Turks tell U.S. officials they have audio and video recordings that support conclusion Khashoggi was

[lindysalsagal]

Source: WAPO

By Shane Harris , Intelligence and national security reporter, Souad Mekhennet , John Hudson and Anne Gearan October 11 at 7:36 PM

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.

The audio recording in particular provides some of the most persuasive and gruesome evidence that the Saudi team is responsible for Khashoggi's death, the officials said.

Mohammed has billed himself as a reformer and moderating force in Saudi Arabia, and he has become a key strategic partner in particular to Jared Kushner, the president's son-in-law and senior adviser.

Read more: 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=.b503cd178aa7

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This involves $Billions worth of arms sales to the Saudis, and Trump is a long-time friend of the saudis, so the senate foreign relations committee wants more information from trump. the Saudis could move the sale to Russia or China. This is a totally hairy deal.

[democratisphere]

1. There is no sense of decency left when a reporter is killed

by his own barbaric government. If the US does nothing against Saudi Arabia, we will be no better than they are!

[SunSeeker]

2. This does NOT involve $110B in arm sales. It's $15B at best.

$110 Billion is what the Saudis bought over 8 years from Obama. The Saudis have not bought any new arms platform during the Trump administration. Only one has even been seriously discussed: A $15 billion deal for THAAD, terminal high altitude area defense missiles, has gotten the most attention and preliminary approval from Congress, but the Saudis let pass a September deadline for the deal with Lockheed Martin. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2018/10/10/after-khashoggi-us-arms-sales-to-the-saudis-are-essential-leverage/

Trump's claims have been debunked by factcheckers, like everthing else he says.

[lindysalsagal]

3. K. Thanks.

[littlemissmartypants]

5. I don't bother to listen to his words, can't stand his voice.

I have to turn the sound off. His body language tells me all I need to know. It's all lies and bullshit anyway. Why bother. That's why God made fact checkers and they are earning every penny of their paychecks, with this evil fool.

Thanks for the post, SunSeeker.

Love, peace and shelter,
lmsp ♡

[muriel_volestrangler]

11. Trump, August 2015: I make $40 million, $50 million from Saudi Arabia. I like them a lot.

Link to tweet

It's not the arms sales, it's the Trump profits that really count. Arms sales look good to his base, though, so he exaggerates them.

[cstanleytech]

4. Question is what will the rest of the world and Turkey do about this? Its a major issue as murdering

someone even in an embassy is still a crime.

[littlemissmartypants]

6. Check out the Magnitsky Act. eom

[lindysalsagal]

7. MSNBC all over this at 5:30 a.m.. 45 doing alot of fast talking.

45 admits on the stump that he does billions of dollars of business with them, and what's he supposed to do? Turn it down??

Which means it's all about to hit the circular ventillation system.

[littlemissmartypants]

9. Some are saying that the reports on the so called deal are overstated.

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Just another lie, in other words.

[littlemissmartypants]

8. Check this out.

PBS Newshour

Video and Transcript

How the U.S. should respond to Jamal Khashoggi’s disappearance

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-the-u-s-should-respond-to-jamal-khashoggis-disappearance

[lindysalsagal]

10. Because we lack a real potus, it falls upon all of us to buck up our democracy. I'm exhausted.

[littlemissmartypants]

12. You can lean on me. We can't give up.

Stay encouraged. Time is on our side.

[spiderpig]

21. I feel the same way.

I've been a voter and a protester for nearly 50 years, but damn! It has never been this bad.

[duforsure]

13. And now what is trump going to do from this murder?

Absolutely nothing, to another one of his corrupt and murderous allies he's aligned with. Did he know ahead of time? Probably. Just like with his fine person and friend and murderer and corrupt putin . Trump probably has a staff of people who come up with all his excuses, and phony accusations its false, and accusations towards others , but in the end he will not impose any sanctions, just like he's refused to do to putin. He protects criminals, and goes after people that aren't. Trump's very evil. Law and Order was all another act, he wants his laws for him, and order for everyone else except himself. Trump's a fraud, and he's done this before with Putin with Syria .

[littlemissmartypants]

14. Just heard on Amanpour and Company

The Saudi arms sale has NOT been signed off on. The link to the video hasn't been posted yet. I'll update my post when it is.

Thanks for the post, lindysalsagal.

♡lmsp

[watoos]

15. It is not just about what is the U.S. going to do about this.

I have posted this in other threads. Yesterday, Nicole Wallace had a former intelligence officer on her show. He said that our intelligence, I think the CIA and NIA intercepted communications from the Saudis that they planned on kidnapping the WaPo journalist. The former agent stated that it is the duty of those agencies to warn the journalist of the danger he is under, Why didn't we warn him" Was Jared behind this? He is BFF with the Saudi crown prince. Was Trump behind this? Later on last evening I watched Chris Hayes and Rachel and they brought this up briefly but skimmed past it. To me this is a big question and should be a big part of this man's murder.

Who stopped the CIA and NIA from warning this man?

[lindysalsagal]

32. As per Rachel on the 12th: He KNEW he was in danger and recorded it himself.

It was a sacrifice. OMG. He had his watch (iwatch) synced up to the cloud.

The saudis are murderers within a turk embassy.

So, WHY did the turks allow the saudis into their embassy???????? HMMMMM?????

[watoos]

16. It looks like I should have watched Lawrence O'Donnel.

According to an article from Raw Story, Lawrence had Malcomb Nance on his show and he said that it was highly likely that Trump was informed of the kidnap plot against the WaPo journalist. What did Trump know and when did he know it? Someone needs to ask those intelligence agencies if they informed Trump and Jared, if the info was in the daily briefing, if Trump and or Jared told those agencies to "sit on" warning the journalist.

Folks this is more than just Trump making money from SA and so he won't sanction them. This is about the possibility that Trump and Jared are accomplices to a murder.

[SKKY]

19. Take what Nance says with a grain of salt...

...a big, huge grain of salt. Dude is not exactly what he says he is and has embellished tremendously on his military career to get to where he's at.

[watoos]

22. The information I got came from a former intelligence officer

who was on Nicole Wallace, Nance backed up what the other agent said. Are you disputing that our intelligence officials are not required to inform a permanent resident of the US that he is in danger from the Saudis?
I will take Nance's word over Trump's and Kushner's any day of the week.

Nance has been spot on about the Steele dossier, it is the right wingers who claimed Nance was unreliable.

[dalton99a]

17. This is the guy who supervised the dismemberment:

[watoos]

24. Are you sure that isn't Devin Nunes?

[SKKY]

18. Those damn Apple watches...

...they'll get you every time.

[Tarc]

20. How did this evidence come about?

Does Turkey bug their embassies? Did a Saudi leak it?

[watoos]

23. There are more surveillance cameras in Turkey than sand.

[EX500rider]

25. Still it is unlikely they did this anywhere but deep in the Embassy, like the basement..

...begging the question does Turkey have the whole Embassy bugged for video and sound?

[Sgent]

31. This was a consulate

not an embassy. The Consulate is located in a major office building.

[pangaia]

26. Bush was ALSO a 'long time friend' of the Saudis.

I DO wish the Obamas would stop paling around with that fucker.

He is beneath their sideways glance.

[awesomerwb1]

27. Hopefully international agencies get involved.

[lindysalsagal]

28. And risk pissing off frump? I wouldn't hold my breath. We used to be the morality police, sometimes.

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Sure as hell, China and Russia won't bother.

[Cha]

29. HOLY COW! Turks had the consulate wired & heard the murder.

Link to tweet

[Kaleva]

30. If Trump goes hard on Saudi Arabia, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman may expose Jared