Biden administration releases long-awaited Khashoggi report

[Mike 03]

AXIOS
8 mins ago - World
Zachary Basu, Dave Lawler

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) has released an unclassified report assessing that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) approved the operation to "capture or kill" Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018.

Why it matters: The grisly October 2018 murder of Khashoggi inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul sparked worldwide outrage and calls for the U.S. to fundamentally reevaluate its relationship with the Gulf kingdom.

Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines pledged in her Senate confirmation hearing to comply with a law passed by Congress in 2019 that required ODNI to release the names of the Saudi officials believed to be responsible or complicit in Khashoggi's killing within 30 days.

The long-awaited report was blocked from public view for over a year by the Trump administration, which shared close ties with the royal family and cast Saudi Arabia as central to its Middle East strategy.

What they're saying: “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," the 4-page summary of the intelligence community's findings reads.

Read the article here: https://www.axios.com/khashoggi-report-365166be-7092-483c-b739-411193a91d2a.html

The 4-page summary can be read here (sorry, can't cut and paste this):

https://beta.documentcloud.org/documents/20492818-assessment-saudi-gov-role-in-jk-death-20210226

I didn't realize it was only a four page summary. Is more coming?

[Botany]

1. And Jared help to set up Khashoggi because MBS bailed out Kushner's 666 5th Ave Property

And Turkey's Erdogan used Trump's knowledge of the hit and the subsequent cover up
to blackmail him into letting him slaughter our allies the Kurds in Syria.

[hlthe2b]

2. Only the declassified version is being released, so that's probably it.

At least a definitive "naming" of who was behind it is now in the historical record-- as much for Trump's corrupt, murder-enabling administration policies, as for the Saudi Crown Prince MBS and our future Saudi relationships.

I have a lot of people to feel a kinship, sadness, and sympathy for and with during COVID, but I've not forgotten the horror to Khashoggi's family and colleagues at the WA Post. I hope that getting the truth out there and whatever follows can help them

[mopinko]

3. and so did drumph.

you'd have to be a special kind of stupid to not know he signed off.

[Native]

4. Trump was bragging how he "saved" MBS.

[triron]

6. I agree. But why isn't this suggested by the media or anyone in congress??

Are they chicken?

[mopinko]

8. good question.

why isnt it in the report?

[triron]

9. Because it's only the unclassified part?

I've noticed this same behavior often since Trump started seriously campaigning in 2016.

[Arazi]

5. Biden's not sanctioning MBS which is a huge mistake

He's free to continue to leverage his/KSA massive wealth. If he were sanctioned the king would have no choice but to remove him as the heir.

This is a weak dodge. Khashoggi deserves much better 🤬

[triron]

7. Agree.

Sometimes I fear Biden doesn't clearly understand that the Trump administration who lied about MBS are complicit in Khashoggi's murder.