This is the Tom Hartman program.

So the report from the ODNI is out that Jamal Khashoggi was murdered.

It was planned, executed, and covered up by MBS.

But I'm wondering, and I just tweeted this out, is where is Jared Kushner in this?

Jared Kushner had become a bone-saw's best buddy, constant trips over to the Middle East.

And in fact, we saw a confidential document or some sort of leaked communication from Kushner.

This was like a year or so ago, saying that he helped the Crown Prince weather the storm

or words to that effect.

I see no reference to Kushner in this report, though, and I'm, you know, inquiring minds

want to know.

I'm curious.

What happened?

We shouldn't we know?

Anyhow.

So Dr. Trita Parse is with us.

He's the executive vice president of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft,

been on the program many times over the years, an extraordinarily well-informed observer

of the broadly the situation in the Middle East, and with regard to Iran in particular.

The website is Quincy, INST.org, and you can tweet to Dr. Parse at T. Parse, P-A-R-S-I.

Dr. Parse, welcome back.

I'm wondering if you could first just give us a shorthand kind of background on the situation

with Iran from the deal that President Obama participated in, you know, along with the,

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