WorldYahoo NewsPrior to his murder, Jamal Khashoggi offered to help 9/11 victims suing Saudi Arabia
A year before his death, Jamal Khashoggi — a Saudi insider with intimate knowledge of his country’s interactions with al-Qaida — met with a former FBI agent working for the families of 9/11 victims who were suing his government and asked how he could help.
PoliticsYahoo News'Was there a bone saw?' How Trump helped the Saudis whitewash the murder of Jamal Khashoggi
The story of how the Trump White House responded to dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s gruesome murder — and ultimately helped conceal the crime — is the subject of “Anatomy of a Cover-up,” the final episode in the Yahoo News “Conspiracyland” podcast series.
NewsYahoo News'Conspiracyland' podcast: The secret lives and brutal death of Jamal Khashoggi
Jamal Khashoggi was Saudi Arabia's most prominent journalist, writing for one of the United States' premier newspapers. What happened to him inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, on Oct. 2, 2018, was shocking. And the more one digs into his murder, the more it becomes clear: This was the result of a real-life conspiracy. The latest season of Yahoo News' conspiracy theory podcast "Conspiracyland" is out now.
NewsYahoo News'He gave nobody a full view of his life': In his final days, Jamal Khashoggi juggled a secret wife in the U.S. and a fiancée in Turkey
Khashoggi had a penchant to be secretive about much of his life. “If somebody sits across from you when you’re interviewing people about Jamal and tells you that Jamal told them everything, they are 100 percent lying to you,” said one friend.
WorldYahoo News'A direct trail of blood drops' leads from a Twitter hack to Jamal Khashoggi's murder
An extraordinary corporate espionage operation to plant two Saudi spies inside Twitter is the subject of Episode 6 in the new season of Yahoo News’ “Conspiracyland” podcast: “The Secret Lives and Brutal Death of Jamal Khashoggi.”
PoliticsYahoo News'A personality type that feels absolutely no guardrails': How Saudi Arabia's leader charmed Washington while cracking down on opponents
The strange story of how Saudi Arabia's Prince Mohammed bin Salman managed successfully to court the United States' foreign policy and corporate elite, starting in 2015, presenting himself as a cultured reformer.
WorldYahoo NewsFrom royal insider to target: How the Arab Spring propelled Jamal Khashoggi into the Saudi leadership's crosshairs
Jamal Khashoggi helped democracy advocate Ayman Nour escape from Cairo's most notorious prison, but the Arab Spring they later poured themselves into eventually turned on them.
WorldYahoo News'I just fell apart crying heartbreak to you': A murdered journalist's years-long relationship with Osama bin Laden
Jamal Khashoggi never condoned the slaughter of innocents that marked Osama bin Laden’s later terrorist career. But he never renounced his friendship with bin Laden either. As one colleague says, he remained “conflicted” about the al-Qaida leader until the end of his life.
U.S.Yahoo News'Skullduggery' political podcast: 'Crime and punishment' (with Bill Bratton) — June 17, 2021
What is the cause of the nationwide rise in violent crime? Veteran New York City Police Commissioner Bill Bratton joins hosts Michael Isikoff, Daniel Klaidman and Victoria Bassetti to discuss the rise in crime and to comment on the national conversation about the role of police. Bratton shares his thoughts on what reforms are needed, which ones he’s against and the impact of the “defund the police” movement on officer morale. He also has some things to say about his former boss Rudy Giuliani.
WorldYahoo NewsArms, harems and a Trump-owned yacht: How a Khashoggi family member helped mold the U.S.-Saudi relationship
The flamboyant life and checkered legacy of Adnan Khashoggi are the subject of Episode 2 in the new season of the Yahoo News podcast "Conspiracyland: The Secret Lives and Brutal Death of Jamal Khashoggi."
WorldYahoo NewsExclusive: Saudi assassins picked up illicit drugs in Cairo to kill Khashoggi
The new season of Yahoo News’ "Conspiracyland" podcast reveals compelling new evidence that a Saudi hit team intended to kill Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi long before he walked into the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul in 2018.
PoliticsYahoo NewsThe letter that shook Twitter's world
What would President Trump have to do to get banned from Twitter? This episode of Yahoo News’ “Conspiracyland” examines that question in the context of Trump pushing painful conspiracies about a former aide to MSNBC host Joe Scarborough.
PoliticsYahoo NewsHow Trump's feud with Scarborough led the president to push unfounded claims of murder
President Trump and MSNBC host Joe Scarborough have had a tumultuous relationship that ultimately became one of the bitterest feuds of the Trump presidency — a clash that is examined in detail in this episode of Yahoo News’ “Conspiracyland.”
U.S.Yahoo NewsHusband of Scarborough aide who died in 2001 speaks out about Trump's conspiracy tweets: 'It's just inhuman'
The widower of a former aide to Joe Scarborough said the conspiracy theories about the death of his wife have caused the family pain and anguish.
PoliticsYahoo NewsFox News fiction: How the Seth Rich conspiracy murder theory made its way to Trump's favorite cable news network
How Fox News came to report an inflammatory and unsubstantiated conspiracy story about the murder of Seth Rich — and then, after hawking it for a week, retract it and strike it from its website — is the subject of the next two episodes of Yahoo News’ “Conspiracyland.”
WorldYahoo NewsHow a 'slick talker' lobbyist boosted the false Seth Rich murder conspiracy — before getting shot himself
Jack Burkman’s controversial involvement in the case — including attention-getting gimmicks and press conferences filled with wild and completely unsubstantiated claims — would ultimately lead to a real-life shooting: of Burkman himself.
PoliticsYahoo NewsExclusive: The true origins of the Seth Rich conspiracy theory. A Yahoo News investigation.
In the summer of 2016, Russian intelligence agents secretly planted a fake report claiming that Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich was gunned down by a squad of assassins working for Hillary Clinton, giving rise to a notorious conspiracy theory that captivated conservative activists and was later promoted from inside President Trump’s White House, a Yahoo News investigation has found.
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