CNN: Saudis Preparing Report Admitting Khashoggi Was Killed In Interrogation Gone Wrong

[Mrs. Overall]

Source: TPM

CNN reported Monday afternoon that Saudi Arabia is preparing a report that admits journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed in an interrogation gone wrong. CNN, citing two sources, cautioned that the report was still in a preliminary phase.

Read more: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/cnn-saudis-preparing-report-admitting-khashoggi-was-killed-in-interrogation-gone-wrong

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More from CNN:

The Saudis are preparing a report that will acknowledge Jamal Khashoggi's death was the result of an interrogation that went wrong — one that was intended to lead to his abduction from Turkey, according to two sources.

One source says the report will likely conclude that the operation was carried out without clearance and transparency and that those involved will be held responsible.

One of the sources acknowledged that the report is still being prepared and cautioned that things could change.

https://www.cnn.com/middleeast/live-news/saudi-journalist-jamal-khashoggi-missing/index.html

[rsdsharp]

1. How can that be?

The King "strongly denied it." Doesn't that end it?

[watoos]

17. The king, who is senile,

most likely had nothing to do with this. The Crown Prince, MBS, is the person who is running the country. Jared Kushner's BFF.

[Power 2 the People]

23. Yep. Said he didn't do it.Case closed.

[uppityperson]

2. Is it considered normal interrogation practice to nearly cut someone into pieces

and put the parts into suitcases?

I thought the king denied it, and Don believed him.

[mobeau69]

7. Very good!

Nails it but funny!

[fleur-de-lisa]

28. "Interrogation gone wrong." And yet they had the foresight to bring a bone saw! n/t

[joshcryer]

58. The guy with the bone saw also did autopsies.

He was there just to make sure that everything went well.

[world wide wally]

34. They didn't know the bone saw was loaded

[regnaD kciN]

3. Is that anything like "accidentally killed while trying to escape"...?

[Racerdog1]

4. Caught

How else can you explain this? Remember these are the same animals (15of 19) that did the 9/11 hijackings.

[raccoon]

19. Those guys that did the 9/11 hijackings are in heaven with 70 virgins, or however many it is. nt

[olegramps]

24. The key in most cases is religion. Myths have always attracted the ignorant.

Marks said it best. Religion is the opiate of the masses. I would add, ignorant masses. Just delusional nonsense. I may suffer injustice here but when I get to heaven I will be rewarded or that nasty bastard Trump who cheats people, lies, and screws anything that walks, will be punished. Sorry you will just be dead. Dust thou art and dust you will return to be.

[ProfessorGAC]

56. "Myths Have Always Attracted The Ignorant"

Kind of sounds like the birther or pizzagate crowd, doesn't it?

[sdfernando]

42. Well on the plus side

As far as I know the Koran doesn’t specify good looking attractive virgins. It doesn’t even specify females. So they could have 70 very unattractive male virgins.

And that puts a smile on my face.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

5. If this is true, let's see how the WH will spin it.

Reporters should ask about the intelligence Trump allegedly got that told him beforehand that the reporter was going to be detained and killed. Of course, we all know how Mushroom Dick feels about the intelligence reports he gets from his own agencies.

When will the audio tape leak out?

[SunSeeker]

16. Shitler has already said it appears to have been done by "rogue killers."

That dovetails into the "interrogation gone wrong" story, saying rogue interrogators got carried away. So he already has the Saudi talking point down pat.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142179286

[cstanleytech]

6. This sums up any such claims by the Saudis

[jberryhill]

8. Ah, so they immediately called emergency services, yes?

[yardwork]

44. In their host country.

[groundloop]

9. "Interrogation Gone Wrong" - in other words TORTURE

Yet I fully believe Spanky will spin his way out of implementing any meaningful sanctions against Saudi Arabia because they're our largest arms customer.

[Snellius]

10. He accidentally died when they were bashing his head in.

Maybe a bullet accidentally killed him or something. Not their fault his vital internal organs were so soft.

[.99center]

11. Saudi apparently gave Trump the "rogue killers"talking point

Link to tweet

Chris Murphy
@ChrisMurphyCT

US Senate candidate, CT
Been hearing the ridiculous “rogue killers” theory was where the Saudis would go with this. Absolutely extaordinary they were able to enlist the President of the United States as their PR agent to float it.

[BeyondGeography]

22. Clearly, it was a rogue interrogation

[unblock]

12. the bone saw slipped and accidentally dismembered him 29 times.

[shirleye]

13. He accidentally died when we sawed his head off his body

[beachbum bob]

14. No such report will ever be released

[Cognitive_Resonance]

15. As with Roy Moore and Rob Porter, Trump already did his 'he totally denied it' routine. Now it was

supposedly a "mistake", you know like a misunderstanding. At most Saudi will throw a few underlings under the bus. Next step is the attempt to sweep it all under the rug and move on so the deals and bribes can keep on keeping flowing. Disgusting.

[watoos]

20. Yeah, there are going to be a couple of poor Saudis

who will lose their heads over this to cover for MBS.

[lamp_shade]

18. If so, where's his body?

[watoos]

21. Someone call his Apple phone.

I still wonder how anyone knew he was wearing one? That story was crazy from the beginning.

[fleur-de-lisa]

29. Someone found photos of him entering the consulate and zoomed in to determine that he was

wearing an Apple watch.

[Arazi]

50. Dismembered and sent back to KSA in diplomatic pouches

Burned, buried or sharkbait

[Iggo]

25. They tortured him to death?

And that's supposed to be better than the straight up hit they're being accused of?

[still_one]

26. sure thing, without clearance or transparency. They also have some swamp land they want to sell us

[doc03]

27. Like waterboarding? nt

[LanternWaste]

55. Or football in Steubenville. nt

[PoorMonger]

30. Yeah sure:

The hit squad brought the bone saw in to use for a nice fancy post interrogation dinner party.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

31. Well that makes it okay in Trumpy's eyes

Everyone makes mistakes

[Marcuse]

32. We should wait for the autopsy results. Uh oh.

[Blue_Tires]

33. So they planned to merely kidnap and torture him, and that's ok?

[MosheFeingold]

35. Any relation to Adan Khashoggi?

That family is notorious for selling weapons through the middle east to basically anyone with money.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

36. He tripped and fell on a giant knife as he tumbled down some stairs before

bouncing off into a shark tank.

[bluestarone]

37. THIS makes what happened on 9-11

VERY CLEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! in my books!

[eggplant]

38. Oh, come on. Who among us hasn't accidentally killed and dismembered someone?

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

39. Fifteen rogue assassins were in fear for their lives.

They defended themselves, screaming "The pen is mightier than the sword! Be afraid!"

[lanlady]

40. Riiiiight. Fifteen Saudi intelligence goons

were just trying to get Khashoggi's famous falafel recipe out of him. Things got a bit out of hand when he wouldn't name the ingredients for his secret blend of herbs.

[yellowcanine]

41. This should come in handy for them.

[duforsure]

43. After they brought a bone saw and conned him into coming,

And after having dismembered how much of his body did they realize that? It was documented it was pre-planned, so this excuse falls flat. Liars like someone else we have lying about this and his involvement.

[modrepub]

45. He fell on my knife

22 times, backwards, then fell into a vat of acid. Honest.

[spike jones]

46. Not torture, Enhanced interrogation.

[getagrip_already]

47. I hate it when that happens...

You are sitting there, drilling holes into a guys bones, being very careful to only cut into the unimportant parts, and someone screws up and strangles the guy for too long while you are in the head.

Good help is sooooo hard to find.

Oh well, accidents happen.

Not to worry, there are plenty of guys you can quickly railroad and execute. The press always loves a good execution to provide justice.

Oh damn, I'm late for my 3:00 flaying. Gotta go. Sorry.

[riversedge]

48. Come on GOP---get busy with an investigation. ...

not going to hold my breath.

[ifihad2]

49. where is justice

... all the wrong people wind up in garbage bags ...

[Arazi]

51. Trump just fucked that report with his "rogue agents" theory

Yeah, that's the ticket.... /sarcasm

Trumps given the Saudis their cover story

#TrumpCrimeFamily

[Pachamama]

52. Interrogation gone wrong? WTF?

Someone shows up to retrieve paperwork for marrying and they are interrogated and “oops” things went wrong? Our Bad?”

WTF?

[RockRaven]

53. If they expected him to survive the interrogation, why bring a bone saw? Hmmm?

Admittedly, I saw this on twitter, not an original quip of mine.

[democratisphere]

54. Translation: We need more time to make up our BS story which

will adapt and change as necessary.

[lagomorph777]

57. Accidentally dismembered?

What kind of interrogation is that?

[Chakaconcarne]

59. So if an interrogation went wrong and just killed him by mistake....

Surely they have a body to back that up..or did they just incinerate it? Other than the possibility the body was hacked into pieces, I don't seem to be reading anywhere any mention/question of what they did with the body.

[ck4829]

60. Kick