I am in favor of Haspel. But I wonder how many equally or better qualified men are being passed over because they are men.
Let’s suppose you have twenty years in at the company where you work. You have been doing the bosses’ job along with your own for the last eighteen months because he has been having heart problems. You are working seventy and eighty hour weeks. The boss retires. The company puts a woman or a black in his place, not because they are better qualified, but because they are a woman or a black. The company feels it needs to have a woman or a black in a high position. I was victim of this perceived racial need at my final company.
In this case it has been Haspel doing the job for 20 years and carrying the water for several past directors- seems a natural to become lead dog
My only reservation is that she worked for John Brennan
Diversity is our strength?
“I am in favor of Haspel. But I wonder how many equally or better qualified men are being passed over because they are men.”
Oh Lord . . . why do we have to go there on this? SHE’S HIGHLY QUALIFIED. PERIOD.
I too have been caught in that mess. Affirmative Action is the worst kind of racism. It literally blocks the hiring of white men.
If what is said about her background is true, at least the parts we can know about, then she is probably one of the most qualified people there is.
I also think, especially in intelligence, diversity REALLY IS a strength. Having a female in there for a change that spent her entire career in both the Ops and the Analysis sides of the game is massive.
As for her lying - I hope she’s an excellent liar when its appropriate.
That whole agency needs to be fumigated. She may be brutal and fearless enough to do it.