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Why is waterboarding OK for Obama CIA director John Brennan (2013) but not for his underling who is Trump nominee for C.I.A. director Gina Haspel?

Asked by Yellowdog (12216points) May 10th, 2018

In 2013 and 2014, the Democrats on the nominating committee, plus many Republicans (including John McCain) treated Obama’s nominee for CIA director John Brennan like he did the right thing(waterboarding) to extract the information from the terrorists who orchestrated 9/11

Yet, in 2018, many of the very same individuals (including McCain)are harshly condemning Trump’s nominee for CIA director Gina Haspel for doing the same thing (at the behest of her former boss John Brennan).

I can understand that everyone hates Trump and loves Obama. But the CIA director works for the CIA not the President.

If Brennan is the one who started the waterboarding and was Haspel’s boss, why is Haspel given such a hard time and Brennan treated like a war hero, by the very same people, four years later?

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