alive and well and at the office, agency spokesperson Nicole de Haay said. She has now turned over information on the servers, what they were for and what they did and who was involved. That version apparently built on a previously debunked conspiracy that the US military had seized computer gear from the electronic voting company Scytl, which has said it was never raided and doesnt have any offices in Germany. Haspels intelligence career, though, hasnt been without controversy. [23][24] She worked at a site that was codenamed "Cat's Eye", which would later become known as the place where suspected al Qaeda terrorist members Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri and Abu Zubaydah were detained and tortured with waterboarding. Congratulations to all! 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