Sen. Kamala Harris pressed Gina Haspel if she felt the CIA's previous interrogation techniques were immoral, asking her multiple times to answer with a simple yes or no. Haspel wouldn't say.

Here's the exchange:

Sen. Kamala Harris: One question I've not heard you answer is do you believe that the previous interrogation techniques were immoral?

Gina Haspel: Senator, I believe that CIA officers to whom you referred --

Harris: It's a yes or no answer. Do you believe the previous interrogation techniques were -- do you believe they were illegal. I'm asking do you believe they were immoral?

Harris: Senator, I believe that CIA did extraordinary work to prevent another attack on this country given the legal tools.

Harris: Please answer yes or no. Do you believe in hindsight that those techniques were immoral?

Haspel: Senator, what I believe sitting here today is that I support the higher moral standard we have decided to hold ourselves --

Harris: Can you please answer the question?

Haspel: I think I've answered the question.

Harris: No you've not. Do you believe the previous techniques now armed with hindsight, do you believe they were immoral yes or no?

Haspel: Senator, I believe that we should hold ourselves to the moral standard outlined in the army field manual.

Harris: Okay. So I understand that you -- you've not answered the question, but I'm going to move on.

Gina Haspel earlier in the hearing pledged that she would not restart the CIA's detention and interrogation program and that she would not follow an order that she found morally objectionable.

"I would not allow CIA to undertake activity that I thought was immoral, even if it was technically legal," Haspel said. "I would absolutely not permit it."