Pompeo told bin Salman in no uncertain terms that he had to "own" the situation, and "that every fact is going to get out,"

10-17-2018     Pompeo told bin Salman in no uncertain terms that he had to "own" the situation, and "that every fact is going to get out," said the source, who added that the smiles between the two men ended when the photo op did....When asked Wednesday whether Saudi officials had told him whether Khashoggi was dead or alive, he responded: "I don't want to talk about any of the facts, and they didn't want to either."

https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/17/politics/pompeo-saudi-meeting-behind-the-scenes/index.html

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10-12-2018  

10-12-2018     Which is the question that we as a nation must ask ourselves now.  Even if we still needed Saudi Arabia’s oil, which we do not; even if Saudi Arabia was a strong and principled ally in the region, which it is not; even if it helped push the Palestinians toward peace, or kept its promises in Yemen, or bought the weapons that Trump thinks it is going to buy. . . . No matter what Saudi Arabia offered, could its supposed friendship be worth shrugging off the ensnaring and killing of a critic whose only offense was to tell the truth?

Is that the country we want to be?       https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/are-we-willing-to-sacrifice-our-moral-standing-for-this/2018/10/12/baf7bff6-ce42-11e8-a3e6-44daa3d35ede_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.fbfa1bd89d92&wpisrc=op_fh

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Enough of the west’s fawning over Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman. He’s not a reformer. He is a mad boy king who is managing his country like a reckless driver drunk with the power of oil money. People are losing their lives. #Khashoggi

https://wapo.st/2EgTfaF 

1:26 PM - Oct 11, 2018    -Karen Attah at twitter.com

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The Turkish government has told U.S. officials that it has audio and video recordings that prove Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was killed inside the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul this month, according to U.S. and Turkish officials.

The recordings show that a Saudi security team detained Khashoggi in the consulate after he walked in Oct. 2 to obtain an official document before his upcoming wedding, then killed him and dismembered his body, the officials said.    https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/turks-tell-us-officials-they-have-audio-and-video-recordings-that-support-conclusion-khashoggi-was-killed/2018/10/11/119a119e-cd88-11e8-920f-dd52e1ae4570_story.html?utm_term=.e7ef20388cda

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