Thread by @rgoodlaw

BOMBSHELL in #Khashoggi reporting

WSJ has DETAILED info on the tapes (location off killing, doctor telling others to listen to music, no interrogation).

• Saudis would now know if Turkey knows exactly what happened
• No interrogation taking place would mean straight murder 1/

Other implications:

Wall Street Journal report says tape indicates Khashoggi "killed in the office of the Saudi consul general"

That makes it even more suspicious that Consul General has left Turkey for Riyadh.

Didn't want to stick around for interview with investigators? 2/

If Turkey has tape like this, good luck to Pompeo-Trump-MBS covering this up. If Ankara wants to, could draw them out in their coverup story and then drop the tapes for world to see/hear.

Read @aaronstein1 analysis of how Turkey's playing this so far:

https://twitter.com/aaronstein1/status/1052304156579512321

3/

Here's the link to the WSJ report with tape's details.

Note it also says: "Turkish officials said they shared evidence in recent days, including the details of an audio recording, with both the U.S. and Saudi Arabia."

wsj.com/articles/pompe… 4/

I'd hesitated in tweeting Middle East Eye story but its details of what's on tape are now consistent with WSJ.

Plus other specific details like "Khashoggi was dragged from the Consul General’s office...and onto the table of his study next door."
middleeasteye.net/news/exclusive… 5/5