“We assess that Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman approved an operation in Istanbul, Turkey to capture or kill Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi,” reads the report, which was released by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence on Friday.
However, it does so without providing any concrete evidence. Prince Mohammed’s involvement is only an “assessment,” while the spies could only conclude that at the time of the murder, he “probably fostered an environment” in which his aides didn’t question his orders, and declared it “highly unlikely” that the operation would have been carried out without his blessing.
The Saudi royal has already responded to such accusations. He denied ordering the murder, but apologized in 2019 for allowing it to happen “under [his] watch.”
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In its conclusion, the report is still vague. The intelligence community stated that it still doesn’t know whether the team traveled to Istanbul with the express purpose of killing Khashoggi, and that Prince Mohammed only “broadly supported using violent measures if necessary to silence him.”
Some sections of the three-page report are redacted. These sections apparently include identifying information on the men responsible for the killing, and information signifying which intelligence agency contributed each piece of text.
What a DS shit show.
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Asshats assess out of their ass :
What a DS shit show.
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