Former NSA and CIA Director Retired General Michael Hayden criticizes
the Trump administration's handling of relations with Saudi Arabia,
calling it "structurally and procedurally wrong." Hayden says that
instead of relying on the traditional structures of government, which
would have allowed for a tougher U.S. response to the murder of
Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi Consulate in
Istanbul on October 2, the U.S. has personalized the relationship
between Jared Kushner, who he calls "the young minister of just about
everything in the White House," and Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman,
"If you keep doing stuff wrong over time...there are going to be
consequences for that, Hayden warns. He also says he believes the Crown
Prince knew about the plan to kill Khashoggi, saying of the Saudis,
"They did it, they intended it, and he had to know it."
This report was broadcast on October 31.
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