Obama intel nominee involved in ‘torture’
Press TV >> Originally Published 05th June 2009
Barack Obama’s pick for a top intelligence post at the Homeland Security Department has ties to the CIA’s ‘torture’ program, says a congressional aide.The aide who spoke on condition of anonymity revealed the case, the Associated Press reported on Thursday.
President Obama nominated Philip Mudd to be under secretary of intelligence and analysis at Homeland Security. His confirmation hearing is expected next week.
Mudd was deputy director of the Office of Terrorism Analysis at the CIA during the administration of former president George W. Bush. He had knowledge of the agency’s ‘torturous’ interrogation methods.
The Senate will have to decide if indirect involvement or knowledge of the agency’s interrogations, which included a method of simulated drowning called “waterboarding,” is enough to disqualify a candidate.
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