Woman who helped run CIA torture may get major promotion John Brennan must decide whether to award the agent the director of clandestine services post

A woman who helped run the CIA’s detention and interrogation program, and oversaw the destruction of videotapes of prisoners being subjected to torture, may be appointed director of clandestine services under new CIA chief John Brennan.

The Washington Post reported Wednesday that the woman has been acting director of clandestine services -- a top appointment in the agency -- since last month. Now Brennan must decide whether to make permanent the promotion of the agent -- who is undercover and cannot be named -- with a past entrenched in the CIA's controversial post-9/11 activities. Brennan came under scrutiny during his confirmation process over his role in the Bush-era CIA practices. Although the counterterror czar insisted that he had long objected to waterboarding, his longtime colleagues at the agency have questioned the history of his disavowals -- Brennan was a senior CIA official when waterboarding and other enhanced interrogation techniques became widespread practice.

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