According to another well known CIA whistleblower, John Kiriakou, Haspel was nicknamed “Bloody Gina” by her CIA colleagues. Kiriakou also claims that Haspel willingly look part in torture herself. Kiriakou spent time in prison for exposing the very torture that Haspel was tasked with covering up and, thus far, has been the only person to serve time in relation to the torture engaged in at CIA black sites.

Haspel’s questioning continued after the two protesters were removed, seemingly insisting that no comparisons can be made between terrorists and CIA agents when it comes to who deserves to be tortured.

McGovern has been outspoken in his opposition to Haspel’s nomination in addition to the immorality and ineffectiveness of torture. Only days ago he penned an opinion piece titled “Will a Torturer Become CIA Director?”

In 2003, McGovern created Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity, an outspoken group of former CIA employees who have called out former presidents George W. Bush and Barak Obama as well as current U.S. President Donald Trump.

It would behoove the greater U.S. population to take note of the situation in which a retired CIA analyst, having served his country for nearly 30 years, was forcefully removed from a Senate hearing for simply exposing and demanding answers related to torture engaged in by someone who will likely be tasked with serving America.

Former CIA Analyst Thrown Out of Senate Hearing for Exposing Gina Haspel’s War Crimes