Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University v. Central Intelligence Agency

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA KNIGHT FIRST AMENDMENT INSTITUTE AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, et al., Plaintiffs, Case No. 1:18-cv-02709 (TNM) v. CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY, et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION This case stems from the murder and dismemberment of Jamal Khashoggi inside the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul. While his fiancée waited outside for his return with their marriage papers, members of a hit squad dispatched from Riyadh lay in wait in a consular office inside. He was never seen again. Turkish intelligence captured audio of Khashoggi’s last…