WASHINGTON _ For years, Ali Al-Ahmed felt grateful to be in the United States, enjoying a safe life, much like his friend, the slain writer Jamal Khashoggi did. Now the dissident Saudi says he is "freaked out."
Al-Ahmed feels hounded even in his suburban Washington home. He's been sent dozens of emails tainted with malware. He grows uneasy every time he turns on his car's ignition. And he blames the Saudi monarchy, which U.S. intelligence has concluded killed Khashoggi while The Washington Post columnist visited his country's consulate in Istanbul in October.
"This morning, when I was putting on my socks, I thought, I could be killed in a matter of weeks or days," Al-Ahmed told McClatchy.
