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The Unmasking of Agent Z9A

Gina Haspel’s link to raunchy enthusiasm for torture emerges in Guantánamo case

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Jeff Stein
Jul 02, 2022
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The trial of the terrorist who organized the murderous attack on the USS Cole, a Navy destroyer refueling in the port of Aden in Yemen way back in October 2000, should have been—to coin a phrase—a slam dunk. Alas, it’s in its second decade—and yet a new side of Gina Haspel has emerged in it.

Gina Haspel at her 2018 confirmation hearing (Reuters)

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