Saudis prepare to buy America's loyalty…again

Biden's visit raises old issues with dangerous new twists

Set on vast acres of reclaimed desert behind high walls of the lavish compound of a Saudi prince, there was a party one evening in January 2002 with a surprise guest of honor who was revealed only at the very last moment—Neil Bush, who happened to be a younger brother of the sitting American president and son of another.

Neil Bush had been invited to spe…