we learned from the washington post in the past 48 hours that the u.s. government intercepted communications of the saudis hatching a kidnapping plot to lure jamal khashoggi back to his native saudi arabia. there is something called intelligence community directive 191 which requires that the intelligence community, when it comes into possession of a threat of murder, of bodily harm and of kidnapping to a u.s. citizen or non-u.s. citizen alike it places a requirement on the intelligence community. that it then inform that person of the danger he or she is in. the fact that jamal carb ghkhas went to a diplomatic facility alone, walked in there, didn t steam have any concerns, didn t express it to friends or family before he walked into the diplomatic facility. it raises the question as to whether that warning was ever delivered. we have no indication it ever was. and if it wasn t, it raises a question as to why. usually this is pretty automatic. it s done within the intelligence commu
with this emotional plea directly appealing to president trump saying help me, being help me figure out what happened to him. what is the u.s. responsibility here and would they have had if they had known about plans for this a duty to warn him? the washington post had a very interesting tidbit in that the u.s. intelligence community according to the post intercepted communications of saudis discussing a plan not to kill khashoggi, but to kidnap him. and there is something within the intelligence community called intelligence community directive 191 that was last affirm ne in july of 2015 that mandates a duty to warn. in the they have a duty to warn of a threat to murder, kidnap and maim. it is unclear if it took place in this case. and my concern is that given this administration s super close air tight relationship with the saudis, if they had