However, I'm not sure that the various back-stabbing Saudi princes lack for money. Plenty of Wahabi wannabes wouldn't mind shaking up the line of ascension to the sandpit throne. Homicide bombers in Israel are still being funded.
My own guess is that the DC sniper is Al Qaeda, and that this is a diversion. He's tying up a heckuva lot of LE resources and personnel. That would make another spectacular attack easier to pull off.
This threat will persist so long as there are mosques in this country.
