CIA report says Saudi prince would probably have ordered Khashoggi's assassination, according to the newspaper | World

The newspaper published excerpts from a secret CIA report that Salman would have "probably" ordered the badbadination of the Saudi journalist killed in October during a visit to his country's consulate in Istanbul.

The report indicates that the prince wrote at least 11 messages to his closest badociate, Saud al-Qahtani, who oversaw the team of 15 men sent to Turkey to badbadinate Khashoggi.

The Royal Councilor was fired and formally accused in Saudi Arabia of having played a central role in this case. Al-Qahtani communicated directly with the team leader during the operation, according to the CIA. The Wall Street Journal does not specify the type of message.

The CIA ignores the content of the messages sent, but its report concludes with a "moderate to high" certainty that the prince "personally looked" at Khashoggi and "probably ordered his badbadination".

"There is no direct information showing that the Crown Prince has made a murder order," the report notes.

US spies also reported that the Saudi leader had told the people, in August 2017, that he was unable to bring Khashoggi to Saudi Arabia, "we could possibly take him out of the country and take provisions, "which" seems to anticipate the Saudi operation launched against Khashoggi. "

The exact content of the CIA report has been widely discussed in Washington since US President Donald Trump publicly declared that intelligence services "found nothing perfectly right".