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| CIA Director Will Brief Lawmakers on Assassination of Saudi Journalist |
| 2018-12-04 |
| [National Review] CIA director Gina Haspel will brief lawmakers Tuesday on the assassination of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday afternoon. The news comes after prominent senators on both sides of the aisle complained publicly about the Trump administration’s alleged efforts to prevent Haspel from briefing lawmakers. White House officials reportedly told Haspel not to attend a classified congressional briefing on Saudi Arabia last Wednesday, prompting speculation that the officials sought to avoid a confrontation between Haspel, whose agents have determined with high confidence that Saudi crown prince Mohammad bin Salman ordered Khashoggi’s murder, and White House personnel who have cast doubt on that finding. Following Haspel’s absence from the Wednesday briefing, Senator Lindsey Graham threatened to block Republican leadership’s legislative agenda until Haspel was invited to brief him and his colleagues. "I’m not going to blow past this. If that briefing is not given soon, it’s gonna be hard for me to vote for any spending bill," Graham told reporters on Capitol Hill. When pressed on what specific measures he would oppose, Graham added, "I’m talking about any key vote. Anything that you need me for to get out of town, I ain’t doing it until we hear from the CIA." |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #6 When they're done with this, can we look at doing something about the death of Alexios IV Angelos? I understand that happened in Constantinople too. |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2018-12-04 21:54 |
| #5 Will Haspel admit to the “journalist” being a company asset? |
| Posted by: Neville Smith5654 2018-12-04 11:17 |
| #4 How long has it been since anyone trusted anything the CIA Director has said? These days drooling leftists believe everything that comes out of Kronos... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2018-12-04 10:44 |
| #3 Prolly a brief briefing: "Nope, wasn't us. *They* did it!" |
| Posted by: SteveS 2018-12-04 10:38 |
| #2 How long has it been since anyone trusted anything the CIA Director has said? |
| Posted by: Chereting Pelosi1889 2018-12-04 06:40 |
| #1 The same CIA that leaked the narrative they preferred just to make sure it wouldn't go away? Sure, I trust them. |
| Posted by: gorb 2018-12-04 01:30 |