Commentary Saudi Arabia is an authoritarian place in which religious leaders have tremendous power and the royal family has more. Its standards for justice are not American standards. So, when the CIA authors a report on the death of a Saudi journalist at the hands of Saudi henchmen, it isn’t surprising that the report, issued by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), fingers the Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman. What is surprising that the report on the murder of Jamal Khashoggi is just three-quarters of a page of amateurish innuendo. OK, there were four pages released: a cover page; a page with the Executive Summary (below); a page that repeats the Executive Summary, adds four bullet points of innuendo; and has a list of individuals trailing down the third page to get to a fourth page. The entire Executive Summary is worth reading: “We assess that …
Faulty US Intel Report on Khashoggi Death Meant to Topple Saudi Crown Prince, Woo Iran
February 27, 2021
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