Crown prince under scrutiny in journalist's disappearance even as Saudis search for exculpatory expl

[brooklynite]

Source: Washington Post

The Trump administration and the Saudi royal family are searching for a mutually agreeable explanation for the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi — one that will avoid implicating Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who is among the president’s closest foreign allies, according to analysts and officials in multiple countries.

But it will be difficult for the young ruler to escape scrutiny, as mounting evidence points not only to the Saudi government’s knowledge of Khashoggi’s fate, but also to a connection by Mohammed to his disappearance.

U.S. intelligence reports, accounts from Khashoggi’s friends, passport records and social media profiles paint a picture of a brutal killing that at least had its roots in Mohammed’s desire to silence Khashoggi, a former palace insider turned critic of the government and the prince in particular.

The analysts and officials said it was inconceivable that such a brazen operation as the one alleged by Turkish officials, involving a team of 15 agents sent to Istanbul, who then killed and dismembered Khashoggi, could have been pulled off by a group of “rogue killers,” as President Trump speculated this week, moments after a phone call with Saudi Arabia’s King Salman.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/crown-prince-under-scrutiny-in-journalists-disappearance-even-as-saudis-search-for-exculpatory-explanation/2018/10/17/8c0e19b2-d228-11e8-b2d2-f397227b43f0_story.html?utm_term=.5843ca8fa786

[CentralMass]

1. In laymans terms they dont give a f'ck and no one, particulary tRump, is going to do jack about it.

[groundloop]

2. "searching for a mutually agreeable explanation" IOW "what lie will we tell this time?"

The only possible explanation was cold blooded murder, likely as a result of top secret information given to Saudi Arabia by Jared Kushner. Tiny will somehow find a way to squirm out of this.

[Solly Mack]

3. Oh, goody. More shared narratives of deceptions and delusions delivered in "good faith".

How so original and unexpected.

[RockRaven]

4. They brought a bone saw from one country to another for an "interrogation." There is no exculpation.

These people are close to the crown prince in a regime where he recently purged other power centers beyond himself. There is no other person giving these orders; there is no chance anyone freelanced an operation like this without permission.

There is NO explanation they can gin up which would be believed by ANYBODY who would not ALREADY be willing or credulous enough to believe a much SIMPLER lie -- that the whole thing never happened in the first place.

[C_U_L8R]

5. The Sauds thought they'd silence a critic

and instead they amplified his message.

Tyrants never learn, do they?

[AZ8theist]

6. Mohammed bin Salman....

Mohammed bin Salman. Otherwise known as MBS.

MBS now stands for Mister Bone Saw.