Our feelings at The Post right now are best captured by
this drawing by Tom Toles.
This, as I’m sure you know, is a reference to our Global
Opinions columnist Jamal Khashoggi, who entered the
Saudi Consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2 and has not been
heard from since.
Jamal was a skilled, courageous journalist who left his
homeland because he could no longer speak freely
there. If, as is being reported, the Saudi government
set out to silence him, it is a monstrous crime, and we
will not rest as we press for the facts of the case to be
revealed and for those responsible to be brought to
account.
In response to Jamal’s disappearance, we published
a moving piece by Jamal’s fiancee, Hatice Cengiz.
Elliott Abrams, a Mideast expert and self-described
defender of Saudi Arabia’s young crown prince,
explained why this act would be both “a great crime
and a great mistake” for the regime.
And Anne Applebaum reports that the West may finally
be figuring out the smart way to respond to Russian
hacking and dirty tricks.
Thank you as always for reading.
Fred Hiatt Editorial Page Editor
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