A former head of the Jordanian intelligence service and a key U.S. ally in the War on Terror who participated in the CIA’s controversial extraordinary rendition program. Khair, who died in 2009, was also the inspiration for the fictional character Hani Salaam in Ridley Scott’s 2008 spy movie Body of Lies.
Khair was the beneficiary of one account that topped more than 28 million Swiss francs. When contacted by OCCRP, his brother and wife both denied knowledge of further accounts in their names, which held 13 and 6 million francs, respectively.
Read OCCRP’s investigation into the role that Credit Suisse played as the bank of spies.