“A former top Saudi intelligence officer and close U.S. intelligence ally has accused Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of targeting him for assassination and taking his children hostage because he has knowledge of damaging secrets about the prince’s rise to power“ reports the Washington Post.
“In a federal lawsuit filed in Washington on Thursday, Saad Aljabri alleged ‘there is virtually no one Defendant bin Salman wants dead’ more than him because of his relationship with the American government as ‘a longtime trusted partner of senior U.S. intelligence officials.’ Aljabri — now living in exile in Toronto — is ‘uniquely positioned to existentially threaten Defendant bin Salman’s standing with the U.S. Government,’ the lawsuit said.“