damn right... sine WHEN did we start trusting the Turks anyway???
Posted on 10/17/2018 9:45:07 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
President Trump on Wednesday said the U.S. has requested audio and video from Turkey related to the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
"We've asked for it, if it exists," Trump said in the Oval Office.
Trump told reporters he is not sure if a recording exists, but conceded it "probably does," and indicated it could play a role in assigning blame for his fate.
"We will probably know that by the end of the week," Trump said regarding the Khashoggi case.
The president spoke as grisly details emerged about the Saudis alleged interrogation of Khashoggi inside their consulate in Istanbul that led to the dissident journalist's death.
Citing a Turkish official, The New York Times reported Wednesday that Khashoggi's fingers were severed before he was beheaded and his body dismembered. The account is based off an audio recording of the alleged killing that is in Turkish hands.
The new details could raise pressure on the U.S. to confront Saudi Arabia about the fate of Khashoggi, who has not been seen since entering the consulate on Oct. 2.
Trump again denied he is providing cover to Saudi Arabia, one of his closest partners in the Middle East, in the Khashoggi case.
Asked why he hasn't directed the FBI to investigate, Trump noted that the journalist "wasn't a citizen of our country" and suggested he wouldn't tell the public even if he did order an FBI probe.
"Maybe we have," he said. "Why should I tell you?”
Trump has previously repeated Saudi denials of knowledge about Khasghoggi's fate and expressed a reluctance to punish the kingdom by canceling or suspending a multibillion arms-sales agreement.
He also criticized the global outcry against Saudi Arabia over the incident, calling it another example of "guilty until proven innocent" and likening it to the backlash against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who was accused of sexual assault during his confirmation process.
Limbaugh gave a compelling explanation of why the Apple Watch, the smartphone, and wifi likely could not all be linked to produce a recording.
“Is there a recording?”
Probably if they were trying to get info. Not from the watch though. The watch/phone might have given good geolocation though.
Is Turkey admitting that they are bugging the Saudi embassy? They seem to have detailed knowledge of this, but until they provide irrefutable proof, I remain skeptical. Erdogan has not been truthful with the US and as a fundamental adherent to Islam, he is no friend to the Saudi's as well.
If Turkey has a recording they would release it in all its detail. If they have nothing, then they will release nothing. If they release something without its authentifying data, then they have nothing.
Why is this so surprising?
Subtle and sly attempt to make Trump seem somehow implicated:
“Trump told reporters he is not sure if a recording exists, but conceded it “probably does,””
Why is his observation a concession??
No concession. Why would anyone believe anything that the Turks say? Why would anyone believe the “intelligence community”? Trump is no fool.
Agreed. My point is that the reporter should have said “Trump speculated” rather than “Trump conceded”. The latter makes it seem like somehow he is involved either as a participant or as someone taking sides on the issue, rather than an observer.
The guy was a dirtbag and had a lot of enemies in the byzantine world of brain-damaged muslim intrigue.
damn right... sine WHEN did we start trusting the Turks anyway???
This one request will overturn the whole line of bull pushed by the Erdgoan regime, because there is no audio, there is no video, and the account of how the imaginary audio and video was obtained made no sense in the first place. Once this is shown to be another one of Erdogan's tissue of lies, he'll be further undermined and seen as the buttplug that he is.
A Saudi national gets murdered in a Saudi embassy in Turkey by Saudis. CNN says Trump is a jagoff and apparently, condones the act.
A US Ambassador along with 3 US citizens get tortured and murdered in Benghazi, after pleas fell on deaf ears with the state department for additional security. Obama and Clinton come out and say it was caused by a video produced by a US citizen. CNN does an in-depth report on the migration of the Penguin.
MSM is a complete joke. Trump is chipping away at them making them more and more irrelevant each and every day....
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani, Russia's Vladimir Putin and Turkey's Tayyip Erdogan meet in Sochi, Russia November 22, 2017. (photo credit: SPUTNIK/MIKHAIL METZEL/KREMLIN VIA REUTERS) The Three Amigos
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