Why did Gina Haspel try to withdraw her candidacy for the post of head of the CIA

Gina Haspel, who was nominated by the president of the CIA as president of the United States Donald Trump, declared her readiness to withdraw her candidacy due to concerns about her role in the interrogation program conducted by the department, the agency said Reuters on Sunday two well-informed sources.

According to them, Haspel’s proposal to withdraw her candidacy was caused by the growing concern among her supporters that the White House staff may be concerned that her nomination is under threat.

The first about the proposal Haspel withdraw its candidacy wrote newspaper The Washington Post. On Friday, Haspel was called to the White House for a meeting to discuss her participation in the interrogation program, involving the use of various means, in particular, imitation of drowning, which is often described as torture.

The publication reported this with reference to the four unnamed top officials.

According to these individuals, Haspel told representatives of the White House that she was ready to withdraw her candidacy from consideration in order to avoid tough hearings in the Senate Intelligence Committee, which should take place on Wednesday, in order not to harm the CIA.

Then Haspel returned to the CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia.

According to the publication, after the White House staff, Mark Short and Sarah Huckabee Sanders (White House spokesman) headed for Langley. During the discussion, Haspel did not announce her intention to continue to participate in the nomination process.

On Saturday, the White House announced that Gina Haspel would not withdraw her candidacy, cites the publication of the word of unnamed officials.