November 29, 2018
HE TAINTS EVERYTHING(ONE) HE TOUCHES:
Pompeo-Mattis briefing on Yemen to Senate bombs (Laura Rozen, November 28, 2018, Al Monitor)
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis urged senators at a closed-door briefing today to stay the course on US support for the Saudi-led military coalition fighting in Yemen. But the Donald Trump administration's refusal to send CIA Director Gina Haspel to brief senators on the intelligence community's assessment of the role of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, coupled with Pompeo's urging of business as usual with the Saudis in a poorly received Wall Street Journal op-ed overnight, appeared to backfire. Several senators emerged from the briefing saying they planned to vote for legislation that would curtail US involvement in the war.
They have no credibility left.
Posted by Orrin Judd at November 29, 2018 3:57 AM