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indeed, however the evidence looks too amateurish for a state-sponsored attack.
by buboard 8y ago
indeed, however the evidence looks too amateurish for a state-sponsored attack.
- preommr 8y agoYea, just look at how well thought out the Khashoggi murder was.
- buboard 8y agootoh , bezos himself is wondering how they got into his phone.
- azeotropic 8y agoWell Kashoggi is dead and MBS got away with it. Moreover, MBS's enemies know know what he's willing to do, and what he can get away with, and may be frightened into compliance. From MBS's perspective this sounds like a success.
- wkearney99 8y agoHas "thus far gotten away with it".
- azeotropic 8y agoPredictions are difficult, particularly about the future
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- mc32 8y agoIt's a cruder version of poisoning your turncoats with Pu. While hard to prove, it has an unmistakable signature that says, "anyone lese want to try"?
- chillwaves 8y agoHis ability to get away with murder does not at all seem connected to his ability to execute said murder. The theater was all for nothing, as real world consequences show they could have murdered the jouralist in cold blood and broad daylight.
- ethbro 8y agoWatergate wasn't exactly a professional job. Or the Saudi murder of Jamal Khashoggi. Government dirty tricks rarely involve their A team, because when doing something illegal loyalty is even more important than competence.
- ncmncm 8y agoThe ones with self respect decline. Cf. "Who will rid me of this troublesome priest?"
- jessaustin 8y agoThose with self-respect don't last long in murderous Middle Eastern dictatorships. Why would they even want someone like that around? Of course, one doesn't detect a great deal of self-respect in the upper echelons of power in more "democratic" nations, either.