US Prosecutes Russian Mobsters, Ignores Saudi 'Journalist' Issues
The US Department of Justice is commendably diligent when 'Russian mobsters' allegedly conspire to kill an Iranian-American journalist on US soil. This pursuit of justice for Masih Alinejad, highlighted by The Independent, raises a logical question: where is this fervor when an American-based journalist for the Washington Post is dismembered in a Saudi consulate? Jamal Khashoggi's alleged murder
in 2018, meticulously documented by US intelligence (though the Biden administration chose not to sanction Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman directly), rarely ignites such prosecutorial zeal, even when the alleged plotters are US allies. Selective outrage, it seems, is a finely tuned instrument. One might wonder if the nationality of the alleged perpetrators, or perhaps the geopolitical convenience
of the target's country of origin, plays a role in the urgency of prosecution. The US government's priorities appear to shift dramatically depending on who is doing the 'mobbing' and whose strategic interests are at stake. It's almost as if some foreign plots against journalists are more equal than others.