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the first is to send a signal perhaps to the ruling regime here, the crown prince himself that the journalists here feel very angry that his loyalty and patriotism might have led to an intent to forcibly repatriate him here, but also it sets himself there s even talk here, george, of a national day of mourning for mr. khashoggi. the narrative is rapidly being established that mr. khashoggi was a hero of modern saudi arabia whose life was taken, whose nobility was taken by rogue elements, not by the state, george. let s add the context, sam. the context is important that khashoggi was critical of saudi arabia, the government, the leadership. it is interesting to hear this new narrative that is forming. critics might say it was buying time.
that went wrong by rogue elements. this will put turkey in a way to prove otherwise, this will allow crown prince mohamed bin salman to a degree to carry on. you know, his image is tarnished for sure and it s going to be difficult to see how he personally can get beyond that. of course, the kingdom is much bigger than one crown prince but he has been occupying such a big role. it would be, i think, in the coming years, let s say, how does the kingdom itself deal with this. at the moment that lies in the hands of the crown prince himself. it doesn t clear the road behind him entirely so to speak. nick roberts live for us in istanbul, turkey. sam kiley live in riyadh, saudi
relations with cutter. they may be trying to reconcile saudi arabia and cutter. and trying to do a deal by which they don t release some of the tapes if there is some agreement. but the turks need to give us what they have. and frankly it doesn t seem that the trump administration is pressing the turks very hard to give us that information given how little donald trump seems to know and how much news reporters know who are in touch with turkish sources. it also seems entirely plausible that the president of the united states and the saudi regime concludes there were some rogue elements, it was an extradition gone wrong and the turks leak a tape of the guy being murdered, literally. again, the saudis have been on the record over and over denying that anything happened inside the consulate. right. telling the world that he left. and so even if they come up with some story that suggests it was a rogue element of friends of the crown prince who did this,
and frankly it doesn t seem that the trump administration is pressing the turks very hard to give us that information given how little donald trump seems to know and how much news reporters know who are in touch with turkish sources. it also seems entirely plausible that the president of the united states and the saudi regime concludes there were some rogue elements, it was an extradition gone wrong and the turks leak a tape of the guy being murdered, literally. again, the saudis have been on the record over and over denying that anything happened inside the consulate. right. telling the world that he left. and so even if they come up with some story that suggests it was a rogue element of friends of the crown prince who did this, we shouldn t forget that they lied to the world. right. for weeks telling us he actually left the consulate, which should maybe cause us to doubt the sincerity of the news story whenever that emerges.