U.S. spy agencies sued for records on whether they warned Khashoggi of impending threat of harm
Source: WaPo
The Knight First Amendment Institute on Tuesday sued the U.S. government to learn whether agencies complied with what the institute asserted was a duty to warn journalist Jamal Khashoggi that he faced a threat of harm.
Khashoggi, who lived in Northern Virginia, was killed Oct. 2 by a team of Saudi operatives soon after entering the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul to obtain documents for his impending marriage.
The Columbia University institute is seeking records that relate to any actions taken to warn Khashoggi, a Saudi citizen, under what is known as Directive 191, a government policy that requires agencies to warn individuals of impending threats of intentional killing, serious bodily injury or kidnapping.
The lawsuit states that before Khashoggis killing, U.S. intelligence agencies apparently intercepted communications in which Saudi officials discussed a plan to capture Khashoggi.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-spy-agencies-sued-for-records-on-whether-they-warned-khashoggi-of-impending-threat-of-harm/2018/11/20/21ef3750-ed21-11e8-8679-934a2b33be52_story.html?utm_term=.7df155b0eb02&tid=sm_tw&__twitter_impression=true
SimpleC
(279 posts)For the first time in US history... a sitting American President wasn't appalled at the brutal assignation of a journalist...
watoos
(7,142 posts)he wasn't appalled or even surprised because he knew it was coming. Did our intelligence agencies tell Trump about the threat to the journalist and then did Trump tell our intelligence agencies not to warn the journalist?
That does matter if true, no?
secondwind
(16,903 posts)shared ideas and opinions on a topic. This is a conversation killer imho. Oh, and welcome to DU!
duforsure
(11,885 posts)By intel or the prince? Then allowed it to happen?
SimpleC
(279 posts)a lot of the Saudi payoffs to Trump are out there in plain sight. When Trump needed cash they bought one of his yachts, they freaking own an entire floor at Trump tower, just that business kept Trump tower in the black.
Jared is involved in this as well as Bibi. SA and Bibi want us to wage a war with Iran. The question is what is Trump's price to do that? Trump is in it for Trump he couldn't care less about America's interests.