Pompeo On Khashoggi Recording: ‘I’ve Heard No Tape, I’ve Seen No Transcript’

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Secretary of state Mike Pompeo forcefully pushed back on an ABC report in which a Turkish official says that Pompeo had heard recordings of journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s alleged torture and murder, according to a Friday Daily Beast report. 

“I’ve heard no tape, I’ve seen no transcript,” Pompeo said. “This is a very serious matter that we’re working diligently on, and so to put out headlines that are factually false does no one any good.”

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  1. "“This is a very serious matter that we’re working diligently on, and so to put out headlines that are factually false does no one any good.”

    Can’t argue with that. So, about the “rogue elements” your boss mentioned the other day . . . .?

  2. Shorter Pompeo: I see nothing…noTHING!!

  3. Erdogan has the goods on all these people and is waiting to hurt them massively, use it as bargaining tool / threat - which it is, or other political ramifications positive for Turkey. Erdogan know what he has: the power to f.ck up Trump and MbS. He will do that or bargain for serious benefits to keep it out of international publication. It’s heavy duty what Erdogan has now.

  4. Of course he has, whatever the Turkish Intelligence has US has it too, and it has been shared with Pompeo, in a few days he will be tying himself into knots saying… since it was super-classified I couldn’t admit having seen it.

  5. Avatar for kathya kathya says:

    We call B.S.

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