On Mon, 18 Jul 2005 15:39:29 GMT, D Peter Maus
wrote:


No, he was acting on his own initiative, by his own admission.
Publicly stating so. He personally vetted the family members requesting
to leave, and he personally authorized them to exit the country
according to protocols.




The Prince's own government has the public beheadings.


Public beheadings, as barbaric as they are, are part of the Saudi
culture, and part of the legal system. Just as we have executions, and
some quite barbaric here.

There have been conversations about from/to both sides.



Former counterterrorism chief Richard Clarke has testified that he
approved these flights, stating that "it was a conscious decision with
complete review at the highest levels of the State Department and the
FBI and the White House." Testimony of Richard Clarke, Former
Counterterrorism Chief, National Security Council, before The Senate
Judiciary Committee, September 3, 2003.