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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
MontanaMama
(23,313 posts)that is all.
Sanity Claws
(21,847 posts)the sound of a bone saw.
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)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.
brooklynite
(94,513 posts)BootinUp
(47,141 posts)spanone
(135,829 posts)C_U_L8R
(45,000 posts)It seems pretty likely the Trump team has been complicit in the Khashoggi ambush, torture, murder and cover-up.