Posted on 10/18/2018 2:47:48 PM PDT by jazusamo
Former CIA Director John Brennan suggested Wednesday night that President Trump is conspiring with Saudi leaders to make up a story about journalist Jamal Khashoggi's disappearance. The Saudi journalist was last seen on October 2 walking into the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. Turkey says the Saudis killed him, but Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman and Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud deny the charge. Trump suggested that he has no reason not to believe him and cited our economic relationship.
That left Brennan with this theory.
“So they’ve been working to concoct a story that’s going to stand up to the scrutiny that will be immediately put on it," Brennan said on MSNBC. "How can they claim then that Mohammed bin Salman had no responsibility whatsoever. Is he looking for the scapegoats inside of Saudi Arabia? Has he already taken action against them?"
Still, if U.S. intelligence has damning information about Salman's role in Khashoggi's disappearance, "his story is going to fall apart,” Brennan said. That, he said, is why it's so important that the CIA and others brief the House and Senate intelligence committees so that they can "hold the administration's feet to the fire."
Congress is going to be integral in this, Brennan added. "Because if Mr. Trump and others are going to try in fact to gloss over this somehow," lawmakers won't let that fly.
On Twitter, Brennan said the U.S.-Saudi strategic alliance cannot prevent swift justice on the Saudi government.
Brennan has long been an outspoken Trump critic, condemning the president's rhetoric and policymaking decisions every chance he gets.
Earlier this summer, Trump revoked Brennan's security clearance.
Obama had Khadafi assassinated and the world said....nothing.
Mullah Brennan accusing Trump of that which he himself does.
Pshaw
We’re long adt being able to care about anything remotely truthful about such a case, which there is not.
The Bushes and the Obama’s adoration and collusion wit the Saudis is way old.
This guy really thinks we’re stupid
LOCK HIM UP
just my humble opinion...….
We all know that Saudi Arabia is not our country of choice. This has nothing to do with us.
Gee, I thought it was Russia.
Amen to that.
Why should we even care if this non-citizen, non-journalist has gone missing, or is dead/murdered?
all this faux angst for a guy who was with FauxWaPo for a nanosecond.
Benghazi Brennan wasn’t exactly concerned about murderous Muzziez under his watch?
John Brennan is a member of the muslim brotherhood as well.
Hey John, got a nice lampost waiting for you.
Exactly. I have a hard time believing anything coming for Turkey or Saudi Arabia. But it’s not on Trump, he didn’t have anything to do with it, and he is not our citizen. The big picture here is safety of Israel and US, and not the spats of differing Muslim factions.
So now we know that “Islam is great” Brennan is a tool of Iran.
Where is the heartbroken fiancé?
Is the little gal to young to be interviewed by the international press corps?
Is Brennan an alcoholic? I’m not asking sarcastically - I’ve wondered for a long time.
Is this the same Brennan that got his security clearance yanked?
You know, the clearance that would have made him millions over time.
FU Brennan.
Wow, I thought all these liberals supposedly didn’t want a reckless cowboy in office who would charge into international conflicts without having all the facts. Now suddenly if you don’t act like a bull in a china shop you’re apparently coddling dictators and conspiring with the enemy. That narrative sure turned on a dime.
I’ve no idea, he mouths off a lot like one but maybe it’s just a bad temperament.
once upon a time, I thought Brennan had something to offer USA
but he has disabused me of that POV
Brennan is a SCUMBAG.
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