BERMAN: We have some live pictures now from inside the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing. You can see demonstrations, people protesting Gina Haspel, currently the deputy CIA director. She's been nominated to be CIA director. The protests are over her role back in 2002 through 2005 in offsites that engaged in waterboarding, some people consider torture. Also destroying tapes. She's expected to face some tough questions about all of this. And the CIA did release a statement from Haspel guaranteeing that if she is confirmed, the CIA will not restart any such detention or interrogation programs.</s>HARLOW: Let's go straight to our senior congressional correspondent Manu Raju. Look, this is going to be a tough vote no matter how you cut it. But, Manu, can you hear us?</s>MANU RAJU, CNN SENIOR CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Yes, yes. I can hear you. Sorry. Audio is a little hard here in the hallways here, but we're talking to some members coming into this hearing. The real question for a lot of these members is what exactly will Gina Haspel be able to discuss about her three decade tenure at the CIA, particularly during the Bush era and the aftermath of 9/11, overseeing that black site in Thailand where those harsh interrogation techniques did take place as well as her role in the destruction of those tapes, showing harsh interrogation techniques actually taking place.
Soon, CIA Pick Gina Haspel Faces Tough Congressional Hearing.