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TRAVELING THE WORLD, WRITING WHAT THE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW.
Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSSWelcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (11/21/18). This is the reality. We get distracted, almost daily, by whatever buzz news Read More…
After promising to publish a “very full report” about the CIA’s findings related to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman’s complicity in the death of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, President Trump on Tuesday instead released a statement where he once again defended the US’s relationship with the kingdom, and questioned whether MbS even knew about the killing. Read More…
President Trump says he will be releasing a “very full report” on the Saudi murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Istanbul consulate within the next two days. Trump promised the report will include “who did it.” The odds are this official report won’t implicate the Saudi crown prince, as the CIA already did that in Read More…
There never was any doubt about it all along. No one dares circumvent Saudi crown prince Mohammad bin Salman’s (MBS) authority over most everyone. Doing it risks ending up like Khashoggi. MBS is de facto Saudi ruler. What he says goes on virtually all affairs of state, including decisions on life and death. So-called Saudi courts Read More…
Hours after the New York Times reported that Turkey’s long-rumored audio recording of Saudi journalist-turned dissident’s murder inside the Saudi consulate included “strong evidence” that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman ordered the killing, National Security Advisor John Bolton said Tuesday that no such link existed, according to the Wall Street Journal. The recording didn’t appear to implicate the Crown Read More…
Snowden also noted that in addition to its role in the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, the NSO Group’s most notorious software product was regularly used by the government of Mexico to target journalists. TEL AVIV — NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden told an Israeli audience on Tuesday that surveillance software designed by an Israeli company had been used Read More…