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And enemies will lose respect for us, we will lose our moral voice pay that is a voice that cannot afford to be lost. >> he refers there to mbs, the crown prince. you agree with what the senator says? >> by and large, here is what i noticed in the interview. when brad asked him about backing of mbs by the king, as opposed to adel al-jubeir say most definitely, he has total confidence in the crown prince, he said well, this investigation is at the beginning stages. and he went through the fact th...

The end of the investigation, we may find ourselves in a position where the kingdom has come to the conclusion that mbs is in such a weakened position to have to take an alternative role. i dont think we should be dictating who is the future king of saudi arabia. i do think we can criticize any of the regime leadership for their complicity here or certainly for not taking responsibility as i am doing which i think they really have to do here to be able to go forward and establish trust with the ...

Palestine viewed at any rate, murder, and this reckless war in yemen are not our values or interests. i think that in addition to sanctions, it would be good to talk to the king about perhaps moving mbs sideways for a while and putting an adult in charge of saudi arabia. such as, the intelligence chief was widely admired but is now under house arrest because of mbs decision or even the foreign minister we used to be the ambassador was highly regarded. >>chris: you have a much better sense of thi...

Specific evidence. paul: of course, the turks have their own incentives here. theres something of a rival of saudi arabia for influence in the middle east, its hard to know who to trust here, isnt cincinnati. >> i think thats exactly right. there are so many other agendas going on here, the turks and their allies in the region, the qatarys despise the saudis, would be eager to humiliate. keep the pressure on the united states to keep pushing the saudis as well. paul: the people who have been arr...

And tonight saudi arabia made it all official. the kingdom is now acknowledging that jamal khashoggi is dead after insisting for weeks that he left the consulate that day. they now make the incredible claim that an argument broke out in the saudi consulate between khashoggi and presumably the 15-member saudi team that had just flown into istanbul with a bone saw. and that 15-on-one argument led to a fight between them and led to his death. they add, "may god rest his soul." they dismissed the de...

Having said that, though, this was a brutal murder, a clumsy murder, by agents who are clearly under the control of the crown prince. and we have to react to it. we have to react on principle. im shocked that the u.s. governments response, secretary pompeo, very intelligent, capable, experienced guy, congressman, cia director, harvard law school, he goes in to see the crown prince and it is more of a diplomatic slap and tickle than it is a stern rejoinder to sort out the murder of a u.s. residen...

He has changed the norms, at least for a certain percentage of the population. when we talk about this isnt normal, there are people, kids who are growing up who think this is normal. >> do you get a sense in talking to him yesterday that his degree of concern around the khashoggi issue, that he sees any connection to this conversation or is he totally detached from the effect of his own words? >> about the way he speaks about the media? >> speaks about journalists and the closeness of saudi ara...

Nothing about any of this. but according to "the new york times," the cia is convinced mbs is culpable in mr. khashoggis death. the nsa on the other hand reportedly collected communications of saudi officials discussing a plan to lure mr. khashoggi back to saudi arabia and detain him. "the times" say it does not reveal whether mbs directly ordered the killing of mr. khashoggi. and then there is whats happening in congress. were learning the trump administration, quote, clamped down on sharing an...

The saudis are not normally fighters, they bribe people, they lie, they form alliances, they are totally under the umbrella of protection of the united states. so i think mbs, the crown prince, has taken up a new aggressive, very disruptive control over his own people, never mind his neighbors. so i think we are in trouble with this guy. and i would be unsurprised, given his extortion attempt, over his fellow royal family members, if he is not personally at risk in the coming months and years. t...

Sees this and says ive been wanting to get rid of journalists myself. weve seen russia go after people in foreign countries and north korea go after people in foreign countries. the world has changed. >> whats interesting to me is i used to always get asked questions because i work in counter terrorism, hey, is it safe to travel around the world because there was a terrorist attack in paris. it was safer and we usually double down security. no one is thinking about our strength as a country arou...