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US President Donald Trump gestures as he boards Air Force One upon arrival at Valley International Airport, in Harlingen, Texas, January 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
January 20, 2021, 12:57 am
On his last day, Iran places symbolic sanctions on Trump for alleged ‘terrorism’
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and CIA chief Gina Haspel also targeted by Tehran for alleged roles in assassinations of Iranian officials
By AP
Jared Kushner (R) joins US President Donald Trump as he holds a press conference in the Rose Garden of the White House on October 1, 2018. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images via JTA)
February 1, 2020, 11:14 pm
After peace plan rejected, US laments Arab League’s approach as outdated
Senior official says Palestinian fate won’t change if group of 22 countries doesn’t alter methods; CIA chief said to visit Ramallah, assure PA of opposition to snap annexation
By ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump speaks during a healthcare roundtable in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, January 23, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
February 3, 2019, 7:46 am
Trump shows ‘willful ignorance’ on intelligence – report
After US president criticizes intel chiefs as ‘passive and naive,’ officials say he often gets angry when new information contradicts his views
By ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump speaks before a meeting between US and Chinese officials in the Oval Office of the White House January 31, 2019 in Washington, DC (Brendan Smialowski / AFP)
February 1, 2019, 4:50 am
In reversal, Trump says he and intel chiefs actually on ‘same page’
President says top officials have told him their testimony on global threats at a Senate hearing was ‘mischaracterized’ by the media
By Matthew Daly
CIA Director Gina Haspel testifies at a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on "Worldwide Threats" on January 29, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Win McNamee/Getty Images/AFP)
January 29, 2019, 9:03 pm
CIA chief says Iran still ‘technically’ adhering to 2015 nuclear deal
Gina Haspel warns senators that Tehran ‘considering taking steps’ away from JCPOA to pressure Europeans to offer ‘investment and trade benefits’
By AFP
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, chairman of the Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism, speaks to reporters after a closed-door security briefing by CIA Director Gina Haspel on the slaying of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and involvement of the Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, December 4, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
December 4, 2018, 10:45 pm
After CIA briefing, senators blame Saudi crown prince in journalist’s death
Foreign relations committee chair says Mohammed bin Salman would be convicted by a jury in ‘about 30 minutes’ if Khashoggi killing went to trial
By MARY CLARE JALONICK and LISA MASCARO
File: Gina Haspel testifies before the Senate Intelligence Committee on her nomination to be the next CIA director in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on May 9, 2018. (AFP Photo/Mandel Ngan)
December 4, 2018, 4:00 am
CIA chief to brief lawmakers on Khashoggi murder
Chair of US Senate foreign relations committee says Gina Haspel will meet with ‘small group’ of legislators to discuss killing of Saudi journalist
By AFP
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attends the Future Investment Initiative conference in the Saudi capital Riyadh, on October 23, 2018. (Fayez Nureldine/AFP)
November 22, 2018, 1:07 pm
Turkish news site: CIA has tape of Saudi crown prince saying ‘silence Khashoggi’
Columnist for Hurriyet Daily News says two officials can be heard on the recording discussing the ‘discomfort’ created by journalist’s public criticism of the kingdom
By ToI Staff and Agencies
US President Donald Trump views damage from wildfires in Malibu, California, on November 17, 2018. (SAUL LOEB / AFP)
November 18, 2018, 8:25 pm
Trump: ‘No reason’ to hear ‘terrible’ Khashoggi death tape
US president says listening to recording of Saudi journalist’s murder will not change US response to ‘ally’ Riyadh over killing
By Deb Riechmann and Jonathan Lemire
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan gestures as he addresses members of his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), at the parliament in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018 (AP Photo/Ali Unal)
October 26, 2018, 2:20 pm
Erdogan to Saudi Arabia: Where is Khashoggi’s body?
Kingdom’s chief prosecutor to arrive in Turkey on Sunday as president says he has more ‘information and evidence’ about the killing of the crown prince’s critic
By Suzan Fraser and Christopher Torchia
Turkish police crime scene investigators, looking for possible clues into the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, walk toward an underground parking lot, where authorities had found a vehicle belonging to the Saudi consulate, in Istanbul, October 23, 2018. (AP/Emrah Gurel)
October 24, 2018, 3:14 pm
Turkey ‘shares all evidence’ with CIA chief relating to Khashoggi killing
Pro-government media says video images, audio tapes, and other material gathered from the consulate and the consul’s residence were shared with Gina Haspel
By AFP
File: Gina Haspel testifies before the Senate Intelligence Committee on her nomination to be the next CIA director in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on May 9, 2018. (AFP Photo/Mandel Ngan)
May 18, 2018, 12:36 am
Senate votes to confirm Haspel as CIA director
After bruising confirmation process focusing on past running black site in Thailand, several Democrats cross aisle to okay first female head of spy agency
By AP
Central Intelligence Agency Deputy Director Gina Haspel is sworn in before the Senate Intelligence Committee during her confirmation hearing to become the next CIA director, in the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, DC, on May 9, 2018. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP)
May 9, 2018, 7:45 pm
CIA nominee Haspel vows spy agency will not practice torture
‘I would never, ever take CIA back to an interrogation program,’ Trump’s pick for spy chief says at confirmation hearing
By AFP
CIA Director nominee Gina Haspel walks to meetings on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, May 7, 2018. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
May 8, 2018, 8:40 pm
Over 250 Jewish clergy oppose Trump’s CIA pick, citing torture record
Rabbinical human rights group calls Gina Haspel’s role in now-defunct interrogation program ‘an extreme moral offense’
By JTA
This undated photo released by the CIA, shows CIA Deputy Director and incoming Director Gina Haspel. (CIA via AP)
May 7, 2018, 4:22 am
Trump CIA pick offered to withdraw over interrogation program
White House aides persuaded Gina Haspel to stay in the running despite emerging questions over her role in waterboarding terror suspects
By Zeke Miller and Deb Riechmann
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