Trump Lied When He Said CIA Didn't Link Saudi Prince To Khashoggi Killing: Senator Jack Reed
Source: HUFF POST
11/23/2018 09:36 pm ET
The CIA concluded that the prince was directly involved in the assassination of the journalist, said the ranking Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee.
By Mary Papenfuss
Despite President Donald Trumps insistence to the contrary, the CIA determined that Saudi Arabias Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was directly involved in the assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, said Rhode Island Sen. Jack Reed, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee.
Trump has denied a report in The Washington Post that the CIA concluded that Mohammed ordered Khashoggis assassination, saying instead that intelligence officials just have feelings about certain things. The CIAs assessment on the death of Khashoggi, who was killed inside the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul last month, has not been released to the public.
Asked Friday on CNN if the president was lying, Reed responded, Yes.
He added, The CIA concluded that the crown prince of Saudi Arabia was directly involved in the assassination of Khashoggi. They did it, as has been reported to the press, with high confidence, which is the highest level of accuracy that they will vouch for. Its based on facts. Its based on analysis. The notion that they didnt reach a conclusion is just unsubstantiated. The CIA has made that clear.
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watoos
(7,142 posts)there is all of this talk that we can't talk impeachment because Republican traitors in the Senate won't convict. That's a piss poor reason to wait for impeachment but be that as it may, I understand. We are waiting for Mueller to drop bombs that even traitors can't deflect.
I just want to say that reading this thread gives another reason to impeach. Our president is lying to the American people about what our intelligence agencies are telling him. Add this to the stack of impeachable offenses.
mpcamb
(2,870 posts)watoos
(7,142 posts)Mueller could have video and audio of Trump giving Putin our launch codes, but people are living in another fake reality. If reason mattered we would all be laughing at spending billions of dollars to build a border wall instead we are taking it seriously.
The corporate controlled M$M is way underestimated in its complicity with right wing talking points. It pizzes me off when I hear, Oh the networks are doing it for ratings. No they are not, the networks are complicit, the networks got a con man, mob connected, idiot, traitor, elected president.
In our fake reality Donald Trump is arbiter of what is true.
I think you may be right, more people can see that the emperor has no clothes on, but you and I saying that makes no difference. We have minority rule in the US, the minority of people who see clothes on the emperor have been running the show. Maybe with a new House we can expose that naked bastard?
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duforsure
(11,885 posts)trump knew about it before he was murdered by the prince, and did nothing. Didn't this guy also get banned by the Saudi's because he was critical of trump? Hmmmmm? I think another full investigation is called for, and was trump and jared involved feeding the prince intl information on his opposition, and did they hire mercenaries for him to be used to round them up for prison , and some murdered too?
FailureToCommunicate
(14,013 posts)^^^^^
watoos
(7,142 posts)I saw a former CIA agent on TV say that if they find intelligence that a person is going to be harmed, by law, they have a duty to warn said person. Did the CIA go to Trump and did Trump tell the CIA not to warn the journalist?
I would want those agents subpoenaed if I were Adam Schiff. What did Trump know and when did he know it?
And was this done for trump from trump and jared's role in giving him intel information on his opposition , and helping rounding them up for him for prison , and worse?
lilactime
(657 posts)Maxheader
(4,372 posts)Farmer-Rick
(10,154 posts)I think he is more likely captive then captivated. He's probably being bribed and blackmailed by both the king of Saudi Arabia and the dictator of Russia. Trump is a traitor. In a true democracy he would have been impeached and jailed already.
But since he got the rapist Kavanaugh on the Supremes, Trump wont go to jail or be prosecuted until he's done f*cking over our country as the pretend president.
The next 2 years, he will get worse and worse. If he hasn't turned over every shred of US secrets to Russia already, he will. When/if he stops wanting to be president, our democracy will be nothing but a shell of its former self. It's what happens when you allow your capitalist economic kings to takeover your government.
watoos
(7,142 posts)and the corporate controlled M$M has a big hand in all of this. The M$M isn't fluffing Trump for ratings, they are doing it because they are complicit. I laugh when I hear that CNN and msnbc are progressive.
Clinton was impeached for a consensual blow job while Trump invited the Russians into the Oval office and told them top secret information about laptop bombs all the while having a good laugh about how firing Comey should take the heat off the Russian investigation.
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)republican lies are profoundly dangerous
republican lies are profoundly dangerous
republican lies are profoundly dangerous
republican lies are profoundly dangerous
republican lies are profoundly dangerous
republican lies are profoundly dangerous
republican lies are profoundly dangerous
republican lies are profoundly dangerous
republican lies are profoundly dangerous
republican lies are profoundly dangerous
moonseller66
(430 posts)Trump lied -
A journalist died.
PJMcK
(22,031 posts)panfluteman
(2,065 posts)Every single day, Trump lies just as reliably as the sun comes up in the morning! So, repeat this mantra often and every chance you get, mainstream media - TRUMP LIES! Those who haven't figured that out by now are either hopelessly brain washed members of the Trump cult, or totally brain dead and comatose. Trump also hates journalists, and would rather see them dead - and is using Kashoggi to set an example for other journalists out there. And he's also remaining in the good graces of murderous MBS and the autocratic Saudi regime with this double purpose lie.
blogslut
(37,999 posts)Not just for this but overall, awesome.
He may appear quiet and unassuming but if you're ever in front of him in a Senate hearing, you best be correct or he will calmly flay you alive.
Julian Englis
(2,309 posts)Botany
(70,490 posts)n/t