Wikileaks [10]: Saudi King: "I've just thought of something ... horses don,t have good lawyers,"

xSunday, 22 March 2009, 10:14

S E C R E T RIYADH 000447

NSC FOR JBRENNAN AND JDUNCAN; STATE FOR S/WCI

EO 12958 DECL: 03/16/2019

TAGS PREL, PTER, KWBG, SA, AF, IN, PK, IR, IZ

SUBJECT: COUNTERTERRORISM ADVISER BRENNAN'S MEETING WITH

SAUDI KING ABDULLAH

REF: RIYADH 427

Classified By: Pol Counselor Lisa Carle, 1.4(b),(d)

Summary

King Abdullah tells White House counterterrorism adviser John Brennan it is "critically important" for the new president to restore America's credibility. Counterterrorism and intelligence co-operation have never been better. Abdullah also talks aobut his hostility to Iran. Key passage highlighted in yellow....

7. (S) HOW TO TRACK DETAINEES: "I've just thought of something," the King added, and proposed implanting detainees with an electronic chip containing information about them and allowing their movements to be tracked with Bluetooth. This was done with horses and falcons, the King said. Brennan replied, "horses don,t have good lawyers," and that such a proposal would face legal hurdles in the U.S., but agreed that keeping track of detainees was an extremely important issue that he would review with appropriate officials when he returned to the United States..."