Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman and Muhammad bin Nayef. The Saudi cousins pictured at a GCC meeting in Riyadh in December 2015 (AFP)
NBC: Saudi intel chief who saved U.S. lives was detained, allegedly mistreated by Saudi government
"The Trump White House did nothing — absolutely nothing — to help him," said Bruce Riedel, a former CIA officer.
TEL AVIV — The Biden administration is under increasing pressure to help a former Saudi intelligence chief credited with saving American lives who was initially detained by the Saudi government during the Trump administration. Two sources familiar with the matter allege he was physically abused to the point he is unable to walk unassisted.
Mohammed bin Nayef, 61, was Saudi Arabia's interior minister and a close partner of American intelligence agencies in the fight against al Qaeda after 9/11. Having survived four assassination attempts by terrorists, he was arrested in March 2020 by Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman as the de facto Saudi leader, also known as MBS, moved to consolidate power and sideline rivals.
Former U.S. intelligence officials who worked with bin Nayef are furious that the Trump administration did not appear to come to his aid, and they say President Joe Biden should be doing more.
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WNU Editor: Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman's sees Muhammad bin Nayef as a threat. Salman is not going to make life easy for his cousin.
