Does Gina Haspel speak Arabic (or even Turkish), or did the Saudi assassins and victim all speak English for her convenience? What information could she possibly glean from listening to the recordings firsthand?
I know we’re all joking about this is how she gets her kicks, but what serious intelligence goal is achieved by flying the actual director of the Central Intelligence Agency to Turkey to personally listen to these recordings?
I help out on a teaching farm in my county that raises chickens and turkeys. You’re welcome to come buy one, but you gotta help out, and we’ll take you all the way from capturing your bird with a fishing net through slaughter, scalding, plucking, butchering, trussing and weighing.
The first time might make you a little green but you’ll get a good feel for the process, no human sacrifice necessary.
I’ve a pair of Orpingtons that were hand-raised and will crawl into your lap if you sit down, and other birds that seem to know days in advance when you’re coming. Suppose it’s whatever works for your farm.
According to the latest leak,, Khashoggi was murded because he was about to reveal Saudi Arabia’s use of chemical weapons in Yemen.
Everyone, watch carefully for the complete 180 from the usual suspects on the use of chemical weapons. When there were allegations of their use in Syria, the response was “bomb first, ask questions later, with a side of convenient regieme change.” now that it’s the Saudis who are implicated, watch for the sudden reversal.