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Max Boot: You can be tough on terrorism without using torture

Salt Lake Tribune | May 8, 2018

Related Topics: Max Boot, Terrorism, Torture, Gina Haspel, Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse, Tom Cotton, Central Intelligence Agency, Iraq, CNN, Jim Mattis

The blowback from the CIA program, and the unauthorized abuses at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, sullied America’s reputation and gave a propaganda boost to our enemies.

CIA Director nominee Gina Haspel waves as she arrives for her meeting with Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, May 7, 2018. Walking with her is White House legislative affairs director Marc Short, left. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

The outlook for Gina Haspel’s nomination to run the CIA is not good. As The Washington Post revealed, White House aides had to talk Haspel out of withdrawing her nomination on Friday.

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