Kamala Harris: ‘I Intend to Vote Against’ Gina Haspel

‘I’m going to vote against her’

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TAPPER: "Right. Was Gina Haspel any more candid when you spoke with her behind closed doors."
HARRIS: "I can’t talk about what we discussed in the skiff in a classified setting but I’ll tell you and the public right now, I intend to vote against her as a nominee. I will not vote to confirm her as the next director of the CIA and I’ll tell you why, Jake. First of all, let’s just set the table. The work of the men and women of the CIA is noble and important work and they do it at great sacrifice with incredible service. If you’ve been to that building, you know that there are stars with no names of those who have fallen in service to our country. So they do it without any expectation of award or reward and they should be honored and the mission of the CIA should be honored and this is not about the integrity of the men and women of the agency, but this is a issue about whether this particular person should head that agency and when we make that decision it will be a statement, it will be a signal about our values as a country in terms of how we value the rule of law and transparency. How we value our moral authority and I’m concerned that she is not the best signal to the work force of that agency, to the American people or to our neighbors around the globe. And so I’m going to vote against her. "

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