Thursday, February 14, 2008

Government rolled over to Saudi BAE threats, says judge

Contributed by Anonymous

The Guardian

"The British government appears to have "rolled over" in response to Saudi pressure to drop an investigation into alleged bribery in arms deals, a senior judge said today.

Two high court judges are reviewing the decision of Robert Wardle, the director of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), to drop the investigation into allegations of bribery and corruption in contracts between BAE Systems and Saudi Arabia. BAE and a Saudi national security adviser, Prince Bandar, deny the accusations....."

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