The Washington Post has quoted former British and American intelligence officials as concerned about the targeting campaign by the Saudi authorities against the former Saudi intelligence official, Saad al-Jabri, currently residing in Canada.
The newspaper pointed out that this concern and surprise is due to Al-Jabri's record and its pivotal role in establishing the anti-terrorism program in Saudi Arabia.
The newspaper quoted former CIA director and acting director Michael Morrell as saying that al-Jabri had saved the lives of many Saudis and Americans during his work. The same position was also confirmed by former CIA director George Tenet.
Morrill described the Saudi authorities' targeting of al-Jabri and the unacceptable detention of his son and daughter in Saudi Arabia.
He explained that Khaled son of al-Jabri - a cardiologist who lives with his father in Toronto - told the press that his brother Omar, 21, and his sister Sarah, 20, were arrested and imprisoned in mid-March last year by the Saudi regime, as a way to pressure their father to return. To the kingdom of exile in Canada.
Estrangement and discord
The newspaper added - in an article by David Ignacius - that the rupture between Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Saad al-Jabri came after the latter's attendance - on the orders of the former Crown Prince Muhammad bin Nayef - a meeting with the CIA director at the time John Brennan, and another meeting in London With the then British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond.
The newspaper pointed out that the dispute between Prince Muhammad bin Salman and al-Jabri was also due to the latter's strong warning of the Yemen war.
The newspaper quoted Saudi and British sources that Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed warned Muhammad bin Salman - during his visit to Abu Dhabi in 2015 - that al-Jabri might have ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, which was denied by former US and British intelligence officials.
For his part, Khaled al-Jabri denounced this claim, and stated that his father is a devout Muslim, asking: "How can the targeted person by al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula be a member of the Muslim Brotherhood at the same time? It is a preposterous claim."
The author of the article notes that the al-Jabri family lives in constant fear; She is afraid that talking about her ordeal is counter-productive.
"What can be done when your children are hostage and the United States - your old ally - is unable to help you?" He asks.
In this context, Khaled al-Jabri said, "My father is a Saudi fighter, and he was one of the symbols of the war against terrorism," adding that "he will not pose a threat to anyone."