This story in today's Guardian reveals an absolutely shocking allegation made against Tony Blair in court: Saudi prince and close Bush ally Bandar Bin Sultan cajolled Tony Blair into dropping Britain's bribery investigation into a Saudi oil deal by threatening to unleash terroist attacks on Britain.Bandar bin Sultan, who was the Saudi Ambassador to the US for 20 years, and a close personal friend of the Bush family, is under investigation for taking $2bn in bribe payments from BAE for arranging an arms deal. The British government investigation into this was mysteriously halted after Bandar visited Tony Blair in December 2006.
Now people have testified in court that Bandar, who's now the head of the Saudi National Security Council, basically told Blair that if he didn't stop investigating his corruption, he'd withhold information on suspected terrorists and there'd be a loss of "British lives on British streets." The Guardian writes:
