Brennan: Saudi denials of involvement in Khashoggi's disappearance 'ring hollow'
Former CIA Director John Brennan said Sunday that Saudi Arabia's denials of involvement in the suspected death of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi "ring hollow."
"If Khashoggi had disappeared in Turkey when he was at a hotel or a private residence, I think there is plausible deniability on the part of the Saudi government. But he disappeared when there is video evidence of him being at the consulate," Brennan said on NBC's "Meet the Press."
"So their denials ring hollow, very much ring hollow," he continued. "To go after a permanent resident of the United States who writes for The Washington Post, and doing it on foreign soil, at a diplomatic mission, to me it would be inconceivable that such an operation would be run by the Saudis without the knowledge of the day-to-day decisionmaker of Saudi Arabia, that’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. I think it is just beyond reality."
Brennan, who worked as a station chief in Saudi Arabia, said there should be a full investigation of Khashoggi's disappearance, and that any repercussions for Saudi officials may ultimately be up to King Salman.
However, Brennan noted that the king is aging and suggested he may lack the political authority and mental capacity to act.
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What is more important here - how foreign countries treat American citizens - or how people who control the Trump Family Business are being "disrespected" by the USA? 