On Monday evening, the American judiciary announced setting a new date for reviewing the case of Saudi authorities spying on Twitter and using information to track down opponents with the aim of harming them.
The San Francisco, California, court has set the second of next September for the start of new hearings for the trial of Ahmed Abu Ammo, a former Twitter employee accused of spying for Saudi Arabia.
The US Department of Justice has charged Abu Ammo with illegal work for a foreign government, money laundering, vandalism, unlawful appropriation, and altering or falsifying records during a federal investigation.
The case also includes two Saudi defendants, Ahmed Al-Mutairi, also known as Ahmed Al-Jabreen, and Ali Al-Zabara.
Al-Mutairi works as an assistant to Badr Al-Asaker, director of the office of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, while Zabara is accused of using his work on Twitter to hand over information about Saudi dissidents to the Saudi authorities.
A few days ago, the Public Prosecution office presented new evidence that documented Ahmed Al-Jibreen's launch of a company as a front for the transfer of information for the "Samat" company run by Badr Al-Asaker.
The indictment was not only limited to expanding the charges and the accused, but also drawn its preamble more clearly, revealing how the operation took place, who were involved, and how Ahmed Al-Mutairi created a fake company that he used as a front to pay money to Abu Ammo, and also to transfer information to Riyadh.
The indictment also identified a Saudi official who was the mastermind of those operations, but did not name him, but referred to him as "Official No. 1."
American media suggested that this official was Badr Al-Asaker, who was director of the private office of the Saudi crown prince, before he disappeared from view, which raised many question marks at the time.
And this whole process - according to the list - is standing by a member of the Saudi ruling family who was not named by the list, but was symbolized by Individual No. 1.