Over the past two weeks, the civilized world has reacted with appropriate horror and moral outrage to the gruesome murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi by agents of the Saudi government.

While most of America was shocked by the news that the Saudis would commit such an overt and barbaric crime and then blatantly lie about it, those of us who lost loved ones on Sept. 11, 2001 and have spent 17 years trying to hold the kingdom accountable for its role in those attacks, are not in the least bit surprised by the Saudi royals’ most recent act of depravity or implausible denials of responsibility.