The murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, which is said to be have been aided by digital surveillance, was ordered by the head of the Saudi Arabian government, US intelligence has publicly asserted. Khashoggi, a critic of the ruling Saudi Arabian royal family, was ambushed and assassinated in 2018 when he visited the Saudi embassy in Istanbul thinking he was collecting paperwork for his upcoming wedding.

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