Thursday, December 21, 2006
I've previously linked to the story of the British probe into corruption and bribery allegations against a British defense firm doing a multi-billion dollar deal with the Saudis (see: Saudis to Britain: Hands off our prostitutes!). Well it's final, after being threatened with the loss of billions, and thousands of jobs, and intelligence cooperation on Al Qaeda, Tony Blair has called off the probe: Saudi defence deal probe ditched
Attorney General Lord Goldsmith said the SFO was "discontinuing" its investigation into Britain's biggest defence company, BAE Systems.
The reversal follows reports that Saudi Arabia was considering pulling out of a deal to buy Eurofighter jets from BAE.
Lord Goldsmith said he thought that a prosecution "could not be brought".
He said the decision had been made in the wider public interest, which had to be balanced against the rule of law...
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The sleazy punk making this extortionate threat wasn't Tommy "Sneakers" Cacciopoli or Frankie "Breeze" Calabrese. This bit of cheap extortionism was most recently issued by one of our Saudi royal friends - specifically His Royal Hig... Read More
I read somewhere that, when the problem first arose, the French jumped right in with an offer of their own to the Saudis. Just like the French to do that.
You are correct.