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To civil-liberties groups, approving Haspel would tell a generation of CIA officers ‘that torture, or other activity outside the bounds of the law, is not a career-killer.’ Contributing Editor ...

John Ratcliffe, Donald Trump’s pick to lead the CIA, told members of the Senate that loyalty to Trump would not conflict with duties to follow intelligence leads. Jan. 15, 2025 Democrats raised ...

WASHINGTON - President-elect Donald Trump's pick for CIA director, John Ratcliffe, on Wednesday vowed not to fire or force out employees for their political views or their opinions about the ...

Ratcliffe is President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for CIA director. John Ratcliffe at his Senate Intelligence confirmation hearing on January 15. Ratcliffe is President-elect Donald Trump's ...

Angus King (I-Maine) whether he would “ever change or remove content in an intelligence assessment for political reasons or at the behest of political leadership,” the CIA pick said ...

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the CIA told senators during his confirmation hearing Wednesday that the nation’s premier spy agency must do a better job of staying ...

Caitlin Yilek is a politics reporter at CBSNews.com, based in Washington, D.C. She previously worked for the Washington Examiner and The Hill, and was a member of the 2022 Paul Miller Washington ...

President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the CIA signaled substantial changes are in store for America’s premier spy agency, telling lawmakers that it must be more aggressive both in ...

President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the CIA told senators during his confirmation hearing Wednesday that the nation's premier spy agency must do a better job of staying ahead of global ...