The Khashoggi Tape and the Limits of ‘Raw’ Intelligence
There’s a logic to John Bolton’s refusal to listen.
by Kathy Gilsinan
Nov 29, 2018
3 minutes
There’s an especially gruesome clue in a notorious international murder case. The killing of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi, and the widespread suspicion that the Saudi crown prince himself directed it, have roiled U.S.-Saudi relations and politics in the United States, where the Senate is challenging the Trump administration to take stronger measures against the Saudis. And the hit was, reportedly, all caught on tape.
By President Donald Trump’s , the tape records a “very violent, very vicious, and very terrible” incident—and it’s one the president told Fox News he hasn’t heard and doesn’t want
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