The New York Times said that Saudi authorities arrested Sarah and Omar, the sons of Saad al-Jabri, an adviser to the former Saudi crown prince, Prince Muhammad bin Nayef, in addition to the arrest of his brother, who is in his sixties.
The New York Times, quoting Khaled al-Jabri, the son of the former adviser, confirmed that the Saudi authorities are pressing al-Jabri to return from Canada where he fled.
The newspaper points out that four decades of forced labor in the Saudi interior "made him immersed in many sensitive issues internally and externally, and knows where the secrets are buried in the kingdom."
This reading was confirmed to the newspaper by a former CIA officer, saying that "the extensive surveillance service at the Ministry of the Interior may have given Al-Jabri a treasure trove of the Kingdom's secrets, including the activities of members of the royal family, corruption and crime schemes."
He added, "He also made him aware of information that might not be good on Prince Muhammad bin Salman himself."
Although he was not a public critic of Prince Mohammed bin Salman, his problem is that he was a staunch ally of his greatest rival, Prince Muhammad bin Nayef.
who is he?
Saad al-Jabri held the position of Minister of State, was one of the senior officers in the Saudi Interior, and he is an expert in artificial intelligence and a key role player in the kingdom's battle against al-Qaeda and its security coordination with the United States.
But his mission in the Ministry of Interior ended as a victim of the conflict between two powerful princes over who will rule the kingdom. He was surprised in late 2015 by the announcement of Saudi TV that he had been dismissed from his job.
According to The Washington Post, his expulsion came after he met former US intelligence chief John Brennan in September 2015 in Washington, without the knowledge of Muhammad bin Salman.
So, after his return, a royal decree was issued to remove him, and after that somehow he was able to travel to the United States, and he was there when it announced the removal of Muhammad bin Nayef from the mandate of the Covenant.
However, he did not feel safe in Trump's America, for fear that he would be extradited to Muhammad bin Salman, so he left the United States in 2017 to Canada, and this is what made some experts - according to Anatolia Agency - point out that Al-Jabri's ghost may have been in the background of the diplomatic crisis That erupted between Saudi Arabia and Canada in August 2018.
This prompted his son and former American officials recently, to tell the New York Times, "Prince Muhammad bin Salman, wants to force Saad al-Jabri to return to the kingdom, because he fears that someone like him has a huge amount of classified information out of his grasp."