Doing a little diggin' on Gina Haspel. Read her CIA bio and thought - there are no coincidences. "After college, Gina worked as a contractor with the 10th Special Forces Group at Ft. Devens in Massachusetts. She ran the library and foreign language lab. The soldiers there made an impression, especially when it came to their global mission. Some of the soldiers (including a young Mike Vickers, who went on to become Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence), mentioned the CIA to her. Gina came to understand that CIA was a place where women could serve doing clandestine work around the world."
So back to Haspel's confirmation paperwork: Her librarian days were Jan. 1980 to Oct. 1981 - during this timeframe Vickers was "an Army Special Forces sergeant, later became a commissioned officer, and then a CIA paramilitary operations officer. In the mid-1980s, Vickers became involved with Operation Cyclone, the CIA program to arm Islamist Mujahideen…"
Spitballing, but can't help but think that she was recruited - probably waaay back.
Reminder on Vickers - previous diggz @ Qresear.ch:
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The 74 RINOs Who've Come Out In Open Defiance Of PDJT
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Board of Directors for the Third Option Foundation
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The Cipher Brief: Their experts include Genl Michael Hayden, Gen'l Jack Keane, Gen'l David Petraeus, Michael Vickers, James Clapper, Michael Chertoff, Gen't Keith Alexander, Stanley McChrystal, John McLaughlin, Lisa Monaco, Tom Ridge, James N. Miller, Michele Flournoy, Charlie Allen, David S. Cohen, Admiral James 'Sandy' Winnefel, Saxby Chambliss, Adm. James Stavridis, Gen'l Philip M. Breedlove, John Carlin…………and at least 20 more
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ADM Michael Rogers, USN, accepts the NSA flag from Dr. Michael Vickers, USDI, as he assumes responsibility for NSA, 03 April 2014
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Dr. Vickers currently serves as an Executive Vice President at In-Q-Tel, the Intelligence Community's strategic investment arm, as a senior advisor to the Boston Consulting Group, and on several corporate, government and foundation boards. Dr. Vickers is also a senior fellow at Johns Hopkins Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies and at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
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Transcript: Michael Vickers talks with Michael Morell on "Intelligence Matters" podcast
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(Gen. Michael) Flynn, who took over the agency in July 2012, clashed repeatedly with his superior, the Pentagon's undersecretary for intelligence, Michael Vickers, a senior Defense official said.
Fun fact in her Intelligence Committee confirmation report. She was investigated by John Durham in 2008 (Durham did not pursue criminal charges) for destruction of videotapes (related to enhanced interrogation??) AND was cleared by Mike Morrell.
https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/2018-featured-story-archive/get-to-know-our-deputy-director.html
April 2018 Haspel confirmation paperwork: https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/sites/default/files/documents/q-ghaspel-050918.pdf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_G._Vickers