CIA chief briefs Trump on Khashoggi evidence from Turkey Sources tell CBS News CIA Director Gina Haspel has briefed President Trump on what she learned from Turkey about the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. Haspel listened to an audio recording that allegedly captured Khashoggi's killing inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. Saudi officials now call his death "pre-meditated," after originally denying he was captured inside the consulate more than three weeks ago.