BALDWIN: President Trump just named Gina Haspel as the CIA's deputy director putting her second in command to Mike Pompeo, but questions are already surfacing about her past and he views on torture, for the record, you won't be seeing any photos of Haspel simply because the CIA will not release any images, Pamela Brown is on this. Tell me what you're learning about her and her connection in the past to waterboarding?</s>PAMELA BROWN, CNN JUSTICE CORRESPONDENT: Gina Haspel been an undercover CIA officer for 30 years and as you pointed out there are no public pictures of her because she had her cover rolled back yesterday when this announcement came that she would be the deputy director. There are many within the intelligence community that are applauding her appointment, they say she's very professional that she is an exceptional officer but there also those including some politicians on Capitol Hill raising concern about her past ties to the CIA's former torture program. She served As a CIA chief of a base in Thailand that known as a black site when suspected terrorists were held there, in one case in this role she was responsible for the facility but would not have participated directly in the interrogation. And one former official confirms she did send a cable ordering the destruction of tapes at the facility under the direction of her boss at the time then head of the CIA clandestine service, Jose Rodriguez who had said that was his decision and his alone. And the CIA released a statement today saying the destruction of videotapes was thoroughly investigated by the FBI and the Justice Department in 2010. The Justice Department announced it would not pursue any charges related to this matter and again it is worth noting at that time this all happened the enhanced interrogation techniques were of course, were not illegal and she was following orders, of course, now the law bans torture.</s>BALDWIN: Thank you. Moments from now a brand-new CNN poll, with job approval rating for the President.
New CIA Deputy Director Linked to Torture