1. Khashoggi: The @WhiteHouse totally insane statement abou KSA and MBS involvement should be analyzed carefully. The manner in which @Trump communicates is so far from normal official communication that sometimes we miss the impact. Let my try to unpack the #Khashoggi murder.
2. #Khashoggi has been a subject of Saudi interest long before the Trump Kushner administration. He is a known MB supporter and that makes him allied with Turkey that, IMO, can no longer be considered a trusted US ally. It's allied with Iran and Russia. It's presence in NATO is a
3. threat to NATO not a benefit. So if Khashoggi needed paperwork from the consulate why didn't he get it in the US before he left? The Turkish claim that he needed the paperwork that was communicated at Istanbul marriage office is suspicious. The fact that there was a Saudi
4. spy waiting for him in a position to set the hit in motion is also suspicious. So who killed #Khashoggi? We know that he was killed in the KSA consulate but by whom? The team that was allegedly tasked there were connected to MBS. So that's easy. Must have been MBS. But no fast
5. Assume these facts: MBS is a reformer and in KSA reformers are targeted by extremists. So what if the spy summoned MBS' team and at the same time summoned a military team. What if the Turks provided the military team? Then the murder is done and MBS' closest protectors are
6. quickly executed? As my dear departed mother taught me, in the world of spooks, important things are seldom as they seem. Until House & Senate Intel hear directly from D-CIA Gina Haspel, just it tight in #CrazyTown. @CIA @JohnBrennan @MarkWarner @RepAdamSchiff @DefenseIntel 
