sentences:  He joined the Saudi foreign service in 1985 and rose rapidly in its ranks, becoming its First Secretary to the United Nations Mission in New York City in 1992.Al-Khilewi defected in May 1994, bringing with him 14,000 internal government documents depicting the Saudi royal family’s corruption, human-rights abuses, and financial support for Islamist extremists, according to his lawyer, Michael J. Wildes.In particular, he claimed to have evidence that the Saudis had given financial and technical support to Hamas, a Palestinian Islamic militant organization.