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Yes.

The information is all out there, so it is surprising this attracted no one's interest. Organizations such as the one Wilson belongs to exist, basically, for the primary purpose of allowing the Saudis to bribe American government officials in a manner that while still immoral is certainly legal.

Have you read Yossef Bodansky's "Bin Laden: The Man Who Declared War on America"? There's quite a bit of stuff there on how Bin Laden's terrorist activities related to a three-way power struggle between different factions of the Saudi government that was going on in 1995-1996 between 1) Prince Abdullah; 2) younger-generation Sauairis led by Prince Bandar and supported by Prince Sultan; and 3) the Salman-Nayif group led by two brothers of King Fahd (for more on this see Chapter 6, page 160). I'm wondering if that plays into one of the pieces of information you mention:

> Walker, the former assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern affairs, is president of the Middle East Institute in Washington, which promotes understanding with the Arab world. Its board chairman is former senator Wyche Fowler, ambassador to Riyadh in the second Clinton administration. Saudi contributions covered $200,000 of the institute's $1.5 million budget last year, Walker said.

PS: Meant to also include the next paragraph from the same quotation of your article:

> [Saudia Arabian Prince] Bandar has told associates that he makes a point of staying close to officials who have worked with Saudi Arabia after they leave government service. "If the reputation then builds that the Saudis take care of friends when they leave office," Bandar once observed, according to a knowledgeable source, "you'd be surprised how much better friends you have who are just coming into office."