This is concerning. There is a definite contradiction as to what Pompeo and Mattis told the Senate to what the head of the CIA told the Senate. Obviously one side has to be lying and the other side has to be covering up. If Trump and Pompeo are covering for the Saudi crown prince, why? If Haspel is lying, why??
Khashoggi murder: Saudi crown prince crazy, says US senatorMembers of the Senate's Committee on Foreign Relations did not mince words after the briefing by CIA Director Gina Haspel on Tuesday.
"There is not a smoking gun - there is a smoking saw," Mr Graham said, referring to Khashoggi's alleged dismemberment in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in October.
The senator said he could not support Saudi Arabia's involvement in the war in Yemen or arms sales to the Saudi government as long as the crown prince remained in power.
Senator Bob Menendez, a New Jersey Democrat, echoed those views.
He said the US must "send a clear and unequivocal message that such actions are not acceptable in the world's stage".....
....The Senate is planning to vote on a proposal to end US military support to the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen, after members of both parties advanced the resolution last week.
Senator Chris Murphy, who was not privy to Tuesday's briefing, criticised the Trump administration.
"Not everything needs to be secret," the Connecticut Democrat tweeted.
"If our government knows that Saudi leaders were involved in the murder of a US resident, why shouldn't the public know this?"
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........At last week's hearing, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defence Secretary James Mattis told senators there was no direct evidence of the crown prince's involvement in Khashoggi's death.
President Trump has said the CIA findings on the crown prince were not conclusive.
On 20 November he said: "It could very well be that the crown prince had knowledge of this tragic event - maybe he did and maybe he didn't."..............
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46435819