Tenet: Saudis disrupted 1998 plot to assassinate Gore

[sabra]

Saudi Arabia foiled a plot to use anti-tank missiles to assassinate Vice President Gore in 1998 while he was traveling in the region, according to a new book by former CIA Director George Tenet.

The book says Abdel Rahim al-Nashiri, a leading member of al-Qaeda who was later linked to the bombing of the USS Cole, tried to smuggle four Sagger anti-tank guided missiles into the kingdom about a week before the vice president was scheduled to arrive, according to MSNBC.

"Tenet writes that it was reasonable to have expected the Saudis to pass the information along as soon as possible, but they did not," NBC reports. "After low-level discussions failed to produce a sense of urgency among the Saudis, Tenet flew to Riyadh to meet with Prince Naif, the interior minister and the man in charge of the Saudi secret police."


http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2007/04/tenet_saudis_di.html

[bullimiami]

1. yeah. they told karl rove he couldnt do it in saudi arabia.

[woodsprite]

2. You beat me to it! Exactly what I was thinking. n/t