Secret report found hundreds of millions of dollars of Saudi money had been funneled to leading Islamist politicians and political activists overseas . Report says al Qaeda and the Taliban were still able to use Saudi Arabia for fund-raising . Al Qaeda was able to benefit from these secret funding mechanisms , according to the source , because some in the Muslim Brotherhood had `` historic sympathies and connections '' with members of the terror group -- dating back to when Saudi Arabia and the CIA covertly funded the Afghan mujahideen to fight the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan . Score: 7
Secret report found hundreds of millions of dollars of Saudi money had been funneled to leading Islamist politicians and political activists overseas . Report says al Qaeda and the Taliban were still able to use Saudi Arabia for fund-raising . Score: 7