Today I'm joined by Lisa Hajjar, a professor of sociology at the University of California – Santa Barbara. Her work focuses mainly on issues relating to law and conflict, military courts and occupations, human rights and international law, torture and targeted killing.
We discuss Gina Haspel, her involvement in the torture program, and her CIA confirmation process.
Professor Hajjar's publications include "Courting Conflict: The Israeli Military Court System in the West Bank and Gaza" and "Torture: A Sociology of Violence and Human Rights." She is currently working on a book titled "The War in Court: The Legal Campaign against US Torture in the “War on Terror.”
Her Twitter handle is @LisaHajjar and you can find articles that she's written at TheNation.com.