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New Three of his 4 children have dual US citizenship for one thing.
He was also a US resident not to mention newspaperman.
Alex

"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge."

-- Isaac Asimov
New that doesnt effect standing...
"Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts" – Richard Feynman
New Duty to warn, terrorism, etc...
Qz.com:

US intelligence agencies “duty to warn”

However, US intelligence agencies do have a clear “duty to warn” any individual, US citizen or not, of any known violent threats against them. A 2015 directive to the National Security Act, issued by Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, requires the US to give “non-US persons” notice of “impending threats of intentional killing, serious bodily injury, or kidnapping.”

An IC element that collects or acquires credible and specific information indicating an impending threat of intentional killing, serious bodily injury, or kidnapping directed at a person or group of people (hereafter referred to as intended victim) shall have a duty to warn the intended victim or those responsible for protecting the intended victim, as appropriate. This includes threats where the target is an institution, place of business, structure, or location. The term intended victim includes both U.S. persons, as defined in EO 12333, Section 3.5(k), and non-U.S. persons.


The US knew that Khashoggi was a target. US intelligence agents intercepted a plan to lure Khashoggi back to to the US, the Washington Post reported Oct. 10. An unnamed National Security Agency official also told the Observer’s John Schindler that US intelligence had learned that Riyadh “had something unpleasant in store for Khashoggi,” at least a day before Khashoggi went to the embassy in Istanbul. The “threat warning was communicated to the White House through official intelligence channels,” Schindler writes, but it’s not clear whether Khashoggi ever received the warning.

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence has refused to comment on why Khashoggi was not warned.

FBI assistance

The FBI often investigates the murders of US citizens overseas, or deaths in cases of terrorism that occur on US or foreign soil. While reporters have been asking Trump if he plans to “send the FBI” to investigate, that’s not exactly how it works.

The FBI investigates terrorism overseas when it is “perpetrated by individuals and/or groups inspired by or associated with designated foreign terrorist organizations or nations.” In other words, Khashoggi’s alleged killers need to be designated a terrorist group by US authorities before the FBI got involved. Given the US’s close ties to the main suspect, the Saudi government, that’s very unlikely.

The FBI also needs a “request for assistance” from the Turkish authorities to travel to Turkey, and then from the Saudi authorities to enter the consulate where Khashoggi disappeared, as George Piro, the assistant director for international operations, explained in July:

in these types of incidents where the FBI or the United States may not necessarily have jurisdiction, we are prepared to support our foreign partners if they ask for our assistance and support. And that is – that’s what kind of triggers or initiates the mechanism for the FBI to provide – whether it’s a technical support expertise, subject matter expertise, or things like that, it would require the foreign partner to ask for our assistance, and we will provide that.


Moral obligation and the Magnitsky Act

What the US should be doing in any situation where an outspoken critic of an authoritarian regime goes missing is another question. In the past, US authorities have sometimes intervened overseas under the flag of democratic American principles, (sometimes while pursuing other goals of their own).

[...]


Much more at the link.

Cheers,
Scott.
New as you stated, no standing for the FBI
"Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts" – Richard Feynman
New There are many, many reasons why the FBI could be asked to investigate.
Including the Magnitsky Act:

Under the Magnitsky Act, the president has 120 days to respond to a direct request from Congress about possible violations. The request, made Oct. 10 in a letter signed by 11 Democratic and 11 Republican senators, required the administration to make a determination of responsibility for the killing, particularly including involvement by the Saudi royal family, and to act on it by imposing sanctions on responsible individuals.

“The President maintains his discretion to decline to act on congressional committee requests when appropriate,” a senior administration official said in a statement. “The U.S. Government will continue to consult with Congress and work to hold accountable those responsible for Jamal Khashoggi’s killing.”

The Trump administration cited the constitutional separation of powers and the precedent of the Obama administration in declining to meet what the lawmakers had called a deadline. The decision was expected, and a bipartisan Senate bill introduced Thursday would supersede the request and direct the president to impose sanctions on anyone — including Saudi officials and the royal family — he determines was “responsible, or complicit in, ordering, controlling, or otherwise directing” acts that caused or contributed to Khashoggi’s death.


[...]

U.S. intelligence agencies have concluded that Khashoggi’s killing was premeditated and almost certainly carried out on orders from Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The Saudi government claims that the prince, who is the kingdom’s de facto ruler, was not involved. Trump announced in November that he would not downgrade the U.S. relationship with Saudi Arabia, regardless of whether Saudi rulers were culpable.


Donnie doesn't want them to, so they won't. That doesn't make his actions (directing the DOJ and FBI to refuse to comply) legal.

Yet another impeachment charge (failure to "faithfully execute" the laws, etc.) to add to the list.

But you knew all that. ;-p

Cheers,
Scott.
     Okay. So, Drumpf can actually still surprise me. - (mmoffitt) - (10)
         (recursively) Surprised at Your surprise.. - (Ashton) - (2)
             I grant that he's given me no reason to believe I can fully grok the depth of his depravity. - (mmoffitt) - (1)
                 tl;dr? Journalists don't Like Me; so kill them all, one-at-a-time. For Amerika. ⚑ -NT - (Ashton)
         Suprised that tRump worships a trillionaire family? -NT - (a6l6e6x)
         so a saudi prince has a saudi citizen whacked on saudi soil, whats the fbi got to do ith it - (boxley) - (5)
             Three of his 4 children have dual US citizenship for one thing. - (a6l6e6x) - (4)
                 that doesnt effect standing... -NT - (boxley) - (3)
                     Duty to warn, terrorism, etc... - (Another Scott) - (2)
                         as you stated, no standing for the FBI -NT - (boxley) - (1)
                             There are many, many reasons why the FBI could be asked to investigate. - (Another Scott)

Religion.
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