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New CIA Director Mike Pompeo on Torture, Muslims, Terror, Iran, NSA Spying

by Lindsey Wise | Nov 18, 2016 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Justice

Rep. Mike Pompeo of Kansas, just tapped to be Donald Trump’s new CIA director, has had a lot to say about torture, Muslims, terrorism, the Iranian nuclear deal and NSA spying. Here’s a sample: Pompeo on the release of the 2014 Senate torture report: “Our men and women who were tasked to keep us safe in the aftermath of 9/11 — our military and our intelligence warriors — are heroes, not pawns in some liberal game being played by the ACLU and Senator Feinstein,” Pompeo said in a statement on Dec. 9, 2014. “These men and women are not torturers, they are patriots. The programs being used were...

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