of washington post columnist jamal khashoggi. the saudi kingdom continues to claim that mbs had no knowledge of the operation despite several of his top aides being involved. the kingdom's explanation for the killing has changed at least six times since october 2nd. originally maintaining that khashoggi left the consulate on his own to now claiming a 15-member team killed him using a drug while trying to either persuade or force him back to saudi arabia. the new york times reports that the cia had been hesitant to definitively point fingers but made the assessment based on intercepts of the crown prince's calls from the days before the killing and akigs to calls from that 15-member team to a sean your aide of mbs immediately