The death of Jamal Khashoggi, the writer and activist who was killed in the Saudi Consulate in Turkey last month, came at the directive of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS), the CIA has determined according to a report out Friday.

The agency’s conclusion came as a result of “an understanding of how Saudi Arabia works,” rather than a “smoking gun,” a U.S. official with knowledge of the situation told The Wall Street Journal.

Khashoggi’s death “would not and could not have happened” if MBS was not connected, an official told the outlet.

The CIA did not offer a comment on the story when contacted by Fox News. The story was first reported by The Washington Post.

Separately, a government official told Fox News that the Khashoggi assessment is not a public document, and is not aware of plans to make it public. The official said the intelligence has been briefed at very senior levels.

The revelation comes a day after Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir insisted that the crown prince did not play a role in the Washington Post columnist’s death.

"Absolutely, his royal highness the crown prince has nothing to do with this issue," he told reporters.

MBS has also “denied any knowledge” of the circumstances that led to Khashoggi’s disappearance, President Trump said.

“Just spoke with the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia who totally denied any knowledge of what took place in their Turkish Consulate,” the president tweeted on Oct. 16.

News of the CIA's findings comes one day after the Treasury Department announced they were sanctioning 17 Saudi government officials over Khashoggi’s death.

"These individuals who targeted and brutally killed a journalist who resided and worked in the United States must face consequences for their actions," Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in a statement. "The United States continues to diligently work to ascertain all of the facts and will hold accountable each of those we find responsible in order to achieve justice for Khashoggi’s fiancée, children, and the family he leaves behind.”

21 people are in custody, the Saudis said. And the country’s top prosecutor revealed that he would seek the death penalty for five of them.
Saudi Arabia previously claimed that Khashoggi was killed in a fight.

“Discussions between citizen Jamal Khashoggi and those who met him while he was in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul led to a brawl and a physical altercation, which led to his death,” Saudi Arabia's attorney general said in a statement, according to The Wall Street Journal.

https://www.foxnews.com/world/cia-determines-khashoggis-death-was-ordered-by-saudi-crown-prince-mohammed-bin-salman-report

If President Trump does not handle this situation not only will I not vote for him again but I will support impeachment efforts. This is the third person under United States residency and protection that this new Crown Prince has ordered killed. The original plan was to kidnap the journalist here in Washington D.C.

I truly believe the President doesnt want to get involved because he has had very close business dealings with the royal family for years.

I heard about this and Trump doesn't want to get involved are put more sanctions on Saudi Arabia. I think he is right.
US needs to stay out of Other Countries affairs. Every American should realize American operates different from other Countries .

They don't feed you fifty to a hundred years, in prison for crimess like the US.

Not when the people killed were US residents. Then it definitely is our affair, especially when two were killed in New York and the original planned abduction and murder of the journalist was in Washington D.C. but he knew it was a trap and ran away. This sends the world a message that anyone can harm people under American protection without consequences.

As you know I am one of the biggest Trump supporters there is but his is just wrong. President Trump has had massive business dealings with the Royal Family for years and that is the only reason I feel he doesn't want to get involved.

I was referring to the man murdered in Saudi only. Who knows what he was really doing there other than So called American business.

There is more to the Story! Also our Country cannot protect Everyone in foreign Countries. Times are changing for the Worst. Trump has no real Control over other Countries.

People better wake up ! Trump cannot fix everything! He has enough dealing with Congress here in Washington.

Imo

How is it different from J.F.K. or Norma Jean, or others I could mention?
The idea of the C.I.A. saying other people have assassinated other people, is frankly laughable.
Nothing will get done, Royalty and oil
Trump couldn't do squat about it, even if he wanted to, which he more than likely doesn't

He wasn't murdered in Saudi Arabia. He was lured out of Washington to Turkey to try and get a VISA for his Fiancée and was murdered and dismembered in Turkey. Turkish intelligence have both video and audio of the torture and murder and it is supposedly very disturbing. Then there were the two young girls in New York that were very outspoken critics of the Crown Prince found dead in New York, Dan Bongino a former NYPD Detective and former head of the Secret Service Presidential Protection Division said their deaths look like a professional job like what special operators do. There also was a foiled assassination attempt in Canada that the CIA and Canadian intelligence foiled before it could take place.

The Crown Prince has formed a unit called the Tiger Squad and their job is to kill people who criticize the Crown Prince and they report directly to him and the fact that they were on US soil is troubling.

This guy is also massacring tens of thousands of people in Saudi Arabia. He is another Hitler in the making and we all know what happened when we let Hitler get away with the stunts he was pulling.

It's a lot different. The Crown Prince is a psychopath and he is murdering tens of thousands of people. His Tiger Squad has also been operating on US soil.

The JFK angle is pure speculation. The CIA wasn't behind it. It was the Mafia and Lyndon Johnson who had close ties to the Mob. I don't know who Norma Jean is.

The CIA is saying it because the President assigned the CIA to investigate it and personally sent the Director of the CIA over to Turkey to lead the investigation.

with so much mass media manipulation it's getting hard to discern what is true any more..other than what we can see with our own eyes..But I will agree Trump is up against it as the Left becomes more unhinged so much the fact that they have now resorted to threatening people with nukes (Swalwell)..

Norma Jean was better known by her stage name, Marilyn Monroe. The C.I.A. has been involved in installing various puppet governments, via assassination attempts, civil wars, etc.
I didn't know this Saudi Prince was killing thousands of people. But Royalty does as it pleases, when it pleases. As does oil, or anyone who has control over it. We let Saddam get away with murder for years, because it suited us. In the end he got too big for his boots, and had to go. But royalty is a different kettle of fish.

Khashoggi put himself in harm's way, and he paid the price for it. Being a known figure does not make you bulletproof. There's still a few that think traces of his body will be found. Hardly. They still haven't found Jimmy Hoffa's remains. For all we know, he could be buried in your backyard. (Or mine, for that matter)

People can complain until they're blue in the face. But, when you get right down to it, the USA can't solve the world's problems. People insist on making stupid moves.

One can only hope that once these indictments are unsealed that we can begin to prosecute those in our own country that have been doing the same as this Saudi prince..by sending our men and women off to false narrative wars..Obama and Hillary for prisondent in 2020..they both have my vote...

Ok do you know much more about this murder. I seen a bit on TV but didn't bother to Research any of what the Prince in Saudi Arabia does or who he is.

My point was that other Countries are not like American and We All know they operate differenly. I don't think anyone , anywhere should Murder another Person.

Trump has not control but to put More sanctions on Saudi Arabia. He may do that because Some Americans think he should.

The Crown Prince will still be Prince in Saudi Arabia. Not like he's going to Prison.



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There's a lot Trump can do, he can cancel all arms sales to the country, he can force the Royal Family to remove him from power. The Crown Prince had a good portion of his own family imprisoned because they were a threat to his succession of power, or we can to what we do best, remove him from his position ourselves.

I've read a lot about this guy. He is another Hitler in the making and he is threatening to destabilize the Middle East even further and he is a threat to the world. He planned an attack here in the US and our closest partner Canada and we over look it.

Here is a small synapsis of it and what they do.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_Squad

Are you crazy? How many friends is there in the middle east, to the various oil barons?
And remove him and do what? Put in a puppet government? Good luck, don't you think that they would already have done that if they could? And not sell them arms, please, oh, the economy is so much better, now that the Donald is in power. Yeah, he's really going to give those sales to somebody else, because it's well known that morals are always put before money. Especially with a bloke like him.
This just sounds like a great excuse for Team America to save the day

The whole thing is disgusting conduct.

Even the Israelis are ignoring this cold blooded murder.

Ya'll need to get a grip if you accept any of this.

That Prince needs to disappear himself IMO



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Still you ignore the Saudis are to blame for 9/11... still you ignore the worlds worst famine caused by war in Yemen is Saudis doing. ISIS is Sunni Muslims... All Saudi sponsored

John, it's not just one murder. Originally the hit squad "The Tiger Squad" is a team of special operators, interrogator and torturers, assassins, top forensic experts and others to help clean up a gruesome murder. They only answer to the Crown Prince. They originally planned the operation to happen in Washington DC in our back yard but the guy caught wind of it and fled. The squad was here ready for him. Also US and Canadian Intelligence foiled an assassination attempt on a dual Canadian citizen that the Triger Squad was in Canada to kill. There are also the two young Saudi girls who came here and were under Asylum Protection. They were hard core vocal critics of the Crown Prince. They went missing and after they went missing the Saudi Consulate harassed the family and made an ominous phone call to the family hours before the bodies were found. Veteran Law Enforcement Officers and Intelligence Agents said it is a perfect example of tradecraft. Also the day they family got the phone call before they found the body the Saudi Consulate retained one damn good legal team. kind of fishy for a standard homicide. They happen all day but when an Embassy or Consulate lawyer up its huge red flag.

Plus I am not mentioning the ten's of thousands or more of others ordered imprisoned some were executed including his closest family members who could potentially replace him are almost in jail or dead.

This is All interesting and a bit scary. However. The Prince lives by how things are done in His County. Sadly they are probably Many other horrible things that never will be discovered.

Trump probably won't do much in this Case though. The US has to learn not to get too involved in trying to Solve other countries problems.

Many Americans don't even appreciate their Own President right now and continuing fighting amoung themselves. In One of the most Prosperous Countries in the World. How Sad is that now!!!

USA better wise up and start watching Their own backs.

When it suits your/there agenda, they are allowed to get away with murder, but you/they can't be seen to be complicit, therefore have to say how terrible it is. It's all baloney

We have no choice but to get involved. Other then Israel is our biggest partner in the Middle East to contain Iran. We cant be partnered with someone who's another Hitler in the making. Also the Crown Prince's Tiger Squad has been operating on American soil and killed two young women in New York and the same hit team that killed him in Turkey was here in the US and tried to grab him in Washington DC. Not to mention the assassination plot the US and Canada foiled on a dual citizen in Canada.