Republicans are tying themselves in knots to defend the president’s latest gambit.
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Rejecting Gina Haspel Is the Right Thing to Do
We can send a message to the world that, in America, torturing people will end your career rather than help you rise to the top.
109 Retired Military Officers Oppose Gina Haspel
109 retired generals and admirals join chorus opposed to Gina Haspel becoming director of the CIA.
The Presidential Pardon Power Cannot Be Unlimited
The president can pardon whomever he wants, but that doesn’t mean he can get away with it.
What Tom Cotton at CIA Would Signal to Iran
Such a move would revive the lingering concerns about the agency’s dark past.

