ニューヨーク・タイムズさんのインスタグラム写真 - (ニューヨーク・タイムズInstagram)「American intelligence agencies concluded that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia approved the plan for operatives to assassinate the journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018, according to a previously classified report released on Friday by the Biden administration. The conclusion was already widely known, and the four-page report contained few previously undisclosed major facts. Much of the evidence the CIA used to draw its conclusion remains classified, including details from recordings of Khashoggi’s killing and dismemberment at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul that were obtained by Turkish intelligence. But the report does outline who carried out the killing, describe what Prince Mohammed knew about the operation, and lay out how the CIA concluded that he ordered it and bears responsibility for the death of Khashoggi, the Washington Post columnist and legal resident of Virginia who was critical of the Saudi government. The report’s disclosure was the first time the U.S. intelligence community has made its conclusions public, and the declassified document is a powerful rebuke of Prince Mohammed, the de facto ruler of Saudi Arabia and a close ally of the Trump administration, whose continued support of him after Khashoggi’s killing prompted international outrage. The release of the report also signaled that President Biden, unlike his predecessor, would not set aside the killing of Khashoggi and that the Biden administration intended to attempt to isolate the crown prince, although it will avoid any measures that would threaten to break ties to the kingdom. Tap the links in our bio to read the report, the Biden administration’s response as well as our investigation into the 15-man Saudi hit team that brutally killed the journalist in 2018. Photo by Saudi Royal Court, via Reuters」2月27日 4時05分