Olde Europe
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Rogue killers, flying in and out of the country? Gimme a break.
Whence would a rogue operation of government officials even get the information where Khashoggi is to show up, so as to plan and execute the operation? And why would they report back to another government official? And why would they set up a rogue operation (for the sake of the argument), using government resources, without at least the certainty they are doing MbS a favor - or otherwise setting themselves up to meet Khashoggi's fate?
Yes, nothing "definitive", but...
Thinking things over again, and again: A rogue operation would have snatched Khashoggi at a place not associated with SA, using folks not associated with the SA government, increasing deniability. Conversely, doing it at the Saudi embassy was meant to send a signal. It's a Skripal copy-cat. Either way, the buck stops with MbS.