Thursday, December 6, 2018

U.S. Senator Accuses Mattis and Pompeo Of 'Misleading' The Senate During Their Khashoggi Briefing



Politico: Mattis and Pompeo were 'misleading' in Khashoggi briefing, Murphy says

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo misled senators last week in a Senate-only briefing on the murder of Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Sen. Chris Murphy asserted on Wednesday, the result of having to tiptoe around President Donald Trump’s refusal to pin blame for the killing on Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

Murphy, who sits on the Foreign Relations Committee but was kept out of Tuesday’s classified briefing with CIA Director Gina Haspel, argued senators coming out of that briefing with Haspel undercut the administration’s claim that restricting access to the intelligence was necessary.

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Update: Mattis and Pompeo ‘misleading’ in Khashoggi briefing, senator says -- Defense News

WNU Editor: Both Cabinet Secretaries were definitely very careful on what they were saying during their hearing.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

As was stated for 30 million people to hear, Lindsey never met a Salafist he didn't like.

Miss Lindsey goes to bat for Salafist Kashoggi.