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This is from the desk of state department spox and incoming UN ambassador, Heather Nauert.



Also, CIA director Gina Haspel went to Turkey, perhaps she is back now. She has seen ALL of the evidence, per a Turkish source.

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There is this other journalists that some news outlets are publishing stories on. Daily Mail may have had a story, most of the sources like this one, are lesser known.

Saudi journalist 'traced by Twitter spies' forcibly disappeared

A Saudi journalist who ran a Twitter account critical of the regime was forcibly detained after allegedly being traced by Saudi spies who infiltrated Twitter's regional headquarters.

A Saudi journalist is thought to have been forcibly detained for the past eight months after Saudi spies allegedly infiltrated Twitter's Dubai headquarters and connected him to an account that recorded abuses committed by the royal family.

Turki bin Abdulaziz al-Jasser was forcibly disappeared by Saudi authorities in March, according to various sources including prominent human rights activist Yahya Assiri.

Read more at: https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/news/2018/11/6/journalist-traced-by-saudi-twitter-spies-forcibly-disappeared

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Updates:

Not sure if I believe this from Middle East Eye, MEE:

Bin Salman 'tried to persuade Netanyahu to go to war in Gaza': Sources
David Hearst

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attempted to persuade Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to start a conflict with Hamas in Gaza as part of a plan to divert attention from the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, sources inside Saudi Arabia have told Middle East Eye.

A war in Gaza was among a range of measures and scenarios proposed by an emergency task force set up to counter increasingly damaging leaks about Khashoggi's murder coming from Turkish authorities, according to sources with knowledge of the group's activities.

The task force, which is composed of officials from the royal court, the foreign and defence ministries, and the intelligence service, briefs the the crown prince every six hours, MEE was told.

Read more at: https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/saudi-arabia-israel-gaza-khashoggi-1952586885

However, this is being widely reported.

Audio of Khashoggi murder does not implicate Saudi crown prince: US official
MEE and agencies
3-4 minutes

Bolton says Donald Trump has demanded a full investigation from the Saudis into Khashoggi case (AFP)

Tuesday 13 November 2018 23:34 UTC

Last update:

Wednesday 14 November 2018 0:01 UTC

An audio recording of Jamal Khashoggi's murder inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul does not implicate Saudi Arabia's powerful crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, a top White House adviser said, citing others who have heard the tapes.

John Bolton, a national security adviser and key member of the Donald Trump administration, said that “those who have listened” to the recording also say that the crown prince, commonly referred to as MBS, was not involved.

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/us-says-audio-recording-khashoggi-murder-does-not-implicate-crown-prince-1989179428

I'm not sure though, what conclusions one could make, as if, while these people did this dastardly deed, they would have mentioned MbS (Mohammed bin Salman).