Saudi's Prince Bandar bin-Sultan is resigning his post as Saudi Arabia's Ambassador to the US after over 20 years of service.  That's it for you, Media, no more hand-holding pictures! (Yes, I know that was Prince Abdullah, not Prince Bandar)  Ignoring that "Bandar Bush" sounds suspiciously like a cartoon elephant, the Saudi's have decided to put Princeton, Cambridge, and Georgetown educated Prince Turki al-Faisal - former Saudi chief intelligence officer (aka "top spy") in the 1980s, former Ambassador to the UK,  son of the former King, and brother of Prince Saud - in the US as the Ambassador replacing Bandar, who is the son of Saudi's Defense Minister.  Lots of neat connections there. 

Seems like in the wake of 9/11 we're getting hints that the US wants stronger intelligence ties (or at least the impression of) with the oil-rich, terrorist-rich Kingdom.  Maybe we can get Osama Bin Laden's son out of Iran, make him a Pakistani citizen and replace their Ambassador to the US, Maleeha Lodi (Yes, that link's to an interview with Oprah.)  Al-Jazeera doesn't have much commentary on the implications of the chief spymaster being put in Washington, but let me throw in a quote for you to chew on while you don your red white and blue dishdasha:

 Turki, 60, met several times with Osama bin Laden in the context of Saudi support for Muslim fighters in Afghanistan in the 1980s. He later mediated between the Taliban regime in Afghanistan and the Saudi government. [Bloomberg]

One can only hope that this appointment will, at the very least, cause Michael Moore to, once and for all, get even more red faced and explode.