A former Saudi intelligence chief called Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman a “psychopath” who is a threat to the entire world in an interview with CBS News that aired five days before President Joe Biden visited the kingdom.
In the interview broadcast on Sunday, Saad al-Jabri warned that Crown Prince Mohammed, also known as MBS, was a “murderer” with “endless resources”.
“I’m here to raise the alarm about a psychopath, a murderer, in the Middle East with endless resources, who poses a threat to his people, to Americans and to the planet,” al-Jabri told CBS News.
“A psychopath with no empathy, no emotion, never learned from his experience. And we are witnessing atrocities and crimes committed by this killer,” he said.
Al-Jabri worked as a longtime adviser to Mohammed bin Nayef, who was ousted as Saudi crown prince in June 2017 and replaced by MBS. Al Jabri fled Saudi Arabia for Canada in 2017.
In 2020, al-Jabri sued MBS in a court in Washington, D.C., alleging that the prince sent a hit squad to kill him in Toronto in 2018 – two weeks after the assassination of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul.
Al-Jabri told CBS News that he expects to one day be killed by MBS because he has access to sensitive information about the government and the royal family.
“This man will not rest until he sees me dead,” al-Jabri said.
The comments come days before Biden visits Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, this Friday. He is expected to meet with the crown prince to discuss “a range of bilateral, regional and global issues,” the White House said last month.
In an op-ed to The Washington Post published over the weekend, Biden defended his meeting with MBS, who US intelligence says was responsible for ordering Khashoggi’s assassination.
“As president, my job is to keep our country strong and safe,” Biden wrote. “We must counter Russia’s aggression, put ourselves in the best possible position to compete with China, and work for greater stability in a subsequent region of the world.”
Al Jabri did not comment on Biden’s visit in his interview. The White House did not immediately respond to Insider’s request for comment.
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