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On February 26, the United States Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) released the findings of its investigation into the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in October 2018. Khashoggi, 59, was lured to the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul in hope of getting paperwork needed to marry his fiance. He entered the consulate but never came out, and evidence soon emerged that a special Saudi team sent to Turkey killed and dismembered Khashoggi, a critic of Saudi Crown Prince Muhammed bin Salman (MBS), while he was inside. Khashoggi's remains have never been found.The ODNI assessed named 18 participants it said were "complicit in or responsible for" the killing "on behalf of" MBS.We assess that Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman approved an operation in Istanbul
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