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    Saudi Arabia Operatives — Who Killed Journalist Jamal Khashoggi — Were Trained by U.S. Company Tier 1 Group

    By NewsVideoClipJune 22, 2021Updated:June 23, 2021No Comments2 Mins Read
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    The New York Times reports that the four Saudi Arabian operatives who killed Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018 in Turkey (VIDEO BELOW) — under the orders of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman — were trained in 2017 by a U.S. company approved by the State Department:

    The training was provided by the Arkansas-based security company Tier 1 Group, which is owned by the private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management. The company says the training — including “safe marksmanship” and “countering an attack” — was defensive in nature and devised to better protect Saudi leaders. One person familiar with the training said it also included work in surveillance and close-quarters battle.

    There is no evidence that the American officials who approved the training or Tier 1 Group executives knew that the Saudis were involved in the crackdown inside Saudi Arabia. But the fact that the government approved high-level military training for operatives who went on to carry out the grisly killing of a journalist shows how intensely intertwined the United States has become with an autocratic nation even as its agents carried out horrific human rights abuses…

    Louis Bremer, a senior executive of Cerberus, Tier 1 Group’s parent company, confirmed his company’s role in the training last year in written answers to questions from lawmakers as part of his nomination for a top Pentagon job during the Trump administration.

    The Washington Post reported in 2019 that the head of Cerebus worked in the Trump administration in an amazing conflict of interest:

    Stephen Feinberg, the co-chief executive of Cerberus, is also chairman of the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board, which provides independent counsel on intelligence matters. When he was appointed, critics argued there might be conflicts of interest. The source familiar with Cerberus’s business activities said that when Feinberg assumed the PIAB post, he divested his interest in all companies in the Cerberus portfolio that were involved in defense and intelligence matters, including Tier 1 Group and DynCorp. The divestment occurred before Khashoggi’s death and was unrelated, the source close to the company said. A Cerberus spokesman declined a request for comment by Feinberg.

    (Sources: The New York Times, The New York Times/YouTube, The Washington Post)

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