Ep 78 The Khashoggi Affair (Part 2) Roundtable with Kyle Anzalone, Will Porter

Friends of the show Kyle Anzalone and Will Porter join Joanne Leon for a special two-part series on the Khashoggi Affair, which symbolizes a much bigger geopolitical crisis and battle. Roundtable format, released in two separate episodes in the coming week for our listeners or available in advance, in full for patrons.

Kyle Anzalone is the host of the Foreign Policy Focus podcast and the editor-in-chief of ImmersionNews.com. He also writes the Daily News Roundup at Libertarian Institute.

Will Porter is a freelance journalist with a focus on US foreign policy and conflicts abroad. His work can be found at the Libertarian Institute, Antiwar.com and Consortium News

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Recorded on November 23 and 24, 2018. Music by Fluorescent Grey.

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Reference Links:

1. FPF #274 - Trump Runs Cover for MbS guest Will Porter, Kyle Anzalone, Will Porter
2. Khashoggi Was No Critic of Saudi Regime, Asad AbuKhalil, Consortium News
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8. Rand Paul on Face the Nation
9. Lindsey Graham on Meet the Press
10. Lindsey Graham on Hannity
11. Tulsi Gabbard Twitter thread
12. Here is a Saudi 'war game' scenario that demonstrates the peril of a post-Khashoggi period for the US and the Middle East, CNBC, Fred Kempe
13. Exclusive: After Khashoggi murder, some Saudi royals turn against king's favorite son, Reuters
14. Keeping Bin Salman In Place Will Hurt Trump's Middle East Policies, Moon of Alabama