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2020-01-18 -Lurid Crime Tales-

FBI finds the Saudi government 'almost certainly' helps its citizens escape prosecution in the US for serious crimes while American officials looked the other way

[MAIL] A new bulletin from the FBI has revealed that the Saudi government 'almost certainly' helped its citizens escape prosecution for serious crimes they were charged with in the US, and American officials looked the other way for years.

The secret effort was carried out to spare the Persian Gulf kingdom embarrassment, while US officials looked the other way for years, and will likely continue without their intervention, the FBI said in the bulletin released Friday.

The revelation comes after President Donald Trump signed into law a requirement backed by Representative Ron Wyden of Oregon that the FBI disclose what it knows about the Saudi government's suspected role in helping its citizens avoid prosecution in the US.

'(Saudi) officials are unlikely to alter this practice in the near term unless the US Government (USG) directly addresses this issue with (Saudi Arabia) and ties US cooperation on (Saudi) priorities to ceasing this activity,' according to the FBI, reports The Oregonian.

The details are contained in an intelligence bulletin dated August 29, which was released with Friday's bulletin, the news outlet reports.

Details on how the Saudis were getting their nationals out of the US were not included in the report. The scope and frequency of how often Saudi citizens were escaping justice also was not released.

However, it is the first time a federal law enforcement agency acknowledged the secret practice, which isn't so uncommon with wealthy nations seeking to quash alleged misdeeds by its nationals abroad.

Posted by Besoeker 2020-01-18 05:55|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Saudi Arabia

#1 So FBI places itself outside the designation "American officials?"

Posted by M. Murcek 2020-01-18 06:09|| 2020-01-18 06:09|| Front Page Top

#2 The Independent - Sunday 18 July 2004

9/11 - The biggest crime in American history and planes are grounded. Yet the House of Saud gets safe passage home.

The ties between the Bush family and the Saudi royals are revealed in a hard-hitting new book by Craig Unger, a key source for Michael Moore's film 'Fahrenheit 9/11'.

Posted by Besoeker 2020-01-18 06:12|| 2020-01-18 06:12|| Front Page Top

#3 All of this Paki Awan business just sort of faded away as well. More... "looking the other way ?"

NY Post - What the ‘House IT Scandal’ was really about

Posted by Besoeker 2020-01-18 06:59|| 2020-01-18 06:59|| Front Page Top

#4 $500m buys a lot of service.

Posted by Skidmark 2020-01-18 09:51|| 2020-01-18 09:51|| Front Page Top

#5 The revelation comes after President Donald Trump signed into law a requirement backed by Representative Ron Wyden of Oregon that the FBI disclose what it knows about the Saudi government's suspected role in helping its citizens avoid prosecution in the US.

Until recently the Saudis controlled the oil spigot that kept the world heated, the lights on, and traffic moving, so we had to let them slide. Now we don’t depend on them, so we can show them our middle fingers.

Hug a fracker and thank President Trump. And remember with amusement young JUSTICE, because of whose arrogance Saudi Arabia's IP range was blocked here at Rantburg.

Posted by trailing wife 2020-01-18 11:28|| 2020-01-18 11:28|| Front Page Top

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