A Senator Wants Congress To "Unilaterally" Release Information On Jamal Khashoggi's Killing...
I'm glad Wyden isn't letting this get swept under the rug.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/emmaloop/jamal-khashoggi-report-congress-ron-wyden?fbclid=IwAR17uXEsIv4TGAlIZHnaOMtD7-0BkjnA6fFO6KGv6tPrAZTvOGNpX8_Ufnw
A Senator Wants Congress To Unilaterally Release Information On Jamal Khashoggis Killing If The Trump Administration Wont
The director of national intelligence was supposed to turn over an unclassified report on Khashoggis death earlier this week but blew the deadline.
Emma Loop BuzzFeed News Reporter
Posted on January 24, 2020, at 3:29 p.m. ET
WASHINGTON Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden said he will seek to make public the secret information about the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi if the Trump administration continues to refuse to turn over a report on the issue.
Earlier this week, the director of national intelligence was required by law to provide an unclassified report to Congress on Khashoggis brutal killing at a Saudi Consulate in 2018. However, the DNI missed the deadline, as BuzzFeed News first reported Thursday, prompting inquiries from lawmakers.
On Friday, Wyden told reporters that if the DNI fails to produce the report by the end of President Donald Trumps ongoing impeachment trial, he will trigger a process that would allow the Senate to unilaterally release information itself.
It has been more than a year since agents of the Saudi government murdered Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi Embassy in Turkey, and yet the Trump administration refuses to publicly acknowledge who ordered that assassination, and instead the Trump administration is basically running interference for an authoritarian government, Wyden said.
Wyden, a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, declined to say what the panel knows about Khashoggis death, citing its strict rules around secrecy. The CIA has reportedly concluded that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the killing, and senators have said they had little doubt he was involved following a briefing from CIA Director Gina Haspel in December 2018.
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https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/emmaloop/jamal-khashoggi-report-congress-ron-wyden?fbclid=IwAR17uXEsIv4TGAlIZHnaOMtD7-0BkjnA6fFO6KGv6tPrAZTvOGNpX8_Ufnw