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CIA leaks report undercutting Trump defense of Saudi Prince bin Salman: 11 messages plotting journalists death
By Tom Boggioni at Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/12/cia-leaks-report-undercutting-trump-defense-saudi-prince-bin-salman-11-messages-plotting-journalists-death/amp/
"SNIP......
According to CIA intercepts leaked to the Wall Street Journal, embattled Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman sent at least 11 messages plotting the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi to an associate who reportedly oversaw the murder.
Saturday morning, the WSJ revealed that the CIA had shared with them a report containing the messages, including one from August 2017 in which bin Salman stated we could possibly lure [Khashoggi] outside Saudi Arabia and make arrangements, if he couldnt convice the journalist to travel to Saudi Arabia.
According to the WSJ, The electronic messages sent by Prince Mohammed were to Saud al-Qahtani, according to the CIA. Mr. Qahtani supervised the 15-man team that killed Mr. Khashoggi and, during the same period, was also in direct communication with the teams leader in Istanbul, the assessment says. The content of the messages between Prince Mohammed and Mr. Qahtani isnt known, the document says. It doesnt say in what form the messages were sent.
The Journal noted that the report was unclear whether the comments came directly from the crown prince or from someone describing his communications.
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libdem4life
(13,877 posts)spanone
(135,819 posts)that's the kind of 'president' he is.
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)messages?
(paragraph 2 and 3 in this OP are incongruous in this regard).
P2: "the CIA had shared with them a report containing the messages, including one from August 2017"
P3: "The content of the messages between Prince Mohammed and Mr. Qahtani isnt known, the document says"
Also, within P3 itself:
"The electronic messages sent by Prince Mohammed were to Saud al-Qahtani,"
and
"It doesnt say in what form the messages were sent"
So ... was it electronic, or do we not know?
I really hate this kind of reporting.