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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]He gets heat for joining a comedy festival in Saudi Arabia (which I agree is gross), but he's right - Saudi killed 1 journalist[/quote]

Haha.    Do you think Saudi Arabia has only killed one journalist??    They have only killed one [i]American [/i]journalist (Jamal Khashoggi in a gruesome butchering in a foreign country).    But no journalist in Saudia Arabia is safe if they criticize the government.

https://cpj.org/2025/06/saudi-arabia-executes-journalist-turki-al-jasser-on-treason-terrorism-charges/[/quote]

Jamal Kashoggi wasn't American - he was Saudi. Which is a big part of why they killed him. And yes of course Saudi Arabia has an alarming record when it comes to journalists. The comparisons to Israel are apropos - they are the same in their frightening and abhorrent record when it comes to human rights and justice. Israel cares a lot less about the person's background - at least Saudi is a little bit more discriminatory (ie, internal dissidents)
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The U.S. wanted to do the same thing done to Khashoggi or worse to Edward Snowden and julian Assange  for Wikileaks. Anyone who thinks our government hasn’t gone after journalists or whistleblowers for reporting real stories  is kidding themselves.[/quote]

It's the running joke that the only people that are ever punished when the crimes of the American military or intelligence apparatus are exposed are the whistleblowers. More examples are [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kiriakou#Disclosing_torture]John Kiriakou[/url], who was convicted for exposing the extensive CIA torture program; [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelsea_Manning#Publication_of_leaked_material]Chelsea Manning[/url], who was convicted for being the Wikileaks source; and [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Hale#Leaks_to_The_Intercept]Daniel Hale[/url], who was convicted for leaking intel about US kill lists and civilian casualties from drone strikes. All three of these people deserve presidential pardons and restitution of their government pensions, if applicable.[/quote]

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