In this task, you will be shown a passage. You need to write a fill-in-the-gap question based on your understanding of the events that might be inferred from the passage. Your question should be answerable based on the passage and only have one correct answer. Show the gap in your question with a _ .
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Question: Washington (CNN) Rep. Mike Pompeo, Donald Trump's pick for CIA director, promised Thursday at his Senate confirmation hearing to deliver unvarnished facts to the President and pledged to shield the agency from political influence at a time when Trump has been critical of the intelligence community. Like other nominees this week, the Kansas Republican disagreed with the President-elect in tone and substance on several occastions. He vowed not to reinstate enhanced interrogation techniques -- even if ordered to do so by Trump -- and took a harder line on Russia than Trump has displayed. Pompeo opened the hearing with criticism of Moscow even as the President-elect has suggested that the intelligence community's findings of Russian meddling in last year's election were overblown.Pompeo, a Kansas Republican, sits down before the Senate Select Committee on IntelligenceRussia's hacking efforts are an issue of top concern on both sides of the aisle

Answer: In response to the 2014 Senate report that found the _ tortured suspected terrorists, Pompeo released a statement saying the methods used were constitutional.


Question: (CNN) Another set of Capitol Hill hearings brought more pain for President Donald Trump Tuesday, as former CIA Director John Brennan told lawmakers there was clear contact between Trump campaign aides and Russian operatives. At almost the same time, Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats said he would be willing to discuss later whether Trump leaned on him to push back against Russia reports. RELATED: Calculating or naive? Trump caught in cloud of Russia probe revelations Here are the top five things we learned. 1. The former head of the CIA saw evidence Russian operatives were trying to cultivate Trump campaign aidesFormer CIA Director John Brennan testified before the House intelligence committeeDirector of National Intelligence Dan Coats testified at the Senate armed services panel

Answer: _ responded: "I would say it was not an accurate portrayal of my statement."


Question: (CNN) Russian government officials discussed having potentially "derogatory" information about then-presidential candidate Donald Trump and some of his top aides in conversations intercepted by US intelligence during the 2016 election, according to two former intelligence officials and a congressional source. One source described the information as financial in nature and said the discussion centered on whether the Russians had leverage over Trump's inner circle. The source said the intercepted communications suggested to US intelligence that Russians believed "they had the ability to influence the administration through the derogatory information." OPINION: Trump, home all aloneBut the sources, privy to the descriptions of the communications written by US intelligence, cautioned the Russian claims to one another "could have been exaggerated or even made up" as part of a disinformation campaign that the Russians did during the election.The US intercepted discussions of Russian officials bragging about cultivating relationships with Trump campaign aidesSources caution the claims "could have been exaggerated or even made up"

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"The _ could be overstating their belief to influence," said one of the sources.