Gina Haspel courts hesitant senators in lead-up to confirmation hearing
She visited Capitol Hill for a final round of face-to-face meetings with senators ahead of her confirmation hearing Wednesday
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Olivia Gazis covers intelligence and international security matters for CBS News, where she has conducted news-making interviews with top American and foreign officials. Twice Emmy-nominated, she has traveled worldwide with the secretary of state and contributes reporting on intelligence, foreign policy and other security topics across CBS News broadcast, radio, online and streaming platforms. She was previously an Investigative Fellow with Hearst Newspapers, where her reporting team earned a Sigma Delta Chi Award for excellence in journalism. Gazis received a bachelor's degree cum laude from Princeton University's School of Public and International Affairs and a master's degree with honors from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, where she studied at the Toni Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism. She is a Fulbright Scholar. Gazis lives with her husband and their three children in Washington, D.C.
She visited Capitol Hill for a final round of face-to-face meetings with senators ahead of her confirmation hearing Wednesday
Gina Haspel's nomination has proven controversial due to her role in agency's post-911 "enhanced interrogation" activities
The CIA released more declassified information about Haspel's 33 years in the CIA, as some senators have demanded more information on her background before her confirmation hearing this month
The 253-page report did cite what it described as "poor judgment" and "ill-considered actions" by the campaigns of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton
Former CIA Director Michael Hayden tells Michael Morell, "There is no way that an agency officer of Gina's character and experience will send CIA officers out there to do this again"