Who needs Saudi Arabia? Not the US.

Saudi Arabia, so far, has tried bluster and bullying to silence the questions about journalist Jamal Khashog­gi, who disappeared in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul two weeks ago Tuesday. On Sunday, a regime statement threatened to “respond with a larger action” to any sanc­tion stemming from the case; Saudi-owned media floated such steps as cutting back oil production, buying arms from Russia and holding back counterterrorism in­telligence. On Monday, King Salman told President Trump in a phone call that he “de­nies any knowledge of what took place,”