Who me? Of course.
The way I read it is thisly (misspelt on purpose).
Alaweed was released and allowed to remain at the head of his organization for one of two reasons. Either he and his billions and his people have won the war for Saudi, or a deal was made and he was flipped. I hope its the latter. Saudi is an important piece in the world war. We must have it at the very least, neutralized and taken out of the game.