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I was wondering why someone replied to me stating basically what was in the WSJ article* I submitted and then I noticed that the submission was changed to a Vic
by mzs 7y ago
I was wondering why someone replied to me stating basically what was in the WSJ article* I submitted and then I noticed that the submission was changed to a Vice article instead. The Vice article based on the report obtained by Motherboard is interesting, but I don't think it captures what the original did. In part WSJ points-out:
>Saudi government spokesmen didn't respond to a request for comment. Saudi officials close to the crown prince said they were aware of a plan to hack Mr. Bezos' phone, but not of any attempt to blackmail him.
It seems to me that those officials are claiming that MBS wanted to merely influence coverage in WaPo via Bezos. Also this is not the first time MBS proponents have blamed Saud al Qahtani, so I take that part of the Vice article with some salt: https://nyti.ms/2W5YDkY https://nyti.ms/2W5YDkY
Another aside from annex two of yesterday's OHCHR report: https://twitter.com/selectedwisdom/status/1220062905699393536 https://twitter.com/selectedwisdom/status/122006290569939353...
>MBS meets Trump at White House March 20, 2018. According Bezos timeline, Bezos gets invite to dinner with MBS - March 21,2018. April 4, 2018 Bezos & MBS connect on WhatsApp
* for those without a WSJ subscription, Dow Jones republished the article cause it appeared in print version of the WSJ https://www.morningstar.com/news/dow-jones/2020012215312/un-suggests-bezos-phone-was-hacked-using-saudi-crown-princes-account-3rd-update https://www.morningstar.com/news/dow-jones/2020012215312/un-...
Also here is a statement from NSO https://www.morningstar.com/news/dow-jones/2020012215313/un-suggests-bezos-phone-was-hacked-using-saudi-2 https://www.morningstar.com/news/dow-jones/2020012215313/un-...
edit: dang moved it, that's why I got confused https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22124049 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22124049