Mike Pompeo refuses to say whether he believes CIA assessment on Jamal Khashoggi killing

[DonViejo]

Source: CBS News/The AP



UPDATED ON: FEBRUARY 14, 2019 / 8:29 AM / CBS/AP

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo bristled on Wednesday when CBS News correspondent Roxana Saberi asked him whether he personally believed the CIA's assessment that the heir to the Saudi throne likely had some role in the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. He called it a "ridiculous" question and insisted the Trump administration was determined to see those responsible for the assassination held to account -- but he did not answer.

"President Trump and this administration are committed to holding each individual accountable as we develop fact sets that permit us to do it," Pompeo said, noting that the U.S. government has "already applied sanctions to a number of people who were involved in it," and that further punitive action was still possible as the U.S. "fact sets" continue to develop.

In November the U.S. sanctioned 17 Saudi nationals over the murder, most of whom had been implicated by the conservative Islamic kingdom's own investigation. The Trump administration has not suggested any involvement yet by any members of the ruling family, including Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

The CIA has intelligence substantiating an assessment that the crown prince ordered Khashoggi's killing, but the White House has refused to point the blame any higher than his subordinates, while continuing in public to press the major American ally and arms buyer for a "full and complete" investigation.

Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mike-pompeo-jamal-khashoggi-murder-cia-crown-prince-mohammed-bin-salman/

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1. Ex kansas winger handjob...West point?

Could have sworn he was previously quoted as saying the heir wasn't involved...

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo bristled on Wednesday when CBS News correspondent Roxana Saberi asked him whether he personally believed the CIA's assessment that the heir to the Saudi throne likely had some role in the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. He called it a "ridiculous" question and insisted the Trump administration was determined to see those responsible for the assassination held to account -- but he did not answer.

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2. This is only typical of these trash. He slandered of Obama as a Communist and Muslim.

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4. There was a shooting in san fran years back...

At a retirement center? Husband and wife wacos gunned down a bunch of people?

I may be wrong but I think they were Muslims...Anyway, pompy goes off his wig
in kansaas. Says this is proof there are fundy terrorist cells operating through out
the country...And then the moron adds that the peaceful muslims..the ones that
have temples all over this country..where they go and worship...peacefully?...
Ole 10 hut says those peaceful ones know where the cells are

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3. Blithering fool.

Ths level of deceit and assumed ignorance of the American public is unparalleled.

How long will it take to return integrity and leadership to our country, if ever. The damage being done by this idiocy of an administration will take years to purge. The Exalted Orange Leader and his band of gypsies (no offense to gypsies ) has reduced our stature to rubble, brought us to the brink of autocracy, and played into the hands of our adversaries. Other nations, having observed the Moron In Chief in action, are revealing the same decrepit tendencies.

I sure as heck ( believe me, I’d love to use an obscene expletive) hope that there are forces of reason and common sense within our government that can turn us around to become the leader in the world that we once were.