THIS guy is so dangerous. Our intelligence agencies go ignored. Because.....?

[spanone]

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Pompeo doubles down on US support for Saudi Arabia, says no direct evidence of Saudi leader's involvement in journalist's murder

Washington (CNN)Secretary of State Mike Pompeo doubled down Saturday on the United States' support for Saudi Arabia and declined to comment on a CIA assessment that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman was involved in journalist Jamal Khashoggi's murder.

In an exclusive interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer on the sidelines of the G20 summit, Pompeo again noted a lack of direct evidence linking bin Salman to Khashoggi's murder.

"I have read every piece of intelligence that's in the possession of the United States government," Pompeo said. "And when it is done, when you complete that analysis, there's no direct evidence linking him to the murder of Jamal Khashoggi. That is a accurate statement, it is an important statement, and it is a statement that we are making publicly today."

When asked if the CIA has a high confidence of the de facto Saudi leader's involvement, Pompeo told CNN, "I can't comment on intelligence matters."

https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/01/politics/mike-pompeo-jamal-khashoggi-cnntv/index.html

[bdamomma]

1. hmm....

how much is he getting paid off.

That's why Putin and the Crown Prince were giving each other high 5's. Sucks doesn't it our enemies are celebrating. They got us neutered.

[dalton99a]

9. He will be handsomely rewarded for that comment.

[Eliot Rosewater]

2. I dont know if we can ever get our country back, surely not back to where it was.

[Bob Loblaw]

3. "I can't comment on intelligence matters"

No shit.

[spanone]

13. AFTER he comments on intelligence matters......

[ADX]

4. He was a horrible pick for DCI...

...but thankfully, he didn't serve long.

[Solly Mack]

5. Liar

Claims he can't comment on intelligence matters yet does just that in his statement about no direct link.

I have read every piece of intelligence that's in the possession of the United States government...

I like this part ...

That is an accurate statement

Person A asks Person B: Did you sleep with Person Z? (with the meaning being the common vernacular of - Did the two of you have sex? )

Person B answers: I did not sleep with Person Z.

(An accurate statement because - Person B had sex with Person Z but they did not sleep together. They each went their separate ways after coitus)

[Kajun Gal]

6. He was a POS years ago. Still is.

[dawg day]

7. His very own CIA says different.

I wonder if it's already starting, the resistance in the intel agencies, like when they start leaking their reports.

[JCMach1]

8. time to drag their asses into committee

good times

[uponit7771]

10. Wonder what the Russians have on Pompeo

[Garrett78]

11. I've read every bit of intelligence and here's my comment. I can't comment on intelligence matters.

[Recursion]

12. "No direct evidence" is a very narrow claim

"Direct evidence" would be an intercept of MBS saying in as many words "torture and kill him", which of course he's not going to do over a cell phone.

[spanone]

14. Don't believe I've ever seen a Secretary of State rebuke our own Intelligence agencies...

...what is he basing his opinion on?

[Recursion]

15. He's being hyper-literal (remember he used to run the CIA)

He's saying there's no "direct evidence" because intelligence almost never involves direct evidence, and is almost always based on a preponderance of circumstantial evidence. But even overwhelming circumstantial evidence, which it seems we have here, is not "direct".