Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler, Mohammed bin Salman, approved the operation “to capture or kill” Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, according to a newly declassified U.S. intelligence report released Friday.
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Author: Deirdre Shesgreen, USA TODAY
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