WASHINGTON — Before Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, was implicated by the C.I.A. in the killing of Jamal Khashoggi, American intelligence agencies were trying to solve a separate mystery: Was the prince laying the groundwork for building an atomic bomb?
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A handout picture provided by the Saudi Royal Palace on Nov. 22, 2018, shows Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (C) and Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (L), Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, reviewing an honour guard upon the former's arrival in Abu Dhabi.
