President Trump has told the world that “rogue killers” might have been responsible for the disappearance and death of the columnist Jamal Khashoggi.
“Informed sources” in Washington are now trying to work out who the chief rogue might be, with some describing him as a fall guy.
CNN, the US broadcaster, pinpointed a “high-ranking officer with general [security] intelligence” who was “close to the inner circle” of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
The US news website The Daily Beast quoted “diplomatic circles in Washington” as saying that “the Saudis will place blame for Khashoggi’s murder on a Saudi two-star general new to intelligence work”.
It said the general had received approval from the crown prince to interrogate Mr Khashoggi on the suspicion that he
