Excited about ‘First Man’? You’re going to want to see Apollo 11 artifacts and pieces of the moon, too.

With “First Man” earning rave reviews, it's sure to spark a renewed interest in Neil Armstrong's one giant leap for mankind, especially with the 50th anniversary of the moon landings arriving in 2019. Not surprisingly, the Washington area is home to numerous NASA-related artifacts and multiple pieces of the moon. Here's where you can see them: National Air and Space Museum Those hoping to pair a screening of “First Man” with a closer look at the Apollo 11 command module will be disappointed: Columbia is currently on view in Pittsburgh as part of the touring “Destination Moon” exhibition. Another important artifact from the mission, Armstrong's spacesuit, is currently being restored by Smithsonian conservationists, with the hope that it can go back on view next year. But even without those two items, the museum has a sizable number of objects related to Apollo 11 in its second-floor “Apollo to the Moon” gallery, which closes for an extended renovation on Dec. 3 and is scheduled to reopen on January 2022. (In other words, if you haven't visited recently, do it now.) The Apollo Lunar Module LM-2, a test version of the craft that carried astronauts from lunar orbit to the moon's surface and back, remains on display in the Milestones of Flight Hall, along with the touchable moon rock (brought back by the crew of Apollo 17). Washington National Cathedral [Think you know D.C.? You’ve probably never seen these 15 unexpected things.] Goddard Space Flight Center On Oct. 20, Goddard will be open from 6 to 9 p.m. for International Observe the Moon Night, which includes hands-on family activities, speakers sharing memories of moon landings and special telescopes for observing the night sky. Admission is free, and no RSVP is required.


Tom Sietsema on his Fall Dining Guide, from Fiola’s disappearance to the four-star Baltimore restaurant

There’s a lot to digest in Tom Sietsema’s new Fall Dining Guide, including a new entry to the pantheon of four-star restaurants and a new “D.C. Restaurant Hall of Fame” category. Some restaurants are back in the dining guide after missing out for a year or six, while 10 restaurants that received three-star ratings in last year’s guide have been left out altogether. Sietsema picked the three-star Del Mar as his No. 1 restaurant, ahead of the four-star Pineapple and Pearls. In his weekly online chat he explained why: “The Top 10 list is highly personal, a collection of current favorites that have less to do with star ratings than with my gut reaction to them,” Sietsema wrote. “Pineapple and Pearls gets four stars for setting the bar for innovative fine dining, but I could see myself at (and send diners to) Del Mar more often for sublime service, Spanish food and ambiance.” To make sense of the other changes, we chatted with The Post’s restaurant critic. Fiola and Fiola Mare were two of the 10 — 10! — restaurants that earned three stars in the “The crush of excellent new restaurants plays a role, sure. I’d still recommend Fiola and Fiola Mare to readers looking for a high-end Italian or seafood experience, but I had more fun at some of their less-formal competitors, foremost Centrolina. (You can argue with ‘best,’ but not with ‘favorite,’ which is something more personal.)” This year saw the introduction of a “ “Hall of Famers are restaurants that have been around for a while, sometimes a decade or more, but are worthy of high praise because they set the gold standard for French, omakase, Spanish tapas or whatever. I can’t guarantee I’ll run another such list next fall guide, and if I do, the mix could change. For instance, 2 Amys was not on the list because a flood meant I couldn’t get there before it reopened.” And lest these restaurants rest on their laurels, Sietsema adds, “I am always going back to popular restaurants to see if they're performing well." Charleston “Charleston is consistently excellent, food- and comfort-wise. I’m rarely there that the chef isn’t in her kitchen, and that dedication shows on the plate. The one thing that has held the restaurant back before was probably a coolness in the service, a certain stiffness that didn’t signal ‘Baltimore charm.’ ” Like Charleston,


The Cybersecurity 202: Lawmakers press for answers about China’s alleged supply chain hack

THE KEY Lawmakers are prying into a controversial report that Chinese spies installed surveillance microchips in servers used by Apple, Amazon and other American companies. On Wednesday, Sens. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) wrote to Supermicro, the firm that manufactured the allegedly compromised hardware, asking whether it had detected any such tampering in its products. The senators acknowledged that the company, along with Apple and Amazon, had forcefully denied the reporting from Bloomberg Businessweek, but said “the nature of the claims raised alarms that must be comprehensively addressed.” “We are alarmed by the dangers posed by back doors, and take any claimed threat to the nation’s networks and supply chain seriously,” Other lawmakers on the Hill have fired off similar missives. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) wrote to Apple, Amazon and Supermicro requesting staff briefings about the Bloomberg article by Friday. And House Oversight Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) and Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) called on the heads of the FBI, Department of Homeland Security and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to provide a classified briefing on the matter by Oct. 22. (Amazon.com founder and chief executive Jeffrey P. Bezos owns The Washington Post.) The flurry of requests underscores long-standing concerns in Congress about the potential for a foreign adversary to conduct cyber espionage by infiltrating the supply chain. So even though an array of U.S. officials and cybersecurity experts have joined the companies in challenging the Bloomberg story, which came out a week ago today, lawmakers aren’t taking any chances with the allegations raised in it. “If this news report is accurate, the potential infiltration of Chinese back doors could provide a foothold for adversaries and competitors to engage in commercial espionage and launch destructive cyber attacks,” Rubio and Blumenthal wrote. Yet senior administration officials continue to cast doubt on the report. The explosive Bloomberg report said that operatives from a unit of the People’s Liberation Army secretly installed the surveillance chips in Supermicro motherboards during the assembly process in China, creating a “stealth doorway” into networks that used the machines. Immediately after the report was published, Apple said it had “never found malicious chips, ‘hardware manipulations’ or vulnerabilities purposely planted in any server.” Amazon called the story “erroneous” and said the details about Amazon were “untrue.” Supermicro also denied the report, saying it hadn’t been contacted by any law enforcement agency or


The flurry of requests underscores long-standing concerns in Congress about the potential for a foreign adversary to conduct cyber espionage by infiltrating the supply chain. So even though an array of U.S. officials and cybersecurity experts have joined the companies in challenging the Bloomberg story, which came out a week ago today, lawmakers aren’t taking any chances with the allegations raised in it. “If this news report is accurate, the potential infiltration of Chinese back doors could provide a foothold for adversaries and competitors to engage in commercial espionage and launch destructive cyber attacks,” Rubio and Blumenthal wrote. Yet senior administration officials continue to cast doubt on the report. The explosive Bloomberg report said that operatives from a unit of the People’s Liberation Army secretly installed the surveillance chips in Supermicro motherboards during the assembly process in China, creating a “stealth doorway” into networks that used the machines. Immediately after the report was published, Apple said it had “never found malicious chips, ‘hardware manipulations’ or vulnerabilities purposely planted in any server.” Amazon called the story “erroneous” and said the details about Amazon were “untrue.” Supermicro also denied the report, saying it hadn’t been contacted by any law enforcement agency or dropped by any customer for “this type of issue.” What’s more, while the article said a top-secret U.S. investigation involving the FBI remained open, the companies said they were unaware of any such probe and had not been contacted by investigators. Now lawmakers are left trying to parse out what's true, and it could end up becoming a flash point between some members and the tech companies — or even senior officials. Wray deflected. “Be careful what you read in this context,” he said, adding that he was barred from commenting on whether the FBI was investigating the matter. Nielsen said DHS doesn’t have “any evidence that supports the article. We have no reason to doubt what the companies have said.” Still, she stressed that supply chain hacks are "a very real and emerging threat that we are very concerned about." Indeed, the article seemed to channel some of Washington’s worst anxieties about supply chain security. Lawmakers and federal officials have long fretted over whether a foreign adversary could carry out such an infiltration, and over the past year they’ve taken steps to try to prevent it. Keeping up with the news in President Trump’s Washington is exhausting — whether


It’s time for Saudi Arabia to tell the truth on Jamal Khashoggi

more evidence that has not yet been publicly released: One of our sources says the Turks possess an audio recording of the murder. U.S. officials have been briefed on the evidence, and The Post reports that U.S. intelligence intercepts revealed that Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, ordered an operation to lure Mr. Khashoggi back to the kingdom from Washington, where he has been living in self-imposed exile and contributing commentaries to The Post. The publicly available evidence is not entirely conclusive. But it clearly shows that Saudi officials, including the ambassador in Washington, were not telling the truth when they denied the existence of the Saudi team. The Saudis have been saying that Mr. Khashoggi left the consulate shortly after arriving, and that they have no knowledge of what happened to him; the ambassador to the United States, Khalid bin Salman, even professes to share the concerns about Mr. Khashoggi’s welfare. That cynical stance has been shredded. As Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) told us on Wednesday, “The burden of proof is now on the Saudis” to show they were not responsible for Mr. Khashoggi’s disappearance. In the absence of an adequate response, the regime must be held responsible. As Mr. Kaine rightly put it, “We will have to analyze everything about the U.S.-Saudi relationship,” including military sales and cooperation. The crown prince is not the only one who needs a new response to the Khashoggi case. Until Wednesday, President Trump, who has treated the Saudi ruler more favorably than the leaders of Canada and Germany, professed not to know what might have happened to the journalist. On Wednesday, he said, “It’s a very serious situation for us and this White House. . . . I think we’ll get to the bottom of it.” That’s better than claiming ignorance, but it is still a tepid reaction. Mr. Trump ought to consult his own intelligence officials and diplomats, who are well informed about the evidence. He should accept that a regime that is vicious and reckless enough to oversee the killing of a journalist in a diplomatic facility, then blatantly lie about it, cannot be a trustworthy partner of the United States. If the crown prince’s government does not immediately explain what happened to Mr. Khashoggi, and punish those responsible, it must be punished with sanctions — by Congress, if Mr. Trump cannot bring himself to act.


Astronauts make harrowing escape, but Russian rocket failure roils NASA

its side on a grassy flatland. A photograph showed one crew member kneeling, the other reclining against the parachute fabric, while three rescuers approached. Hague and Ovchinin were examined by medical officials and deemed in good shape. “Glad our friends are fine,” tweeted Alexander Gerst from the European Space Agency, the station commander. “Spaceflight is hard. And we keep trying for the benefit of humankind.” Russian officials said crewed space launches have been suspended pending an investigation into the malfunction. Russia’s Interfax news agency also said all uncrewed launches could be halted for the rest of the year, citing space program sources. Thursday’s launch failure came at a dicey moment in the U.S.-Russia space partnership. The two nations have been congenial 250 miles above the Earth’s surface even when events on the ground, such as the Russian annexation of Crimea or the interference of Russia in the 2016 election, have stoked tensions. But the United States and Russia have been at odds over the cause of a small hole discovered in August on the Soyuz module — Soyuz MS-09 — currently docked at the space station. Moscow says the hole, now repaired, was the result of deliberate drilling and has suggested sabotage, while the U.S. space agency said this week that investigators will determine the cause. Against that backdrop, NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine traveled to Kazakhstan to witness Thursday’s launch and meet his Russian counterpart, Dmitry Rogozin of Roscosmos. The summit turned far more dramatic than either had imagined. Rogozin said he was forming a state commission to investigate what caused the failure. It was the first time the Soyuz had failed on a launch to the 20-year-old International Space Station. Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yury Borisov, who oversees space flight, promised to share all information from the investigation with the United States. Commercial space race The failure puts tremendous pressure on NASA and the two companies — SpaceX and Boeing — it is counting on to fly its astronauts to the space station. Both companies have faced repeated delays. NASA recently announced that neither would fly even an uncrewed test flight this year and that the first flights with astronauts on board wouldn’t happen until the middle of 2019. “We like having more than one operational system, and right now, by my count, we have zero,” said Lori Garver, a former NASA deputy administrator who was a strong advocate


Here’s how the United States can stand up for Jamal Khashoggi

Ben Cardin, a Democrat from Maryland, serves on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The only profession specifically protected by the U.S. Constitution is the press. This reflection of who we are as a nation emanates out into the world , and must always remain a guiding light for truth-seekers and truth-tellers in pursuit of the societies in which we all aspire to live . I have been thinking about this idea since the shocking disappearance last week of Saudi reporter Jamal Khashoggi, a Post Opinions contributor. Amid the allegations of what happened to Khashoggi after he entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul — which, if true, would constitute a grotesque form of clandestine brutality ripped from the Kremlin’s playbook — I pray for his family and reiterate my commitment to international press freedom. More than prayers and words will be needed, however, to pursue justice and accountability, and to send a message to the perpetrators that such gross human rights violations have consequences. So far, Saudi Arabia has unequivocally denied any involvement in Khashoggi’s disappearance. But a man who has repeatedly irked the kingdom is missing under grave circumstances after entering one of its diplomatic compounds. Saudi officials must provide answers. With each passing day, the limited information that has surfaced, in meticulous reporting by media outlets such as The Post, paints a grim picture of what may have happened and who might be involved. A full investigation must occur without delay, with transparent support from all involved parties. Concurrently, the United States — the historic standard-bearer for human rights and press freedom — should ready action in response. Anyone who would perpetrate blatant violations of human rights and international law should recall that the United States has a number of tools to use to stand up for the values and norms that underscore our common humanity. Three years ago, I worked with my colleague and friend, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), to author a bill to hold accountable human rights abusers and individuals who engage in corrupt practices — by seizing any assets they have placed in U.S. financial institutions and by banning their travel to the United States. In a world of limited diplomatic options to counter some of the worst crimes against humanity, such actions are effective because people of means want to bank in the financial powerhouse that is the United States and want to travel to


answers. With each passing day, the limited information that has surfaced, in meticulous reporting by media outlets such as The Post, paints a grim picture of what may have happened and who might be involved. A full investigation must occur without delay, with transparent support from all involved parties. Concurrently, the United States — the historic standard-bearer for human rights and press freedom — should ready action in response. Anyone who would perpetrate blatant violations of human rights and international law should recall that the United States has a number of tools to use to stand up for the values and norms that underscore our common humanity. Three years ago, I worked with my colleague and friend, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), to author a bill to hold accountable human rights abusers and individuals who engage in corrupt practices — by seizing any assets they have placed in U.S. financial institutions and by banning their travel to the United States. In a world of limited diplomatic options to counter some of the worst crimes against humanity, such actions are effective because people of means want to bank in the financial powerhouse that is the United States and want to travel to our diverse, beautiful country. President Barack Obama signed our Global Magnitsky Human Rights and Accountability Act into law in December 2016. The Trump administration, to its credit, promulgated an expansive executive order to implement the law and has employed it in several important cases. If the men who have now been identified publicly are found to be complicit in a crime against Khashoggi, Global Magnitsky sanctions can be applied to them and, importantly, to any higher-ups in Saudi Arabia who directed their actions. What is effective about Global Magnitsky is that it allows for targeted sanctions against individuals without going directly at the larger, important bilateral relationship between the United States and another country, whether ally or adversary. Let me be clear, Saudi Arabia is a key partner of the United States in many regards. But that does not absolve it of responsibility for its actions. Were concrete evidence to emerge that senior government figures in Riyadh were involved in Khashoggi’s disappearance or death, the United States should take forceful steps beyond Global Magnitsky. Congress could consider the outcome of ongoing investigations when debating future U.S. arms sales to the kingdom, future International Military Education and Training assistance, and future


What worries me about the U.S. economy

changed hands many times, with each exchange adding yet more debt. Many of these loans are being made by the non-banking financial sector, which is less regulated, but banks are joining in on the action. With the Fed’s policy interest rate still below measures of generalized inflation, financial conditions are still very accommodating and the financial sector is exuberant. But before the last crisis — with rates rising but financial conditions still easy — lenders made mistakes, such as issuing NINJA housing loans, so-called because they were made to people with no income, no jobs and no assets. They were predicated on repossessing and selling the house if they did not pay. It worked — until the housing market collapsed. Third, growth in much of the world is slowing, and many emerging markets are not well-positioned to weather slow growth. Emerging markets, by and large, have better macroeconomic policies than in the past, but not all are well-placed to weather slower growth. Rising oil prices, driven in part by impending sanctions on Iranian oil and collapsing Venezuelan production, are forcing oil-consuming countries to borrow more to finance their deficits. When combined with already-high dollar borrowing, rising U.S. interest rates and weakening domestic currencies, it is no surprise that foreign investors are shying away from such emerging markets, making financing more difficult. None of this means a generalized crisis is imminent. However, strong U.S. growth should not make us oblivious to rising risks in the domestic financial sector and increasing fragilities abroad — the world is too interconnected for any country to be immune. The Fed’s measured pace of raising rates would be less accommodating of financial sector risk-taking if it could bring other tools to bear. For instance, Eric Rosengren, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, has suggested raising counter-cyclical capital requirements on banks; forcing banks to set aside more capital for every risky loan they make will curb exuberant lending. Instead of helping moderate financial excess, however, the U.S. administration has pushed back on regulators urging banks to limit lending to highly indebted firms, which means banks are now competing with non-banks for market share in an overheating market. Almost surely, the quality of lending will suffer. The Trump administration also needs to recognize that the rest of the world is now more fragile and less able to navigate the stream of disruptive actions launched from


The Health 202: Republicans and Democrats paint scary visions for health care if the other side wins

Obamacare repeal bills.” OUCH: Twelve additional suspected cases of acute flaccid myelitis have been reported in children, with three cases in Pennsylvania and nine in Illinois. The additional cases follow reports of six cases in children in Minnesota in the past several weeks. The rare condition, that has been compared with polio, "targets the spinal cord, which can lead to weakness in the muscles. Symptoms can include facial-muscle weakness, seen as droopiness; issues moving the eyes or droopy eyelids; issues swallowing; or slurred speech," The Post's Lindsey Bever has reported. “The three children in Pittsburgh have not yet been confirmed by the CDC to definitely have the illness,” BuzzFeed News’s Theresa Tamkins reports, citing a spokesperson at the Allegheny County Health Department. “The children are ‘currently undergoing diagnostic procedures and treatments,’ according to a statement from UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, where the patients are being treated. ‘Isolation protocols and infection control procedures are in place and we are working with the CDC and the Allegheny County Health Department to further monitor and evaluate the patient conditions.’” The Illinois Department of Public Health said in an news release it had “received recent reports from health care providers of nine sporadic, clinically diagnosed cases of acute flaccid myelitis” and was “working with the health care providers to collect necessary information to send to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.” — Yesterday Trump signed two bills into law that will eliminate “gag clauses” that pharmacists say stop them from telling when there's a cheaper way to buy prescription drugs. It’s the first piece of legislation the president has signed that address drug pricing and that has accomplished an idea set out in the administration’s blueprint released in May. Stat’s Nicholas Florko wrote that neither bill will directly lower the cost of prescription drugs, as The Health 202 noted last month. But you wouldn’t know that based on the president’s explanation of the legislation. “Obviously, based on the name, you can tell that this gives people knowledge as to prices at different locations, where to buy the drugs,” Trump said. “They’ll be able to see pricing, they’ll be able to see where they should go and as they start leaving certain pharmacies, those pharmacies will be dropping their prices.” But removing gag clauses probably won't lead to patients to do more shopping around for a new pharmacy, nor will it actually lower


The Daily 202: Trump resists limiting Saudi arms sales amid growing diplomatic crisis over journalist’s disappearance

government would never make good on its promises not to harm him. “The intelligence … has fueled speculation by officials and analysts in multiple countries that what transpired at the consulate was a backup plan to capture Khashoggi that may have gone wrong. A former U.S. intelligence official … noted that the details of the operation, which involved sending two teams totaling 15 men, in two private aircraft arriving and departing Turkey at different times, bore the hallmarks of a ‘rendition,’ in which someone is extra-legally removed from one country and deposited for interrogation in another. But Turkish officials have concluded that whatever the intent of the operation, Khashoggi was killed inside the consulate. “The intelligence poses a political problem for the Trump administration because it implicates Mohammed, who is particularly close to Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser. … Kushner’s relationship with Mohammed … has long been the subject of suspicion by some American intelligence officials. Kushner and Mohammed have had private, one-on-one phone calls that were not always set up through normal channels so the conversations could be memorialized and Kushner could be properly briefed. … On Wednesday, Kushner and national security adviser John Bolton spoke by phone with the crown prince, but White House officials said the Saudis provided little information.” -- Meanwhile, Turkish officials publicly accuse the Saudis of not cooperating with their investigation. -- The Wall Street Journal reports that the two Gulfstream jets used to ferry the 15 men into and out of Istanbul belong to a company controlled by Saudi Arabia’s crown prince. -- NBC News obtained screenshots that show Khashoggi checked his cellphone just before entering the Saudi consulate, but he never read messages sent to him minutes later. -- The Saudi-U.S. relationship has weathered storms before, including the revelation that 15 of the 19 hijackers on 9/11 were Saudis. -- Politico reports that it was actually MBS himself who asked for the call with Kushner and Bolton after the top U.S. official at the embassy in Riyadh asked him directly about the case earlier in the week. “On Tuesday evening, a group of foreign policy figures attended a dinner with a senior White House official with responsibility for the Middle East. … The official kept stressing that the U.S. had significant long-term interests in Saudi Arabia and repeatedly noted that Iran is a top threat,” Nahal Toosi reports. “When


Jamal Khashoggi’s disappearance in Turkey plays into Middle East media war

More than a week after the disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi, all parties involved agree that the journalist walked into Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul on the afternoon of Oct. 2. When it comes to what happened next, however, the Saudis have a very different story. Saudi Arabia says Khashoggi left the consulate, where he was seeking papers that would allow him to marry his Turkish fiancee, after an unremarkable visit. Yet Turkish authorities, as well as the missing Saudi journalist’s friends and family, say Khashoggi did not come out of the consulate, where his fiancee was waiting for him outside. With little evidence officially put forward by either side, journalists from The Washington Post and other news organizations have reported on unreleased details about the investigation, some of which have been obtained from Turkish officials speaking off the record. These details suggest that Khashoggi was killed at the consulate. There has been some corroboration from other sources, including by U.S. intelligence officials who said Saudi Arabia’s powerful crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, had been trying to lure Khashoggi back to the kingdom. But the Middle East is deeply divided by geopolitical interests and is a place where leaks of information — and misinformation — are often intended to drive narratives. Turkey and Saudi Arabia sit on opposing sides of this divide, and both have a reputation for muddying the water. Turkey is “really notorious for social media disinformation, trolling, outright lies in the press” to further the government’s position, said Steven Cook of the Council on Foreign Relations. Saudi Arabia has not offered any compelling evidence or even a plausible alternative hypothesis for what happened inside the consulate; it has said that security cameras at the facility did not record footage. Instead, it has tried to undermine the reports about Khashoggi by focusing on the source of information and the idea that Turkey does not have a neutral viewpoint. Khalid bin Salman, the Saudi ambassador to the United States and the crown prince’s brother, released a statement this week that criticized “various malicious leaks and grim rumors flying around about Jamal’s whereabouts and fate.” Although the Saudi government is not a neutral party in the situation, some experts agreed that the Turkish accounts needed real scrutiny. “Having been on the end of Turkish state-affiliated media attacks and lies, I can see that the possibility for manipulation here is great,” said


Snallygaster has a new home, dozens of buzzy craft breweries — and cans of Heady Topper

to feel disjointed and more sprawling. Now, “it’s one long space you can travel through and still feel like you’re in the same event,” he says. As usual, there will be lawn games, a kids area and local music (including Rare Essence and The Pietasters) to distract from the beer-drinking during the festival, which benefits nonprofit Arcadia. Gone this year are the commemorative glass mugs, which have been phased out because the new site doesn’t allow glass. More than 30 of the 120-plus breweries at Snallygaster have never been at the festival before — slightly more than usual, Engert says. New buzzy breweries include contingents from New York (Interboro Spirits and Ales, Threes Brewing, Equilibrium Brewery and Grimm Artisanal Ales), the West Coast (The Rare Barrel, Monkish Brewing, Great Notion Brewing) and Maryland (Goonda Beersmiths, Cushwa). “We’re always challenging ourselves to get even cooler, rarer and more intriguing new brewers,” Engert says. Rare beers are always the main draw at Snallygaster, and since those tend to go fast, the festival will now offer only 4-ounce taster pours of select beers. (Most beers will be available as 7-ounce or 14-ounce drafts; prices for pours vary — you pay with drink tickets that cost $1 each — but are generally in the range of what you’d pay at one of Engert’s bars.) There will also be cans this year, spurred in part by Engert finally getting Vermont’s legendary The Alchemist to join the festival. That means you’ll be able to get a full 16-ounce can of the brewery’s highly sought-after Heady Topper, a double IPA many credit with starting both the hazy, juicy IPA craze and craft beer’s push toward tallboy cans. (Don’t worry about the festival running out early — Engert says they have plenty of cans.) “It’s a masterpiece,” Engert says of Heady Topper, which is meant to be enjoyed straight from the can. “It is a classic beer that has inspired so many. It’s still just as delicious and singular as it was and I still haven’t had a beer that tastes like it — I don’t even think other Alchemist beers taste like it.” There’s perhaps no better place to put that claim to the test than at a beer festival with 400 other brews to choose from. Sixth Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW; Sat., 1:30-7 p.m., $40 in advance (includes 30 drink tickets), $15 admission at door.


Trump’s warm relationship with Saudi Arabia disrupted by journalist’s disappearance

reporters, to anyone,” Trump said, adding that the administration was also in contact with Khashoggi’s Turkish fiancee, Hatice Cengiz, who had stood outside the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul while he went in to pick up paperwork for their marriage, waiting in vain for his return. “We want to bring her to the White House,” Trump said. The subsequent statement from White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said there was also a follow-up call to MBS, as the crown prince is widely known, from Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. But Sanders provided little substantive information. “In both calls, they asked for more details and for the Saudi government to be transparent in the investigation process,” she said. “We will continue to monitor this situation and provide updates as available.” At the State Department, deputy spokesman Robert Palladino declined to characterize Pompeo’s call with MBS, referring to it as “private diplomatic conversations.” “I would say that the United States government wants to understand what is going on,” he said, “and to express the importance of receiving a full accounting. And understanding in a very transparent and conclusive way what has transpired. We’d like to get to the bottom of this.” For those who never trusted Mohammed and bemoaned the president’s appointment of Kushner, a diplomatic naif, as his primary U.S. interlocutor, the Khashoggi incident is already a policy disaster even before official conclusions have been reached. “In a way, I understand the logic behind putting Jared Kushner forward,” Stephen J. Hadley, national security adviser to former president George W. Bush, said in a Washington panel discussion this year. Both are sons of leaders, he said, and in the “informal way New York real estate works, [it is the] informal way politics works among families in the region.” But “it doesn’t really work” in this case, Hadley said. “You need someone there who is a steady hand, who understands the region.” U.S. intelligence officials have long regarded MBS with skepticism and trepidation. The prince, 33, rose to power in a palace coup last year that displaced his older cousin Mohammed bin Nayef, whom the CIA regarded as a fellow warrior in the long U.S. fight against al-Qaeda and other violent extremists. Diplomatic, defense and intelligence officials became even more wary as they puzzled over private talks between Mohammed and Kushner, 37, held during late-night telephone conversations and several visits to each other’s


The 10 best bargain restaurants in the D.C. suburbs

Over the years, I’ve come to loathe the term “cheap eats,” with its connotation of marginalized, second-class dining. While their dishware, decor or service may not match those at a fine-dining restaurant, the people behind these superb suburban eateries are as devoted to their missions as any Michelin-starred chef. The places on this list are culled from my five-plus years of scouting for the $20 Diner column I write every week. 10. Frankly ... Pizza! 9. Vinh Kee 8. Just Jerk 7. Saba’ Restaurant 6. Peter’s Carry-Out 5. Chettinadu Indian Cuisine 4. Nazret Ethiopia Restaurant 3. Amoo’s Restaurant 2. Royal Nepal 1. Xi’an Gourmet


Why are U.S. media companies partnering with a Saudi conference?

officials? What happened, precisely, inside the consulate?” The Post’s editorial board wrote. Meanwhile, several U.S. media outlets — Bloomberg, the New York Times, CNBC, Fox Business Network and CNN — are listed as “media partners” in an investment conference in Saudi Arabia. The Future Investment Initiative (FII), which is in its second year, is slated to take place in Riyadh from Oct. 23-25. Per its website, the Future Investment Initiative is “powered” by the Public Investment Fund, established in 1971 by royal decree. It finances “key projects” and provides support for “projects of strategic importance to the national economy.” According to a release from the FII, the 2018 conference has booked speakers including JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, IMF President Christine Lagarde and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. Major names from the media world are showing as well, including Fox Business anchor Maria Bartiromo, Los Angeles Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong* and CNBC anchor and New York Times columnist Andrew Ross Sorkin.* Moguls tend to attend investment conferences. But should U.S. media outlets be partnering with Saudi Arabia? The kingdom long occupied a low rung on international surveys of press freedoms, owing to its unwillingness to allow independent media. “The level of self-censorship is extremely high and the Internet is the only space where freely-reported information and views may be able to circulate, albeit at great risk to the citizen-journalists who post online,” notes an assessment from Reporters Without Borders. And that was before the Khashoggi affair. As The Post’s David Ignatius wrote, Khashoggi was “picking fights” with Saudi authorities as far back as 25 years ago. As for the journalist’s assessment of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Ignatius observed, “Khashoggi thought [he] was an impulsive hothead who undermined his own good ideas for reform.” The Erik Wemple Blog has asked the U.S. media organizations partnering with the Saudi conference for their assessment of the situation. Do they want to be associated with this regime?A spokesperson for Fox Business Network tells the Erik Wemple Blog that the organization is evaluating the matter. A CNBC spokesman says they are “monitoring the situation.” Update: Read more: Elliott Abrams: Why Jamal Khashoggi’s disappearance will haunt the Saudi government The Post’s View: We need answers on Jamal Khashoggi’s disappearance Karen Attiah: The silencing of Jamal Khashoggi Supporters of missing Saudi columnist call for U.S. investigation into his disappearance Read Jamal Khashoggi’s columns for The Washington Post


The D.C. restaurant hall of fame

they understand why people wait in line, sometimes for hours: The food and hospitality in most of these restaurants are unlike anywhere else. Take this unsigned, underground shoe box from Johnny Monis, the chef who’s also behind the four-star Komi next door. To get in, you have to be open to nuts and heat and meat and be willing to eat seven courses family style. The payoff might be spicy smoked catfish scooped up with fried pork rinds, stinging soup coaxed from lime leaf and burnt coconut, a jumble of fried tofu cubes tossed with red peanuts and fresh ginger, followed by a fire extinguisher in the form of shredded beef that’s slightly sweet and rich with basil. There’s grilled pork curry, too, which you’re encouraged to break up with your fingers, and a chicken dish flavored with what a server calls “all the good bits,” chopped skin and liver included. “This tastes like Thailand,” says a companion who recognizes the signature funk, flames and herbaceousness of the northern part of the country. Guests are made to feel like VIPs when staff bring over a gratis extra dish or a wine they’re in love with, but the truth is, that happens to everyone here. 1511 17th St. NW. No phone. littleserow.com. Prix fixe $49. Sound check: 86 decibels / Extremely loud. Marcel's One of the best antidotes to the incivility of Washington: dinner in the champagne-colored dining room named for owner Robert Wiedmaier’s son, now 20, just like the French-inspired restaurant. A meal unfolds leisurely and luxuriously with the help of servers better dressed than you are, a generous scoop of caviar topping your amuse-bouche, thick linens spread across the tables and background music that you notice but that never takes away from conversation. The format lets you order three to six courses from the range of the menu. Consider mussels, sharing their dish with tomato fondue beneath a veneer of Gruyere cheese, a first course almost as revered as Marcel’s signature boudin blanc; duck breast, rosy slices of crisp-edged fowl fanned over a nest of Swiss chard with a fruit that trumpets the season (cherries in summer); and dessert, now in the hands of Jacob Euler, who comes to the West End venue from L’Atelier de Joël Robuchon in Las Vegas. The pastry ace’s cheesecake is presented as two ivory orbs on a slender plate with pineapple sorbet and


Jamal Khashoggi’s fate casts a harsh light on Trump’s friendship with Saudi Arabia

toward Saudi Arabia is compromised by deep financial conflicts of interest. His business interests — past, present, and future — make it impossible for him to contemplate the kind of consequences that the Saudis deserve. In 1991, when Trump was $900 million in debt, he was bailed out by a member of the Saudi royal family, who purchased his 281-foot yacht, Trump Princess. Trump’s other princess, Ivanka, is married to Jared Kushner, who has deep ties to the crown prince. In 2015, when asked about his relationship with the Saudis, Trump said: “I get along great with all of them. They buy apartments from me. They spend $40 million, $50 million. Am I supposed to dislike them? I like them very much.” As recently as December 2016, Trump owned companies in Saudi Arabia, as he sought to build a hotel there. Three days after Trump’s inauguration, lobbyists working for the Saudi government funnelled $270,000 directly to the Trump Organization by booking rooms at his Washington hotel. More recently, Trump’s flagging Manhattan hotel got bailed out thanks to a lucrative visit from none other than the Saudi crown prince. It raises the disturbing possibility that Saudi Arabia will get away with abduction or murder because the president is beholden to Saudi money. Finally, Trump’s attacks on the media are endangering the lives not just of Khashoggi but of journalists globally. Here’s a useful thought experiment: You’re in charge of an authoritarian regime. Previously, your desire to silence critics in the media was tempered by credible threats of consequences from the White House. Then, a new president unequivocally praises “strong” dictators and channels Joseph Stalin to call journalists “the enemy of the people.” How would it change your behavior? Saudi Arabia provided its answer to that not-so-hypothetical question in Istanbul last week. President Trump should now press the Saudis for more answers related to the disappearance of our colleague, Jamal Khashoggi. We’ll soon find out whether Trump is a diplomatic weakling in the pocket of authoritarian princes from an absolute monarchy. I hope that he will prove me wrong. Americans – and Jamal – deserve to know. Read more: Hatice Cengiz: Please, President Trump, shed light on my fiance’s disappearance Richard Cohen: Trump’s nasty apathy about Jamal Khashoggi Elliott Abrams: Why Jamal Khashoggi’s disappearance will haunt the Saudi government The Post’s View: How Trump enabled the abuses of Saudi Arabia’s crown prince


Supporters of missing Saudi columnist call for U.S. investigation into his disappearance

Salman over his own. His hands, held up for effect, were dripping fake blood. Khaled Saffuri, a close friend of Khashoggi for more than two decades and co-founder of the Islamic Free Market Institute, said a senior adviser to the crown prince contacted Khashoggi in June and offered the journalist safe passage home should he choose to return. Saffuri said Khashoggi told him he wouldn’t go. “When he was finished telling me about it, I said, ‘Would you go?’ And you know what he told me?” Saffuri said. “He said, ‘Are you kidding me? I don’t trust them for one minute.’ ” Ali al-Ahmed, a prominent Saudi analyst and critic, said the United States should hold the crown prince personally responsible for Khashoggi’s disappearance. He asked that the Trump administration ban Mohammed and a group of 15 men accused in Khashoggi’s disappearance from entering the United States. “Mohammed bin Salman is the mad king of Saudi Arabia, and Jamal Khashoggi is not his first or his last victim,” al-Ahmed told a crowd of more than three dozen spectators and journalists. “Tell him he is not welcome here.” Friends and colleagues recounted Khashoggi’s courage, approachability and desire to see his home country become more free and transparent. They called him conservative in his beliefs and measured in his writing. Several spoke of his support for the monarchy and said he always considered himself more of an adviser than a dissident. “He was so mild,” said Samia Harris, an Egyptian human rights activist and founder of Prince William Academy in Virginia. “It makes the rest of us — activists and journalists who have stronger beliefs — think, ‘If he lost his life, what’s going to happen to me?’ ” Asma Yousef, 42, and her nephew, Abdulaziz Gebril, 26, said they have had members of their family vanish in the same fashion as Khashoggi. “It’s forcing all of us who have had someone we know disappeared to relive that past trauma, that heartbreak,” said Yousef, a Libyan American mother of three who befriended Khashoggi at a mosque in Northern Virginia. “I wanted the people inside (the Saudi Embassy) to know that Jamal Khashoggi had friends in the United States who support him,” she said. “And I felt we owe it to those who would like to be here today but are unable to because they’re afraid. Because look what happened to Jamal.” marissa.lang@washpost.com


Why Jamal Khashoggi’s disappearance will haunt the Saudi government

Elliott Abrams is senior fellow for Middle Eastern studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. He served as deputy assistant to the president and deputy national security adviser in the administration of President George W. Bush, where he supervised U.S. policy in the Middle East for the White House. The disappearance and reported killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi will have many victims, starting with his family and his fiancee. But unless the Saudi government speaks and acts quickly and honestly about this terrible event, its own reputation will incur irreparable damage. Since the emergence of the current government under Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, critics (including Khashoggi) have argued that its central characteristic and greatest flaw was despotism: one-man rule by the young crown prince. To this critique were added descriptions of his impulsiveness, inexperience and repression of any criticism of his approach to modernization. Defenders of the new regime (including me) have argued in essence that MBS, as the crown prince is known, is in the traditional and positive sense of the term an “enlightened despot.” Though he was an absolute ruler, in this reading, he was one who used his power rationally to bring economic and social reforms, modernize his country and address the many developmental problems that hamper Saudi Arabia despite its wealth. He appears, for example, to have reined in the ultra-conservative clergy, has begun to improve the status and role of women, and has adopted plans aimed at creating a productive economy not dependent solely on oil production. There has been no political reform. Internal critics have been harshly repressed, including women who urged a faster pace of change. Even this could be explained within the enlightened-despot model. The defense was that the modernization steps MBS is undertaking are radical and face many internal enemies, so gauging the right pace of change is a delicate and fateful decision. He must keep it in his hands and cannot permit public pressure either to go faster or to slow down. His detention of many very rich Saudis in the Riyadh Ritz-Carlton hotel until they paid ransoms was apparently fairly popular in the kingdom, because it was widely believed few of those men had gained their fortunes legitimately. Those ransoms were equivalent to the taxes they had never paid. That has been the defense, and the accusation of impulsiveness had for a while little evidence to back


Senators call on Trump to impose sanctions in Saudi journalist’s disappearance

The Senate’s top foreign policy lawmakers asked President Trump on Wednesday to impose sanctions against anyone found responsible for the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, even if that includes the leaders of Saudi Arabia. In a letter to Trump, the lawmakers triggered the 2016 Global Magnitsky Act, which gives the president 120 days to decide whether to impose sanctions on any foreign person he determines sponsored or was involved in the disappearance of Khashoggi, an outspoken critic of the Saudi government and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. “We request that you make a determination on the imposition of sanctions pursuant to the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act with respect to any foreign person responsible for such a violation related to Mr. Khashoggi,” Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) and the panel’s ranking Democrat, Sen. Robert Menendez (N.J.), wrote in their letter. “Our expectation is that in making your determination you will consider any relevant information, including with respect to the highest ranking officials in the Government of Saudi Arabia.” Under the terms of the Global Magnitsky Act, Corker and Menendez can force the White House to weigh in on sanctions against Saudi officials. Doing so challenges Trump, who has developed close ties to Saudi Arabia, heralding arms sales and promising continued support of the kingdom’s military campaign in Yemen. On Wednesday, Trump said that Khashoggi’s disappearance was “a bad situation” that “we’re going to get to the bottom of.” According to White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, several senior members of the Trump administration had placed calls to their Saudi counterparts asking for more details and transparency. Corker has seen intelligence that suggested Saudi Arabia was plotting to at least apprehend Khashoggi and determined it to be persuasive if not conclusive, according to an aide familiar with Corker’s thinking. Before announcing their plan, Corker and Menendez enlisted the support of Sens. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) and Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.), who lead the Senate Appropriations subcommittee on state and foreign operations, and the other members of the Foreign Relations Committee except for Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.). “It would be a bipartisan tsunami if this is proven to be true,” Graham, who is close to Trump, said of the allegations of Saudi involvement in Khashoggi’s disappearance. He predicted that proof of nefarious activity on the part of the Saudis “would be a complete game-changer.” The Khashoggi


The forgotten story of the Harvard rowers who supported Tommie Smith and John Carlos

the crew members agreed to go public with their support for OPHR. “What I think everybody was feeling a little bit of unease about was this notion that the world is going through what it was going through our senior year without us really being involved,” Hoffman said. Three other rowers weighed their options and decided against signing a public statement that would be released to the media. “I think my politics were maybe a little bit more right of center than theirs,” said Steve Brooks, the youngest member of the crew. “I fully knew what was going on. It didn’t affect my relationship with anyone.” The Harvard rowers announced three goals: “to help the white athletes selected for the Olympic team obtain information about the reasons for and the goals of the black demonstration, to stimulate an open-ended discussion of the issues between white and black, and to discuss means of voicing our support at the Olympic Games.” The Harvard crew vowed to contact other athletes, sending them handwritten letters as soon as those others qualified for the U.S. Olympic team. “Looking back at that 50 years later,” Larkin says today, “it strikes me how little we said, how benign it was. We said, ‘Hey, we want to listen to the black guys.’ … I remain stunned at the overwhelming response that received.” Not only did the rowers receive no response back, but many American athletes forwarded the letters directly to the U.S. Olympic Committee, which was not pleased and strongly considered expelling the crew from the Mexico-bound Olympic team before relenting. The Harvard rowers concluded their altitude training in Colorado before departing for Mexico City. Most continued wearing OPHR buttons, and some tried striking up conversations with fellow U.S. Olympians. Hoffman recalls giving an American boxer a button, drawing the ire of a boxing coach who got physical with the rower. As the Opening Ceremonies neared, the larger movement had splintered in a way that allowed athletes to settle on their personal form of protest or to focus on their Olympic competition. The American crew struggled adjusting to the altitude and never contended in its opening heat on Oct. 13, 1968, finishing nearly 10 seconds off pace. Two days later, they shuffled positions in the boat for the second-chance repechage race, moving Brooks to stroke at the front of the boat. Midway through the race, the American crew


Britain faces another political shock. It may matter more than Brexit.

Sebastian Mallaby, author of “The Man Who Knew: The Life & Times of Alan Greenspan,” is the Paul A. Volcker senior fellow for international economics at the Council on Foreign Relations and a contributing columnist for The Post. After years of exuberant argument — spirited, obstinate and frequently dishonest — Britain is about to leave the European Union. The deadline looms in less than six months, and the entrance to the last off-ramp is narrow. Meanwhile, a second political shock has struck. It may matter more than the first one. This second shock involves the opposition Labour Party, which has cartwheeled from Clintonian Third Way centrism to Marxian hard leftism in less than a decade. At its recent party conference, Labour promised not only to nationalize industries such as water, but also to create boards featuring local politicians, workers, environmentalists and consumers to oversee their management. Labour’s official platform demands that companies with 250 or more employees put 10 percent of their shares in “inclusive ownership funds” overseen by workers — presumably these shares would have to be confiscated from current owners. Economists linked to the party are mulling a reinstatement of capital controls and a four-day workweek. Labour is polling almost as strongly as the ruling Conservatives. If the unpredictable Brexit process were to result in an early election, the outcome would be a toss-up. Even if the next election happens on schedule, in 2022, allowing the Conservatives a chance to heal their internal Brexit divisions, Labour’s chances of victory might stand at 1 in 3 or so. That is a far higher probability than most analysts attach to a disorderly Brexit, in which Britain’s borders and supply chains are suddenly disrupted. When London’s captains of industry mutter about quitting Britain, the specter they fear most is not Brexit but a Labour government. Britain has a reputation for pragmatism and moderation. Unlike France or Italy, it has never had a serious communist party. With the notable exception of Margaret Thatcher, its postwar Conservative prime ministers would, in American political terms, be classed as centrist Democrats. But it has also had periods of radicalism — not just Thatcher’s pro-market overhaul, but the sweeping nationalization under the Labour government of 1945-1951 — and it appears to have entered another radical phase now. The ruling Conservative Party is bent on delivering Brexit, a costly experiment in deglobalization. The Labour Party is committed


Defense contractors race to build self-driving submarines that can clear sea mines

focuses on specialized batteries that allow the subs to power themselves for longer periods of time. Last September it bought Adaptive Methods, a Centreville, Va.-based company that develops the advanced sensor and payload systems that go on unmanned underwater vehicles. And last month the company bought ASV Global, a market leader in “Autonomous Surface Vehicles,” self-driving boats that are sold to commercial and military customers. Overseeing it all is Sean Stackley, a former Navy official who joined the company in January. In the Navy, Stackley served as assistant secretary for research, development and acquisition, playing a lead role in setting the service’s technology acquisition priorities. His hiring is part of a broader reorganization at L3, a publicly traded company whose most visible product has been 360-degree scanners that commercial fliers pass through at the airport. He says the technology enabling such systems has only recently become available. For now, the approach is based mainly around teaming manned ships with robots, delegating dangerous or menial tasks like mine-clearing to unmanned submarines. “When you use manned mine countermeasure ships, it is an extremely laborious process, and it means you’ve got a manned ship in a minefield,” Stackley said. “About 10 to 20 years ago, a decision was made to think about using unmanned vehicles to sense and neutralize mines in a minefield. But while that was the right path to go down at that time, frankly the technology was not mature enough at the time.” He is following a broader school of thought for the U.S. military, in which military services develop autonomous technologies that can be deployed alongside manned vessels. The Air Force is working on robotic drones that could fly alongside fighter jets or scout ahead and absorb enemy fire. The Army has deployed small robots meant to defuse roadside bombs so soldiers don’t have to. L3’s acquisition of ASV is an early step for the company in building production lines for unmanned systems. The company says it has more than 100 unmanned surface vehicles deployed around the world with various military and commercial buyers. There is interest from the commercial shipping and energy industries as well. For now, about 60 percent of L3 ASV’s maritime business comes from commercial buyers, the rest being military customers. “We’re integrating together various capabilities with an eye for not only where DOD is going," Stackley said, “but also where the world is going.”


America Eats Tavern puts history on the menu

The following review appears in The Washington Post’s 2018 Fall Dining Guide. America Eats Tavern (Good) José Andrés never dreams small. Have you heard? The globe-trotting chef wants to take the sole American restaurant in his collection and replicate it in Europe, which he thinks lacks proper U.S. dining representation. Rolled out as a pop-up featuring historical dishes in Penn Quarter seven years ago, then opening and closing in Tysons, America Eats Tavern now calls Georgetown home. The third iteration, which replaces Old Glory, feels like a keeper. “America the Beautiful” pops into my head when I read the menu, sprinkled with dishes that have made this country great: creamy crab cakes, golden fried chicken, Cobb salad to honor California and an honest hot dog. This kitchen sweats the details — coleslaw made a la minute, a brioche bun for the frank — although the barbecue will disappoint enthusiasts. Sunny servers and lemon meringue tart leave better impressions. 2 stars America Eats Tavern: Open: Prices: Sound check: -- The following review was originally published Sept. 19, 2018. José Andrés takes his edible history lesson to Georgetown (Good) Our server takes us on a road trip up and down the East Coast with his description of one of the most enticing salads of the season. “The watermelon is from Florida,” he says, pointing to a pink disc carpeted with a bevy of accents, including diced avocado. “The peanuts are from Virginia, and the goat cheese is from Pennsylvania.” The cool fruit is cut into easily retrievable chunks; the tongue detects sweetness trailed by crunch, salt and tang. I make a mental note to re-create the salad at home, come the next scorcher. Right now, I’m enjoying the refreshment in the third iteration of America Eats Tavern, originally conceived as a pop-up seven years ago by everywhere chef José Andrés. The dining draw, designed as a living museum celebrating historical American food in conjunction with the National Archives, ended up relocating from Penn Quarter to the Ritz-Carlton in Tysons Corner . The restaurant shuttered two years ago. Great idea, tough location. The intent at the preceding taverns was to showcase American dishes as they were originally made. The history lessons that have transferred to the new location, formerly the barbecue restaurant Old Glory, include a 19th-century version of mac and cheese featuring fine vermicelli noodles and bechamel sharpened with aged Wisconsin cheddar.


DC Rider’s Answer Line: Why aren’t all Metro escalators covered?

Q. Outside Metro Center’s 12th Street Northwest and F Street Northwest entrance, a sign says a big glass canopy is being built to protect the escalators. That makes sense, but why aren’t canopies being built to protect the escalators and the riders from the harsh elements at other stations, like at Archives or Smithsonian? Both stations are on federal National Park Service property, and the agency is concerned that canopies at those locations — as well as at Arlington Cemetery, U Street/African-American Civil War Memorial and Judiciary Square — “would adversely impact the cultural landscapes and viewsheds of the memorials and park areas in their vicinity,” National Park Service spokesman Mike Litterst said. But he emphasized, “We have never said ‘no’ to the idea of acceptable canopies in these sensitive locations.” WMATA, the park service and other organizations have discussed coming up with an acceptable design for the canopies for years, he said. While Litterst admits it’s been a couple of years since the topic has come up, he suggested the issue could be discussed again soon. Got a question or story to share? Contact DC Rider at Read more DC Rider: DC Rider’s Answer Line: Why does it take so long for Metro doors to open? This 4-year-old spotted an error on the WMATA map Even this practicing Buddhist is fed up with Metro’s constant track work


At Spoken English, you stand and they deliver

This review appears in The Washington Post’s 2018 Fall Dining Guide as No. 7 on a list of the year’s top 10 restaurants. No. 7. Spoken English (Good/Excellent) The benefit to standing for dinner? “It opens people up,” says Erik Bruner-Yang, whose intimate restaurant in the Line hotel, modeled on bars popular in Japan, finds strangers chatting one another up and even sharing plates at a couple of tall marble tables. (What sounds like a pain really isn’t. Then again, I don’t wear high heels.) The menu revolves around small plates: a pickle assortment including kimchi, fluffy inches-high Japanese pancakes topped with caviar, skewered roasted eggplant sprinkled with salted egg yolk and finished with garlic slivers dotted with smoked chile sauce. My current fascination is the multicourse chicken yakitori, featuring a sail of crisp skin, lush mousse and grilled breast. The dining room, including chef de cuisine Matthew Crowley’s kitchen, suggests a gallery; clusters of gold-colored straws draw eyes to the ceiling, while fanciful collages dress the walls. (Yes, that’s a sea bass in business attire.) The pièce de résistance takes 45 minutes to prepare and costs almost $100. But the whole duck, roasted over an oak fire and trailed by a flotilla of enhancements, duck fat flour tortillas included, is feast enough for six. 2 1/2 stars Spoken English: Open: Prices: Sound check: The Top 10 restaurants of 2018: 10. Kuya Ja’s Lechon Belly 9. Little Havana 8. Three Blacksmiths 7. Spoken English 6. Momofuku 5. Maydan 4. Himitsu 3. Centrolina 2. Pineapple and Pearls 1. Del Mar -- The following preview was originally published May 4, 2018. Know before you go: The last restaurant to open in the Line hotel in Adams Morgan isn’t furnished with any seats. Spoken English, from chef Erik Bruner-Yang, invites customers to stand in an open kitchen around two gray marble tables, the smooth feel of which the creator likens to “the kitchen island in a rich friend’s house.” True that. Spoken English, which joins Brothers and Sisters and A Rake’s Progress in a converted church, takes its name from the overseas restaurants Bruner-Yang saw offering their menus in English. The original idea for the small space in the back of the lobby was to showcase a tasting menu, chairs included. But the more Bruner-Yang thought about it, the more he says he realized, “I barely enjoy eating tasting menus. I didn’t think


Auto group seeks recalls from Hyundai, Kia

AUTO SAFETY Group seeks recalls from Hyundai, Kia A nonprofit auto safety group is demanding that Hyundai and Kia recall 2.9 million cars and SUVs in the United States over complaints that they can catch fire. The Center for Auto Safety said there have been more than 220 complaints to the U.S. government since 2010 about fires and an additional 200 complaints about melted wires, as well as smoke and burning odors. The complaints involve the 2011-2014 Kia Sorento and Optima and the Hyundai Sonata and Santa Fe, as well as the 2010-2015 Kia Soul. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating the fires as part of a 2017 probe into Hyundai and Kia engine failures. The fire reports have come from across the country, including a death in Ohio in April 2017, the center’s executive director, Jason Levine, said Friday. — Associated Press WALL STREET Traders charged with Chicago futures fraud Three commodities traders were charged by the Justice Department with orchestrating a $60 million fraud that involved spoofing and conspiring to manipulate futures contracts, according to prosecutors and court filings in Houston. Yuchun “Bruce” Mao, 39, a Chinese national, is accused of working with two other traders at his firm to rig the purchase and sale of futures contracts on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and Chicago Board of Trade, said an indictment made public Friday. A bench warrant for Mao’s arrest was issued Wednesday by a federal judge, court documents said. The two others charged, Kamaldeep Gandhi, 36, of Chicago and Krishna Mohan, 33, of New York, were preparing to plead guilty to related charges, prosecutors said. The three traders worked for the same firm at the time of the alleged misconduct, prosecutors said, without naming the firm. Prosecutors said Mao’s alleged spoofing scheme ran from March 2012 through March 2014 and involved dozens of fraudulent orders that were canceled before execution. The victim of the alleged manipulation is an unidentified finance company with offices in Houston, according to the indictment. — Bloomberg News Also in Business Toyota is recalling Wells Fargo, Gary Cohn, Subway Restaurants The United States — From news services


The Washington Post to run advertisements pushing for more information on Jamal Khashoggi’s disappearance

Starting Friday, October 12, The Post will run advertisements in print and across all digital platforms calling attention to the unanswered questions surrounding Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi’s disappearance. In a statement released earlier this week, CEO and Publisher Fred Ryan said, “For the sake of Jamal’s family, we call again for answers about Jamal and his whereabouts. Silence, denials and delays are not acceptable. We demand to know the truth.”


Trump chooses Arab authoritarianism over Jamal Khashoggi

Want smart analysis of the most important news in your inbox every weekday along with other global reads, interesting ideas and opinions to know? The mystery surrounding Jamal Khashoggi has turned even more dark On Wednesday night, my colleagues reported that none other than Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered an operation to lure Khashoggi, a prominent writer and Washington Post contributor, from his de facto exile in Virginia and detain him, according to U.S. intelligence intercepts. “The intelligence pointing to a plan to detain Khashoggi in Saudi Arabia has fueled speculation by officials and analysts in multiple countries that what transpired at the consulate was a backup plan to capture Khashoggi that may have gone wrong,” wrote Post national security reporter Shane Harris. On Thursday, my colleagues reported that Turkish officials told their U.S. counterparts that they had audio and video evidence apparently confirming their conclusion that Khashoggi was killed in the Saudi consulate. The news has gone off like a bomb in the U.S. capital, where Riyadh has long curried favor through an extensive ecosystem of lobbyists, wonks and politicians. In the space of a week, Khashoggi’s disappearance has stirred the sort of collective ire against Saudi Arabia that years of Saudi-led bombing in Yemen could not. Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) warned that “there would be hell to pay” if the allegations of Saudi malfeasance were confirmed. “I’ve never been more disturbed than I am right now,” said Graham, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee. “If this man was murdered in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, that would cross every line of normality in the international community.” Analysts bemoaned the White House’s seeming disinterest in the alleged assassination. “It symbolizes the departure of the United States as a restraining force against evil actors in the world,” wrote Robert Kagan in a column for The Post. “Saudi Arabia is a small nation that cannot defend itself without the support of the United States, and therefore no Saudi leader would have made such a brazen move without confidence that Washington, once the leader of the liberal world order, would do nothing.” Indeed, Trump has done little to suggest that evidence of Saudi misbehavior would compel him to disrupt his close relationship with the kingdom. “I think that would be hurting us,” Trump told Fox News on Wednesday night. “We have jobs. We have a lot of


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Jamal Khashoggi was killed inside the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul “The existence of such evidence would explain why Turkish officials were quick to blame Saudi Arabia for Khashoggi’s killing -- The Khashoggi crisis has cast renewed light on Trump’s business ties to Saudi Arabia. -- Turkey and Saudi Arabia agreed to form a joint committee to investigate Khashoggi's disappearance. -- “Everything points to Saudi Arabia, and it would appear he's not alive,” said Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), who is privy to sensitive intelligence. -- But Trump reiterated his opposition to blocking arms sales to Saudi Arabia in response to the Khashoggi case. “That would not be acceptable to me,” he said. -- Western business leaders are distancing themselves from Saudi Arabia in the wake of Khashoggi’s disappearance. -- Some good news: “The White House expects North Carolina pastor Andrew Brunson to be released by the Turkish government and returned to the U.S. in coming days, two years after he was detained,” ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN (AND WOMEN?): -- Dina Powell withdrew from consideration to replace Nikki Haley as U.N. ambassador. -- Trump’s advisers hope replacing Haley with another woman could help narrow the historic gender gap expected in the midterms, -- Trump is mulling at least five potential candidates to replace Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who is acting on the assumption that he will be pushed out as attorney general after the midterms. -- Contradicting his previous congressional testimony, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross says he now remembers discussing adding a citizenship question to the Census with both Sessions and Steve Bannon. -- Related: Depending on how Democrats perform in the elections, they may be able to block the addition of the citizenship question on the 2020 Census. -- White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly, then serving as homeland security secretary, described Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) as an “impolite arrogant woman” in an email last year. THE MIDTERMS: -- It's triage time. Republican strategists are zeroing in on a handful of House races they have deemed most likely to help them prevent Democrats from capturing control of the chamber. -- Republicans are warning of a “GREEN WAVE” of Democratic cash ahead of this year’s midterm elections -- Megadonor Sheldon Adelson dropped tens of millions more into Republican campaign coffers to try closing this gap. -- Senate Democrats struck a deal with Mitch McConnell to allow


Saudi forensic expert is among 15 named by Turkey in disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi

One of the 15 Saudis named by Turkish officials as being involved in the disappearance of a journalist last seen entering a diplomatic consulate in Istanbul is a forensic expert known for pioneering rapid and mobile autopsies, according to Arab media reports and his own academic writings. Salah Muhammed al-Tubaigy flew into Istanbul shortly after Washington Post contributor Jamal Khashoggi entered the Saudi consulate and flew out nine hours later, Turkish officials say. The alleged presence of Tubaigy, who has taught and published papers on gathering DNA evidence and dissecting human bodies, amplifies a macabre narrative put forth by Turkish investigators that a team of Saudis killed Khashoggi and then dismembered his body to conceal the murder. A Post review of academic writings, social media accounts, telephone logs and other documents related to Tubaigy suggests he may have been something of an outsider among two groups of Saudis that Turkish officials say arrived and departed, mostly on private jets, around the time of Khashoggi’s disappearance. Seven of the 15 self-identify in social media profiles or published accounts as members of Saudi military. Four of those, plus two others, also identify themselves in a subscription phone app as members of the Royal Guard, according to screen shots from the app, MenoM3ay, reviewed by The Post. Their claims on social media could not be independently confirmed. Tubaigy did not respond to an email or phone messages left at three numbers associated with the profile he had set up on Arabic subscription phone app. A person who identified himself on Twitter as Tubaigy’s uncle, however, tweeted on Wednesday that his nephew would not conduct such a gruesome act. “He grew up in a house of faith and knowledge,” wrote @tobagi1. “It’s not my country that would do such criminal acts. Search for who would benefit from this dirty plot.” Tubaigy’s prominent role in Saudi’s scientific community and state security apparatus dates back over two decades, to the rule of King Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. Tubaigy’s alleged visit to Istanbul on Oct. 2 has emerged as a point of interest amid public speculation about whether, if Khashoggi was murdered, as Turkish officials say, his killing was premeditated or was the result of an interrogation or kidnapping gone wrong. Tubaigy’s name, along with those of 14 others, and a picture purporting to show him arriving in Istanbul the day of Khashoggi’s disappearance was first


Seeking answers on Jamal Khashoggi

I am a Maryland voter who wants to know what happened to Jamal Khashoggi, the well-known journalist who worked for The Post and is now missing and presumed murdered by Saudi Arabia [“Khashoggi case disrupts Trump administration’s relationship with Saudis,” news, Oct. 11]. This is an unconscionable crime against the free press and an affront to human rights. President Trump has coddled and appeased the Saudi regime. The Saudis apparently think they can do anything they want in Turkey, Yemen and elsewhere, and the United States will do nothing. If Mr. Khashoggi has been killed, the Global Magnitsky Act needs to be invoked immediately, sanctions must be implemented against the House of Saud and the Saudi perpetrators must be brought to justice. We must set an example to the world of what happens to people who kill journalists. Sidney H. Moore The Oct. 11 editorial There’s a lot of blame to pass around, beyond President Trump and presidential adviser Jared Kushner. Andrew Steinfeld The writer, a retired Foreign Service Officer, was office director for the State Department’s Office of Arabian Peninsula Affairs.


For his latest trick, Atlas the headless humanoid robot does parkour

company was purchased by Japan’s Softbank from Alphabet more than a year ago. In recent years, it has produced four-legged robots — with names like Spot, Wildcat and BigDog — that can open doors, carry heavy loads and run nearly 20 miles per hour. Earlier this year, Boston Dynamics founder Marc Raibert told an audience in Germany that his team is testing the company’s awkward, four-legged, doglike robot, SpotMini, for use in multiple industries, including security, delivery, construction and home assistance. The company says the 66-pound machine is 2 feet 9 inches tall and is the quietest of the company’s robots. It runs on electricity, has 17 joints and can go for 90 minutes on a single charge. SpotMini will be available next year, Raibert said at the CeBIT computer expo in Hanover, Germany. “We’ve built 10 by hand; we’re building 100 with manufacturers at the end of this year. And in the middle of 2019, we’re going to begin production at the rate of about 1,000 a year.” At 4 foot 9 inches and 165 pounds, Atlas —— who is battery powered and guided by lidar and stereo vision —— is compact and strong, able to haul nearly 25 pounds. Boston Dynamics says the robot can manipulate objects in its environment, traverse rough terrain, keep its balance when pushed and get back up when tipped over. In May, Boston Dynamics posted a 34-second clip on YouTube showing Atlas going for a jog in a grassy residential area. The video, which captures the distinct Xerox machine-like sound created by the robot’s movements, generated nearly 8 million page views. In just one day, the latest Atlas video has already generated nearly 1.5 million page views and thousands of comments. Those comments were a typical mixture of encouragement and horror, with numerous references to Skynet and the “The Terminator.” “So there may actually be robotic FedEx delivery personnel whom I can be rude to in my lifetime,” one YouTube watcher wrote. “Excellent!" “Judgement Day is coming,” another wrote. “Still want to give up your second amendment rights?” another viewer added. The pessimistic reactions, which seemed to dominate the comments section, were perhaps best summed up by a single line in the always flamboyant Daily Mail, which covered Atlas’s latest physical feat. “If you thought you’d be able to run away from the terrifying new breed of robots,” the paper wrote, “bad news.”


NASA chief: ‘No changes’ to space station launches after dramatic Soyuz rocket failure

from liftoff — about 31 miles above the surface — with NASA’s Tyler N. “Nick” Hague and Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin aboard. Both men landed safely on the grassy steppes of Kazakhstan after jettisoning away in their capsule. Russian rockets are the only way to reach the orbiting laboratory, but Bridenstine said the rocket failure — Russia’s first such incident in the post-Soviet era — had not tarnished his view of the venerable Soyuz rockets. “Not every mission that fails ends up so successful,” he said, referring to the safe return of Hague and Ovchinin. The capsule’s parachutes deployed, but the descent was steep and fast. NASA said Hague and Ovchinin experienced more than six times the force of gravity before tumbling onto an expanse more than 200 miles from the Russian-operated Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Russian technicians are conducting an investigation into the rocket failure. Bridenstine said they have a “really good idea” on the cause. “I think the investigation is going to go swiftly,” he said, but gave no further details on the preliminary findings. Sergei Krikalyov, the head of manned programs for Roscosmos, the Russian space agency, said one of the rocket’s four boosters failed to separate from the main stage. All Soyuz flights, both manned and those carrying vital supplies such as food and equipment, have been suspended pending the outcome of the investigation. Hague and Ovchinin remained under medical observation Friday. Recalling the moment Bridenstine realized something had gone awry with the launch, he said hearing Hague speak Russian confirmed his fears. “My immediate reaction was, ‘Things are not going well. He’s not speaking English.’ ” Hague’s words — in which he described the sharp drop in gravity — were then translated into English. All members of the Soyuz crew must learn Russian. Dmitry Rogozin, the chief of Roscosmos, promised that both men will be given another chance to reach the space station. “The boys will certainly fly their mission,” Rogozin tweeted, posting a picture in which he sits with the two astronauts aboard a Moscow-bound plane. “We plan that they will fly in the spring.” Bridenstine also heaped praise on the relationship Washington and Moscow enjoy in the frontier of space, free from the deepening political disputes “we have terrestrial.” “To keep space separate from the political environment has always been our tradition, and we want to keep that going forward,” he said. amie.ferris-rotman@washpost.com


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What is the Global Magnitsky Act, and why are U.S. senators invoking this on Saudi Arabia?

who died while in detention in Russia after being beaten and denied medical care. The first of the two laws — formally the Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act but commonly known simply as the Magnitsky Act — was enacted in 2012. This initial law mandated that the State and Treasury departments restrict the travel and freeze the assets of any individuals who have committed gross violations of human rights in Russia. The executive branch has imposed these sanctions on 49 individuals, but the law received its greatest share of news coverage following reports that Donald Trump Jr. and Russian lobbyist Natalia Veselnitskaya discussed the possibility of repealing it during a 2016 meeting. The Global Magnitsky Act extends the sanctions stipulated by the original Magnitsky Act to human rights violators outside of Russia. Unlike the first law, this second law does not require the president to impose any sanctions. Instead, the global version gives the president the legal authority to institute a travel ban and asset freeze on human rights violators in any country, while leaving the president with the discretion to determine whether to do so. But to make it more difficult for the president to ignore the law, Congress included in the Global Magnitsky Act a requirement that the president respond within four months to requests from the heads of certain congressional committees for the executive branch to determine whether particular individuals engaged in human rights violations. This week’s letter, initiated by Senate Foreign Relations Committee leaders Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) and Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), triggers this requirement for the president to respond. 2. Why are senators invoking this law? Corker, Menendez and their Senate colleagues surely invoked the Global Magnitsky Act in their letter to Trump because they know there will now be greater pressure on Trump to launch a U.S. investigation, and eventually apply a travel ban and asset freeze on Saudi officials. Their letter refers specifically to the Saudi government’s highest-ranking officials — this also raises the prospect of U.S. sanctions being imposed on the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who reportedly ordered an operation to detain Khashoggi, according to recordings of U.S. intelligence intercepts. It is difficult to imagine the Trump administration freezing the assets or denying a visa to bin Salman or other senior Saudi officials, given the strong ties between the U.S. and Saudi governments. Moreover, Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law, reportedly


Mnuchin still plans to attend Saudi investment conference as others pull out in response to missing journalist

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Friday that he still plans to attend a major investment conference in Saudi Arabia this month despite mounting evidence that Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was killed inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. “We are concerned about what is the status of Mr. Khashoggi,” Mnuchin said during an interview on CNBC. “Although I haven’t had direct conversation with the Saudis, I know other people within the executive branch have, and those discussions are underway. I am planning on going at this point. If more information comes out and changes, we could look at that, but I am planning on going.” A growing number of media companies, including CNN, have announced that they will no longer participate in the event scheduled to start Oct. 23 in Riyadh. Several business leaders, including Uber chief executive Dara Khosrowshahi, who announced his withdrawal on Friday, are also backing out. Asked for advice to business executives, Mnuchin said: “My comment is we all want information, so let’s wait and see what information comes out in the next week.” Mnuchin said Saudi Arabia has been “a very good partner” to the United States in several respects. He called the nation “a terrific partner in combating terrorist financing.” He said another major focus of his trip is visiting the Terrorist Financing Target Center, which was set up in Riyadh with the cooperation of other Persian Gulf nations and the United States. Among those who questioned Mnuchin’s plans Friday was Sen. Todd Young (R-Ind.). “I encourage Secretary Mnuchin to not attend the investment conference in Saudi Arabia this month,” he said in a statement. “His attendance would send the erroneous and counterproductive message that all is well in the bilateral relationship.” The Post reported Thursday night that the Turkish government has told U.S. officials that it has audio and video recordings that prove Khashoggi was killed inside the Saudi consulate earlier this month. The recordings show that a Saudi security team detained Khashoggi in the consulate after he walked in Oct. 2 to obtain an official document before his wedding, then killed him and dismembered his body, the officials said. Saudi officials have denied any involvement in Khashoggi’s disappearance, saying he left the consulate shortly after entering. Khashoggi has had long-standing ties to the Saudi royal family, but has written critically of the current government and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. President


Başkan Trump nişanlımın ortadan kaybolmasını aydınlatmalı

dolayı gittikçe daha çok endişe duyuyordu. Öte yandan Suudilerin kendisini tutuklamak isteseler bile onu Türkiye’deki konsoloslukta kalması için zorlayabileceklerini düşünmüyordu. Diğer bir ifadeyle, İstanbul’daki Suudi Konsolosluğuna girmek onun için sorun olmadı; çünkü Türk topraklarında başına kötü bir şey gelebileceğine inanmıyordu. Diplomatik bir misyonda birisine zarar vermenin, birisini tutuklamanın veya alıkoymanın uluslararası hukuk ihlali olacağını söyledi ve Türkiye tarihinde buna benzer hiçbir şeyin yaşanmadığını kaydetti. Onu sıcak bir şekilde karşılayan ve gerekli evrakların temin edileceğine dair güvence veren konsolosluk personeli ile gerçekleştirdiği ilk görüşmenin olumlu geçmesi nedeniyle Cemal Bey ikinci ziyaretinden önce fazla endişelenmedi. Memleketi Suudi Arabistan’ın konsolosluğuna, orada güvende olacağından hiç kuşku duymadan girdi. Onun ne kadar rahat olduğunu gördükten sonra onu sabırla ve umutla bekledim. Ama üç saat sonra beni bir korku ve endişe sardı. Onları bilgilendirmek için birkaç arkadaşıma mesaj attım ve konsolosluk binasında Cemal Bey’in nerede olduğunu sordum. Korkularımı daha da artıran bir cevap aldım: Bana Cemal Bey’in çoktan oradan ayrıldığını, herhalde ben farketmeden gittiğini söylediler. Sakin kalmaya çalıştım ve hemen Cumhurbaşkanı Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’ın danışmanı ve Cemal’in en eski dostlarından biri olan Yasin Aktay’ı aradım. Olayın basın ve kolluk kuvvetlerinin dikkatini çekmesinden beri korku dolu bir şekilde bekliyorum. Şu hususları kesin olarak biliyoruz: Cemal Bey konsolosluğa girdi ve oradan çıktığına dair elimizde hiçbir kanıt bulunmuyor. Son günlerde durumu yakından takip eden Türk makamlarının çalışmalarına tanık oldum. Türkiye Cumhuriyeti yetkililerinin kabiliyetlerine güveniyorum. Aynı zamanda Başkan Trump ve eşi Melania Trump’tan Cemal Bey’in ortadan kaybolması olayının aydınlatılmasını istiyorum. Ayrıca Suudi Arabistan’ı, özellikle Kral Salman ve Veliaht Prens Muhammed bin Salman’ı da aynı ölçüde hassas davranmalarını ve konsolosluğun güvenlik kamerası görüntülerini açıklamaya çağırıyorum. Her ne kadar bu olay iki ülke arasındaki bir siyasi krizi oluşturma potansiyeline sahipse de, olayın insani yönünü gözden kaçırmamalıyız. Cemal Bey, ilkeleri için mücadele eden değerli bir insan, örnek bir düşünür ve cesur bir adamdır. Türkiye’de kaçırılıp öldürüldüyse artık nasıl yaşayabilirim bilmiyorum. Umudum her geçen gün yavaş yavaş azalsa da Cemal Bey’in hâlâ hayatta olduğuna inanıyorum. Belki de sadece sevgisini kazandığım harika bir adamı kaybetme düşüncesinden kaçmaya çalışıyorum. Yaşamın ve ölümün Allah’ın elinde olduğuna inanan biri olarak, sadece Cemal Bey’i bize bağışlaması için Allah’a dua ediyorum. Read more: The Post’s View: We need answers on Jamal Khashoggi’s disappearance David Ignatius: Jamal Khashoggi chose to tell the truth. It’s part of the reason he’s beloved. Read Jamal Khashoggi’s columns for The Washington Post Manal al-Sharif: Jamal Khashoggi’s disappearance spreads fear worldwide, but we won’t be silenced


Turks tell U.S. officials they have audio and video recordings that support conclusion Khashoggi was killed

The Turkish government has told U.S. officials that it has audio and video recordings that prove Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was killed inside the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul this month, according to U.S. and Turkish officials. The recordings show that a Saudi security team detained Khashoggi in the consulate after he walked in Oct. 2 to obtain an official document before his upcoming wedding, then killed him and dismembered his body, the officials said. The audio recording in particular provides some of the most persuasive and gruesome evidence that the Saudi team is responsible for Khashoggi’s death, the officials said. “The voice recording from inside the embassy lays out what happened to Jamal after he entered,” said one person with knowledge of the recording who, like others, spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss highly sensitive intelligence. “You can hear his voice and the voices of men speaking Arabic,” this person said. “You can hear how he was interrogated, tortured and then murdered.” A second person briefed on the recording said men could be heard beating Khashoggi. The journalist has had long-standing ties to the Saudi royal family, but has written critically of the current government and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The existence of such evidence would explain why Turkish officials were quick to accuse Saudi Arabia of killing Khashoggi. But Turkish officials are wary of releasing the recordings, fearing they could divulge how the Turks spy on foreign entities in their country, the officials said. It’s not clear that U.S. officials have seen the footage or listened to the audio, but Turkish officials have described their contents to their American counterparts. Saudi officials have denied any involvement in the disappearance of Khashoggi, saying he left the consulate shortly after entering. Turkey said Thursday it has agreed to a request by Saudi Arabia to form a joint committee to probe what happened to Khashoggi. Mohammed has billed himself as a reformer and moderating force in Saudi Arabia, and he has become a key strategic partner in particular to Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law and senior adviser. Kushner has tried to promote Mohammed to skeptical national security officials, who have long viewed him as an impetuous and ruthless leader who has an overly simplistic view of the complex challenges the United States faces in the Middle East. During a bill signing Thursday in the Oval Office, President


What makes Jamal Khashoggi’s alleged murder so depraved

on Internet companies to remove critical content they don’t like. The crisis in press freedom is a threat to the global order. We live in the information age, yet the people who bring us news and information are being jailed, killed and censored at an unprecedented level. A decent respect for press freedom must be viewed as a guiding principle in international relations, a principle that cannot be sublimated to strategic considerations. Governments that routinely violate the rights of journalists — either by tolerating violence against the press or perpetrating it themselves — must face significant consequences. That would include Myanmar, also known as Burma, which has sentenced two journalists from Reuters to seven years in prison in reprisal for their reporting on a massacre in which security forces were implicated. The United States, where respect for press freedom is enshrined in the First Amendment, has a key role to play. Support for press freedom has been a cornerstone of U.S. foreign policy with strong bipartisan support. Following the bitter vote to confirm Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, senators quickly came together to express their shared indignation at Khashoggi’s alleged murder. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Vice President Pence have also spoken out. But one voice was largely missing until Wednesday. President Trump, who has cultivated a close relationship with the Saudi royal family, was slow to go beyond initially expressing “concern” before finally saying, on Wednesday, that “we cannot let this happen to reporters” and “we’re going to get to the bottom of it.” Better still would be an unequivocal demand that the Saudis come clean about Khashoggi’s disappearance. If anything remotely like what is alleged actually happened to Khashoggi, the president should ensure that it has profound and lasting consequences for the U.S.-Saudi relationship. Of course, Trump has had an antagonistic relationship with the media and has mocked and attacked critical reporters. His regular denunciations of “fake news” are increasingly echoed by authoritarian leaders around the world. But that is all the more reason why speaking directly and forcefully about the Khashoggi disappearance would send a message to the Saudis that certain principles are inviolable. It would also send a message to all those around the world who routinely violate the rights of journalists and think they can get away with it that maybe – just maybe – they will be held to account.