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...question that has captivated officials in Washington is whether funds from the bank accounts of the Saudi Ambassador to the U.S., Prince Bandar bin Sultan, and his wife, known as Princess Haifa, might have found their way into the wrong hands...
...student, consular, cultural and other records to try to find out whether funds from an account of Princess Haifa their way into the hands of people who may have been supporting terror. That link has not been proven. But sources close to the Saudis made it clear that the ambassador's wife did not keep a close eye on her accounts. On Friday, Princess Haifa's accountant was dispatched to a branch of the Riggs National Bank in Washington to make an exhaustive search of her records. The Princess has two bank accounts in the U.S. - one a checking account...
...Saudi Embassy in Washington in April 1998, when he wrote a pleading letter to Princess Haifa introducing himself as a Saudi living in Washington with four children and a pregnant wife, who also had a severe thyroid condition. After vetting by the Saudi Embassy, sources say, the Saudi ambassador, Prince Bandar, responded by making a payment of $15,000 to Bassnan himself. Such applications for financial help are not uncommon in Saudi Arabia, nor is such reciprocal generosity...
...Saudi government tells TIME that al-Bayoumi made repeated calls to the Saudi Embassy in 2001 - hooking up with the Embassy's Islamic Affairs unit to ask for religious books and materials. The FBI found out about this and asked permission to interview two Saudi diplomats at the Embassy - Ambassador, Prince Bandar gave permission, and the interviews occurred in October...
...know whether the Queen was amused, but it's only proper that she should come out to support Bond: after all, he has been in Her Majesty's public service for 40 years (50 if you count the books) as a stalwart of the British film industry and global ambassador of British cool--even before Cool Britannia existed...