Jamal Khashoggi Disappearance and Saudi Consulate Investigation
Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi went missing on October 2nd after entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with Turkish and Saudi leaders, expressing confidence in the kingdom's ability to conduct a thorough self-investigation. Turkish officials allege Khashoggi was tortured and dismembered by a 15-man Saudi hit squad, while major tech and media companies have begun pulling out of a planned Saudi investment conference.
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00:00 Big tech guys, all kinds of tech billionaires. We're loaded with tech billionaires! Counting Hiroshima bombs and broadcasting live from the capital of the drone star state here in downtown Austin, Tejas. In the Cluedio! In The Morning everybody I'm Adam Curry And from northern Silicon Valley where we're still trying to figure out how to pronounce Sh-Sh-Sho-Gee I'm John C DeVore It's Crackpot & Buzzkill! In The Mornin' No i think we got it Kshok-Ki You know the funny thing is you listen to the PBS News Hour
00:43 Judy pronounces it the old-fashioned way, KSHOGI. But everybody else pronounces it slightly different there's the KSHOSHI and then there's the SHUSHOSHI Yes Everything in between its read... It's ludicrous Well let's stick with a story for a moment because there's a lot of things going on with KSHOSHOGI It's a shit shogi! Yeah, KSHOSHOGI exactly I'm sure you got some clips on this one. It's kind of a definitive clip, I think it It kind of does a resume update, PBS complete. I think to kind of get brings us up to speed Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi went missing on October 2nd and the diplomatic crisis over his disappearance has deepened each day since President Trump sent his Secretary of State Mike Pompeo To the Middle East to get some answers our foreign affairs correspondent Nick Schifrin has the latest
01:41 For the last day and a half, America's top diplomat has held emergency meetings with the leaders of Turkey and Saudi Arabia. And as he left Riyadh this morning, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo expressed confidence in Saudi's ability to conduct an investigation into itself. They want to have the opportunity to complete this investigation in a thorough way. And I think that's, I think that's...I think that's a reasonable thing to do to give them that opportunity and then we'll all get to judge." Judge an investigation into Jamal Khashoggi, The Washington Post columnist and critic of the Kremlin. He hasn't been. What is this Khashoggi stuff? That's not... It's a new one! That's not correct. Khashoggi. Khoshoggi
02:19 I'll have a whole wheat hoagie. That's a reasonable thing to do, to give them that opportunity and then we'll all get the judge. Judge an investigation into Jamal Khashoggi, The Washington Post columnist and critic of the kingdom He hasn't been seen since he entered Saudi's Istanbul consulate earlier this month Turkish officials are maintaining their pressure on Saudi Arabia. For days, they've referenced audio of the killing in the consulate and today a pro-government newspaper reported new details on the Saudi hit squad that Turks say left the scene after they tortured murdered and dismembered Khashoggi A Turkish official identified the Saudi government's head of forensic evidence as one of the men who quote cut Khashoggi's body up on a table in the study while he was still alive
03:03 Turkey has now released images of 15 suspects. The New York Times reports at least nine worked directly for Saudi security services, and four have close ties to Saudi Arabia's de facto leader, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. I'm not giving cover at all But in the Oval Office President Trump expressed confidence in Saudi Arabia In an interview with the Associated Press last night, the president said King Salman and his son, the crown prince both denied involvement And in response to criticism he's letting Saudi off easy, he said quote... differing reports everywhere and this one, this was yeah backgrounder but there were some other... Yeah well that was the mildest I mean they were reports about them using headphones playing loud music so they can chop off his fingers without hearing him scream. What what i like is is the blame Trump for everything
04:03 Like NBC. Consulate. Fallout today, Saudi Arabia stock market tumbled tech and media companies pulling out of a Saudi investment conference the kingdom's American embassy tweeted appreciation to all including the US administration for refraining from jumping to conclusions we're going to find out what happened We are looking very hard Missing 12 days Saudi critic Jamal Khashoggi A permanent U.S resident and Washington Post columnist
04:48 Turkey's government says it has evidence he was killed by Saudi operatives. Former CIA director and NBC News analyst John Brennan... It would be inconceivable that such an operation would be run by the Saudis without the knowledge of the day-to-day decision maker of Saudi Arabia, that's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. It is a great honor to have the crown prince with us The president's close ties I mean, it doesn't get much better when you're talking about Saudi Arabia killing a guy to have insert that little Trump bit. That's really good. NBC has become very chicken shit with their reporting
05:32 I mean, I love Saudi Arabia. Add pressure to his pledge to deliver severe punishment if the Saudis are responsible. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin still plans to go that Saudi conference next week Along with the president and general investigation Mr. Mnuchin will make up his mind as the week progresses and new information surfaces The Saudi government has denied any involvement and issued a statement today saying it would respond to any political or economic actions taken against Saudi Arabia. Tonight in a new joint statement the governments of the United Kingdom, France and Germany said there must be a credible investigation with those responsible held to account and they expect the Saudi government to provide a complete and detailed response
