The relationship between the US and Saudi Kingdom was famously sealed in a 1945 meeting on the Suez Canal between President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Abdul-Aziz. In exchange for oil, the US government would provide them with security and military aid
Through interviews with Khashoggi’s friends and colleagues, as well as old footage of the man himself, The Dissident paints a portrait of a conscientious reporter with powerful connections.
Julia Conley; Alex Emmonsand Aída Chávez
Common Dreams
"Apparently, neither Saudi Arabia's brutal murder of Jamal Khashoggi nor its mid-summer bombing of a school bus packed full of children were enough to break the ice surrounding House Majority Leader Paul Ryan's heart."
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