Maybe

Very sketchy here, but take a look at this,

They (Cheney, Abrams, et al) have, however, suffered a recent setback in what we have described as their “Sunni strategy” to build support from the US’ conservative Sunni Arab allies (Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan and the Gulf States) for a belligerent approach to Iran. This strategy was based on the Sunni fear of an ascendant Iran and of an Iraq falling into the Iranian sphere as another Shia major oil producer. Abrams worked closely with Prince Bandar bin-Sultan, the Saudi National Security Adviser, to push this plan forward. We hear that this has now been shelved at the insistence, we are told, of Saudi King Abdullah. The latter has distanced himself from Bandar who is spending much of his time outside Saudi Arabia at his homes in London and the US.

Now, go back and revisit the recent disclosure of Prince Bandar "pocketing" $2 billion in questionable payments from British arms contractor BAE.

Bandar is working with Cheney, Abrams, et al, to push a more "militaristic" policy in the mideast, and in the midst of this, he receives $2 billion off the books? Where did that money go?

Was it just a payoff and bribery scheme to get Bandar to work his influence on the former Saudi king, or was it the tail of a larger money operation to channel funds to someone else "off the books"?

(And, if you were receiving $2 billion in kickbacks, would you have it paid to a US bank rather than an offshore banking haven? You would if you knew the authorities wouldn't look into it.

The bank in question was the Riggs Bank which shut down after questionable practices regarding the Augusto Pinochet, Eq. Guinea, the Saudis, and (allegedly) US intel agencies.)

I don't know, just speculating out loud.