MISSING SAUDI ACTIVIST'S FAMILY WANTS INDEPENDENT PROBE: The family of missing activist Jamal Khashoggi wants an independent, international commission to investigate his disappearance and alleged killing ... "The strong moral and legal responsibility which our father instilled in us obliges us to call for the establishment of an independent and impartial international commission to inquire into the circumstances of his death," the family said in a statement Monday. "We are grateful to all those who have respected our privacy during these difficult times."
Meanwhile, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo landed in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia early Tuesday for talks with Saudi King Salman about Khashoggi's disappearance. Khashoggi, 59, went missing Oct. 2 after he entered the Saudi Consulate to obtain documents related to his upcoming marriage to a Turkish woman. Surveillance footage captured him entering through the consulate's main entrance, but he was never seen leaving. Turkish authorities said they have evidence proving that Khashoggi was killed by Saudi agents. Riyadh officials have claimed the journalist was alive when he left the building, and they don't know what happened to him. Several media outlets reported on Monday that the Saudi government is considering whether to announce that rogue intelligence operatives killed Khashoggi by accident.
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