of wrongdoing exists. so the warnings were there. the most high profile of the targets said prince alwaleed ben talal, the businessman owner of kingdom holding, which is a company that had stakes in citigroup, twitter, apple and news corp., worth about $20 billion himself. big other business people such as the chairman of the bin laden group, a major construction firm here in the kingdom, the saudi media mogul waleed al ibrahim. prince abdullah from his post as head of the elite guard. it is the speed of these moves internally that somewhat shock even the most supportive of saudi watches. coming as they do at a time of increasingly muscular policy by saudi arabia with regard the region and its laser focus on iran as the number one security problem. backed of course, by the u.s.
group, the former administer of finance well respected in washington in the world bank here taken in. ironically, this is a message to the internas business community. they had 3500 of them two weeks ago. and the same venue is holding those who are being arrested. a huge turn here. the crown prince s big vision to overall society, big plans to create a $2 trillion onsovereign fund. the message from the international committee says this is great that women are able to drive but we want to make sure this follows the international rule of law at the same time. all right. thanks. whole economy trying to change its reliance on oil revenue. some high profile roundup just part of the chaotic weekend
into power, he signaled back then that he wants to tackle corruption and he did not mince his words. take a listen. translator: i assure you that no one involved in a corruption case will be spared, no matter if he is a prince or a minister with enough evidence anyone will be held accountable. once again, the crown prince mentioned another prince in talou affiliated with the bin laden group. one was known well known in the washington community in the world bank and being signaled, as well as other billionaires, part of the saudi community well-known outside the middle east. this is raising a number of eyebrows on the weekend he announced the anti-corruption campaign. he came down like a hammer with well-known names, particularly from the former king abdullah who passed in 2015.
i was told that panetta set all bin laden group, not near east or south central asia bureau but it was its own group for the first two months. they met at night so that nobody knew. they kept their phone extensions and kept their day jobs. he wanted to be briefed every day. i think from that there was a decision made that wehould get aggressive. i mean. sean: and are you suggesting bush was not aggressive? i spent a lot of time talking to bush and cheney. there was main goal and panetta was the only administration official that told the truth which is we didn t have this opportunity, this call without the intelligence but obama himself would never have allowed. so in that sense i give him
i was told that panetta set all bin laden group, not near east or south central asia bureau but it was its own group for the first two months. they met at night so that nobody knew. they kept their phone extensions and kept their day jobs. he wanted to be briefed every day. i think from that there was a decision made that we should get aggressive. i mean. sean: and are you suggesting bush was not aggressive? i spent a lot of time talking to bush and cheney. there was main goal and panetta was the only administration official that told the truth which is we didn t have this opportunity, this call without the intelligence but obama himself would never have allowed. so in that sense i give him