Mike Pompeo in The New York Times 2010s

On Foreign Policy: Investigate Russian interference with U.S. election

Representative Mike Pompeo, the Kansas Republican who is Mr. Trump's nominee for director of the C.I.A., said the agency would pursue information about efforts by Russia to interfere with the American election, including any possible links to the Trump campaign. "I promise I will pursue the facts wherever they take us," he said.

Pompeo signaled that he agreed with the assessment of United States intelligence agencies that Russian President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia tried to promote Trump's candidacy and to undermine the presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton, describing the report that was delivered last week to Trump and President Obama as "sound."

Source: N.Y. Times on 2017 Trump transition Confirmation Hearings Jan 12, 2017

On Homeland Security: No torture, including coercive methods like waterboarding

In a reversal, Pompeo said emphatically that he would not endorse torture, including coercive methods like waterboarding. Pompeo had previously said he did not believe waterboarding was torture, and that it was legal. Source: N.Y. Times on 2017 Trump transition Confirmation Hearings Jan 12, 2017

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