Richard Blumenthal actually said...

They are trying to create that image so that as policymakers go about their work, there is an obfuscation about what Saudi Arabia is really ...

This kind of complicity could not have happened without knowledge at the highest levels of the Saudi government.

I have frequently said how over-classification, excessive secrecy is damaging to the public interest.

We are dealing here with one of the most repressive autocracies on the planet.