Looming Over US-Gulf Allies Talks: A Choice of ‘Poison Pills’

More than two weeks before Saudi Arabia sent two of its princes to meet with President Barack Obama at Thursday's Camp David summit, the kingdom announced the arrests of 93 people, all suspected of belonging to the terror group known as the Islamic State. Current and former U.S. officials agreed the arrests were a sign the Saudis had taken a more active role in combating the Islamic State group. What was far less certain was whether Saudi Arabia and other U.S. allies in the Gulf saw...

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