Tell Senators to Vote NO on Avril Haines for Director of National Intelligence. A Torture Enabler for Intelligence? Not Smart!
Capitol Hill Switchboard: (202) 224-3121
What’s wrong with Haines?
Haines, Deputy Director of the CIA under Obama, signed off on drone murders and co-wrote the guidelines that blurred the difference between enemy combatants and civilians. She redacted the Senate report on torture from 6,000 pages to a 500-page summary, covering up CIA’s waterboarding. In addition, she overruled the CIA Inspector General in failing to discipline CIA agents who hacked into the computers of Senate investigators. See the script below:
Draft script for calling or emailing Senators.
(Please improvise and speak from the heart)
Hi, my name is ____________ and I’m calling from zip code _____ to urge the Senator to vote NO on the nomination of Avril Haines for Director of National Intelligence. Haines signed off on drone strikes that killed civilians. She co-wrote the drone guidelines under Obama that blur the line between civilians and combatants. She also over-ruled the CIA Inspector General when she failed to discipline CIA agents who hacked into the computers of Senate staffers investigating CIA torture. You should consider her unfit for the incoming administration, which says it wants to adhere to international law. Vote NO on Haines and demand an end to drone warfare.
- Contact Numbers for all US Senators
- Capitol Hill Switchboard: 202-224-3121
Senate Intelligence Committee Members
(They will hold hearings on Haines' nomination.)
Democrats & Independent
Mark Warner (D-VA, Ranking Member)
202-224-2023
Angus King (I-Maine)
202-224-5344
Martin Heinrich (D-NM)
202-224-5521
Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
310-914-7300
Michael Bennet
202-224-5852
Republicans
Marco Rubio (R-FL, Ranking Member)
202-224-3041
Richard Burr (R-NC)
202-224-3154
James Risch (R-ID)
202-224-3154
Susan Collins (R-Maine)
207-780-3575
Roy Blunt (R-Missouri)
202-224-5721 (only takes calls during business hours)
Ben Sasse (R-Nebraska)
202-224-4224
Tom Cotton (R-AK)
202-224-2353
John Cornyn (R-TX)
202-224-2934
Learn More!
Wy Senators Must Reject Avril Haines Intelligence, www.commondreams.org
John Kiriakou: The Dark Past of Biden's Nominee for National Intelligence Director, www.consortiumnews.com