It’s good to have an international rainmaker for a father.
So far, Prince Bandar bin Sultan, the former Saudi ambassador to the U.S., has denied all accusations that he received up to $2 billion in kickbacks from British defense giant BAE for a massive British-Saudi arms deal. That’s been a pretty tenable line to maintain, since neither the BBC nor the Guardian, which broke the story, have disclosed the basis for their reports. But that was before anyone learned about the December 1996-January 1997 honeymoon of Bandar’s daughter, Princess Reema.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=180603