Thread by @Roots_Action

Want to learn more about @JoeBiden's pick for Director of National Intelligence, Avril Haines, and why it's necessary that we push Congress to reject her nomination?

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#RejectHaines

First, she is the architect of drone warfare and the legal framework behind it. The guidelines for drone strikes allow for lethal action against those who are not "high value targets," without explaining the criteria the CIA would use to identify someone as an imminent threat

According to a CIA whistleblower, Haines regularly approved the drone bombings that killed not only suspected terrorists but entire families, including children, who died as collateral damage.

Also, she supported torture apologist for Gina Haspel for CIA director #RejectHaines

Haines has in the past described herself as a former consultant for the controversial data-mining firm Palantir

Palantir’s systems have given the Trump administration the ability to carry out mass deportations that have been tearing apart & terrorizing our immigrant communities

There are many other reasons to reject Haines. She advocates intensifying crippling economic sanctions on North Korea that undermine a negotiated peace, & "regime change" that could leave a collapsed North Korea vulnerable to terrorist theft of its nuclear material. #RejectHaines