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America Must Explore Alternate Energy Sources and Cease Dealing with the Corrupt Saudi Government When Mohammed al-Khilewi, a upper-level official at the Saudi mission to theUnited Nations, defected to the United States in 1994, he reportedly broughtwith him fourteen thousand internal government documents. He claimed that thesedocuments turn up the Saudi royal familys corruption, human rights abuses, andfinancial and technical support for terrorist groups such as Hamas, ananti-Israeli group based in Lebanon, and Osama bin Ladens al-Qaeda. Al-Khilewiand his lawyer met with two FBI agents and an associate United States attorney.We gave them a sampling of the documents and put them on the table, Michael J.Wildes, al-Khilewis lawyer, said. But the agents refused to accept them(Hersh). Al-Khilewi was granted political asylum and never heard from theAmerican government again. He, his wife, and their common chord children still live inconstant fear of reprisals from the long arm of Sau di intelligence. He now wearsa bulletproof vest and is constantly bracketed by bodyguards and lives under afalse identity. This is an example of the growing American tolerance for Saudi governmenttransgressions. Saudi princes squander billions of dollars from the Saudicoffers on palaces in Spain and at gaming tables in Monaco(Cockburn) while theSaudi people suffer severe unemployment and inadequate education, a major issuein a nation in which 50 percent of the population is still in school. Religiousdissidents are dealt with brutally and quickly in Saudi Arabia by themutawwain&emdashreligious police&emdashand Saudi women are kept as secluded andunprivileged as those in Afghanistan under Taliban rule. ... ...ays and humanrights atrocities without fear of punishment. Works CitedCockburn, Leslie, and Andrew Cockburn. Royal Mess. upstart Yorker online. 28 Nov. 1994.Available<www.newyorker.com/FROM_THE_ARCHIVE/ARCHIVES/?011015fr_archive0130 Dec. 2001. Hersh, Seymour M. Kings Ranso m. New Yorker online. 22 Oct. 2001. Available<http//newyorker.com/FACT/?011022fa_FACT1 30 Dec. 2001.Ireland, Doug. Taking the Bait. In These Times online. 12 Nov. 2001<www.inthesetimes.com/issue/25/25/feature1.shtml 30 Dec. 2001.Mayer, Jane. The House of bin-Laden. New Yorker online. 11 Nov. 2001.Available <www.newyorker.com/FACT/?011112fa_FACT3 30 Dec. 2001Surowiecki, James. The Real Price of Oil. New Yorker online. 3 Dec. 2001.Available<www.newyorker.com/THE_TALK_OF_THE_TOWN/CONTENT/?011203ta_talk_surowiecki 30Dec. 2001