Jamal Khashoggi, the Saudi dissident who was brutally killed at the Saudi embassy, was probably a good guy. I’m not disputing that at all.

His family, and their connections, were quite different. I’m guessing that enabled him to access the level of information he needed to be feared by the authorities…

All via Wikipedia:

• Jamal Khashoggi was the nephew of the high-profile Saudi Arabian arms dealer Adnan Khashoggi, known for his part in the Iran–Contra scandal, who was estimated to have had a net worth of US$4 billion in the early 1980s.
• Khashoggi was the first cousin of Dodi Fayed, who was dating Diana, Princess of Wales, when the two were killed in a car crash in Paris.
• According to David Ignatius, Khashoggi was in his early 20s “a passionate member of the Muslim Brotherhood”.
• Khashoggi was acquainted with Osama bin Laden in the 1980s and 1990s in Afghanistan while bin Laden was championing his jihad against the Soviets.
• Khashoggi interviewed bin Laden several times, usually meeting bin Laden in Tora Bora, and once more in Sudan in 1995

Uncle Adnan seems to have been connected to the top arms and drug dealers of the world, as well as having close ties with Imelda Marcos.