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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,941 posts)
Tue Nov 27, 2018, 04:35 PM Nov 2018

Bolton on why he hasn't listened to Khashoggi tape: I don't speak Arabic

National Security Adviser John Bolton said Tuesday that there was no point in him personally listening to the audio that allegedly captures Jamal Khashoggi's murder by Saudi operatives because he doesn't speak Arabic.

"No I haven't listened to it," Bolton told a reporter regarding the tape that Turkish authorities reportedly shared with the CIA. "I guess I should ask you, why you think I should, what you think I'll learn from it?"

"Well you're the national security advisor," the reporter answered.

"How many in this room speak Arabic?" Bolton asked the White House press briefing room of journalists, prompting few to raise their hands.

"You don't have access to an interpreter?" the reporter pressed.

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/418505-bolton-on-why-he-hasnt-personally-listened-to-kahshoggi-tape-i-dont

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Bolton on why he hasn't listened to Khashoggi tape: I don't speak Arabic (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2018 OP
Bolton is a coward. MontanaMama Nov 2018 #1
You don't even need an interpreter for shrieks of terror and Sanity Claws Nov 2018 #2
I was praying someone would bring this up. You don't need a translator dewsgirl Nov 2018 #5
Really inconsiderate of Khashoggi not to scream in English, wouldn't you say? brooklynite Nov 2018 #3
Screams are universally understood last I checked. Nt BootinUp Nov 2018 #4
bolton the smart ass. spanone Nov 2018 #6
What a cynical creep C_U_L8R Nov 2018 #7

dewsgirl

(14,961 posts)
5. I was praying someone would bring this up. You don't need a translator
Tue Nov 27, 2018, 04:52 PM
Nov 2018

to understand screaming and a bone saw. There were screams heard on another floor of the building FFS.
I personally believe the stories from the first few days after Khashoggi went missing, after that even the fact he was sedated. I don't believe any of it. I think it was put out there to soften the blow so to speak.

C_U_L8R

(45,000 posts)
7. What a cynical creep
Tue Nov 27, 2018, 05:02 PM
Nov 2018

It seems pretty likely the Trump team has been complicit in the Khashoggi ambush, torture, murder and cover-up.

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