As Mike Pompeo takes his place as secretary of state, his designated successor at the agency he left, the Central Intelligence Agency, Gina Haspel, is facing a battle for confirmation as the organization's new director.  Opponents have thrown out the argument that Haspel, a CIA veteran, participated in the war on terror over the last two decades.  But Haspel should be confirmed as CIA director because she is on the side of justice and patriotism.  Leftists are criticizing her for making terrorists uncomfortable.  Those against her are willing to ignore her high qualifications and instead criticize her for playing a role in enhanced interrogations. The argument is absurd.  Leon Panetta, president Obama's CIA director and secretary of defense, said in his book: "The CIA got important, even critical intelligence from individuals subjected to these enhanced interrogation techniques." Yet critics, as reported in the...(Read Full Article)