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I don't know her, and I'm not inclined to acknowledge her importance in being able to decide anything of value.

Edit: I also doubt how instrumental anyone can be in torture beyond the implements.

Haspel was present at one of the key extraordinary rendition black-sites in Thailand and was involved in the extralegal destruction of the video evidence.

It can't be extralegal if she wasn't prosecuted for it. I think she is just a very tiny cog in a very big machine, a figurehead to throw under the bus if something goes wrong.

She is no more responsible for torture than a janitor who may have also been present.

If you're ordered to do something illegal and you do it... you still were instrumental in doing something illegal...

Torture is illegal. Destroying records on torture with the permission of supervisors is not as there is no international requirement to preserve evidence of war crimes.

>Destroying records on torture with the permission of supervisors is not as there is no international requirement to preserve evidence of war crimes.

The act could be considered obstruction of justice making it a federal crime.

There could be some hidden complex series of pained logic to justify destruction of evidence, so I am hesitant to judge on the matter.

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