Epstein Secrets

prochement with Iran, despite the failure to reach a breakthrough on Tehran's nuclear programme in high- level talks in Geneva last weekend. Prince Bandar bin Sultan, the Saudi spy chief, went as far as to declare a "major shift" away from Washington. But diplomats in the Gulf say his cousin Prince Mohammed bin

r" and led an international effort to stop Osama bin Laden, al-Qaeda, and Islamist jihadists. Despite the o

footnote is that a key player in the 1981 AWACs fight (and, indeed, the man who popularized the "Reagan or Begin" phrase) was Saudi Arabia's Prince Bandar bin Sultan, then a diplomat in Washington and now Saudi intelligence chief. Bandar's erratic behavior in recent months has infuriated U.S. officials — and thi

uld purchase future nuclear weapons. After all, the U.S. has provided Pakistan with billions of dollars to fight terrorism since 9/11, and it found bin Laden living in an off-campus mansion outside Pakistan's military academy. The Saudis have similarly struggled to use turn their financial assistance to

d the start of the muslim holy month of Ramadan, the Saudi government orchestrated its equivalent of Washington's Friday afternoon news dump: Prince Bandar bin Sultan, son of the late crown prince and defense minister, Sultan, was appointed the new intelligence chief. The kingdom may want minimal coverage and ana

litzer Prize-winning account of the CIA and Osama bin Laden, Steve Coll wrote: "Turki's vast personal riches