By royal decree, Ahmed Assiri has been removed from his post as a deputy intelligence chief.
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This is insane.
The Saudis brought a BONE SAW with
Saudi attorney general says Khashoggi died after a fight broke out between him and people who met him at the consulate. 18 suspects held in connection with the case
— Ahmed Al Omran (@ahmed) October 19, 2018
“He got in a fight with 18 of our guys and accidentally died so then we totes had to cut up his body so we could transport his remains more easily.”
(KSA has not addressed the whereabouts of #Khashoggi in revealing the results of its
BREAKING: Saudi Arabia state media confirms death of missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Saudi consulate in Istanbul, 18 Saudi citizens being investigated pic.twitter.com/9s1gjymbS7
— NBC News (@NBCNews) October 19, 2018
Crown Prince MbS is using this to consolidate power.
(There were hopeful rumors the King would rein him in.)
This feels very Kushner-like,
King Salman orders formation of a ministerial committee headed by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to restructure the general intelligence agency, according to @spagov. https://t.co/4oG68QRNO7
— Steve Herman (@W7VOA) October 19, 2018
This thread is really what they’re going with. All in.
I anticipate the WH will accept this version that offers (barely) plausible deniability to MbS and celebrates his and the Kingdom’s “transparency” and “swift action,” or something to that
The removal of two top officials, a cabinet ranking, very powerful and close advisor of MBS and the Deputy Head of Foreign intelligence + 4 other Generals in foreign intelligence (virtually its whole top leadership) cannot be written off as a cover up. This is unprecedented.
— Ali Shihabi (@aliShihabi) October 19, 2018
(Trump referred to as “the Lion” in proposals 🙄)
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(Those of you who’ve followed me a long time know I have speculated in the past about Israeli versus/in addition to Russian involvement in the social media psy-ops during the 2016 election. Remember all those hashtag “MAGA” troll/bot accounts that had hashtag “StandWithIsrael”?)
Helluva kicker on this story:
Relevant thread and article on Psy Group, from June by
Breaking: Psy Group\u2019s sister company is controlled by a Russian billionaire. https://t.co/Oh7RCcm6Mj
— Scott Stedman (@ScottMStedman) June 25, 2018
Precursor article re Psy Group in @WSJ from May by @rebeccaballhaus and @ByronTau:
(Paywall.
Breaking: Psy Group\u2019s sister company is controlled by a Russian billionaire. https://t.co/Oh7RCcm6Mj
— Scott Stedman (@ScottMStedman) June 25, 2018
Nikki Haley has reportedly resigned (UNCONFIRMED):
“...according to two sources briefed on their conversation. The timing of her departure is still unclear.”
Scoop: Trump has accepted Nikki Haley's resignation https://t.co/vl5W7CNnEi
— Jonathan Swan (@jonathanvswan) October 9, 2018
Nikki “Mona Lisa”
Nikki Haley just walked by us in the West Wing, when we asked if she\u2019d resigned she smiled and walked into the Oval Office.
— Andrew Feinberg (@AndrewFeinberg) October 9, 2018
https://t.co/NMxR3n2Jlm
Not quite a confirmation from @presssec at this point: \u201cPresident Trump and Ambassador Nikki Haley will meet in the Oval Office at 10:30am this morning. This event will be open to the pool.\u201d
— Jennifer Epstein (@jeneps) October 9, 2018
And @maggieNYT
Nikki Haley wants to “take a break.”
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...of Brazil.
I’ve said it before: LOTS of money is being spent to destabilize liberal democracies ALL AROUND THE WORLD and to promote fascism and white
Brazilian here. Fake news made him win
— Veronica Cristina (@veronicacris) October 28, 2018
We in the United States tend to be self-focused.
But this is a GLOBAL CAMPAIGN to destroy representative government.
To. Destroy. It.
We are horrified here in Brazil. I could see this coming in slow motion ever since 2016...it was a carbon copy of the Trump campaign.
— Simeon \u30b3\u30fc\u30eb\u30de\u30f3 \u0631\u0628\u0627\u0646\u06cc (@slkrr9) October 28, 2018
And it’s done.
Eu sinto bruito,
90% of the votes counted:
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) October 28, 2018
Bolsonaro: 55.7%
Haddad: 44.3%
It's done.
It is also in direct opposition to WH statement on same subject earlier today that said the market drop was “probably a good thing” and a supposed “correction” to a “bull market.”
BREAKING: Trump says Fed has gone crazy, is too tight pic.twitter.com/WsZeqYpZN1
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) October 10, 2018
Trump tries to have it both ways, but that’s not how it works.
That’s not how any of this
Trump blames Fed for market sell-off in remarks to reporters in Erie: "I think the Fed is making a mistake. They're so tight. I think the Fed has gone crazy...It's a correction that we've been waiting for for a long time."
— Kevin Liptak (@Kevinliptakcnn) October 10, 2018