Fred Ryan and Mike Pompeo
Washington Post Publisher Fred Ryan (left) and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
  • A Washington Post official blasted Mike Pompeo for his portrayal of Jamal Khashoggi in his new book.
  • Post publisher Fred Ryan said Pompeo "outrageously" misrepresents "the life and work" of Khashoggi.
  • It was later revealed the US believed the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia ordered Khashoggi's murder.

Washington Post publisher Fred Ryan on Tuesday fired back at former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for criticizing the late Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi in his new book as an "activist" and saying the media unfairly lionized him after Khashoggi's brutal murder.