Much more facts/truths to this than Scripal.
I'd be careful with any conclusions/deductions ….
Saudis have acknowledged he's dead. Now they'll have to answer where the body is.
I am sure POTUS/Q are not very happy about this incident either.
Thomas Friedman defending MBS
edition.cnn.com/videos/world/2018/10/18/intv-amanpour-tom-friedman-jamal-khashoggi.cnn/video/playlists/intl-latest-world-videos/
does not actually indicate MBS is anti-cabal.
There's many possibilities what might have gone on (also incl. MBS ordering this right exactly now, so short before election putting the U.S. into some corner) ….
I am not convinced at all MBS (or even King Salman) are /ourguys/ or reformers – just because he made a deal (that left him "free hand" to gain power) with POTUS doesn't mean he could still not be working with some kind of clowns ….
MSM just jumping on it like the evil bitches they are, as they see a weakness in POTUS' decision to give MBS "green light".