A report on Grand Mosque seizure, Khalid of Saudi Arabia and General Intelligence Presidency

Following the attack, the Saudi King Khaled implemented a stricter enforcement of Shariah (Islamic law) and he gave the ulama and religious conservatives more power over the next decade, and the religious police became more assertive.

The agency expanded its monitoring of internal threats after the 1979 capture of the Grand Mosque in Mecca.

The GIP's charter was changed by King Khaled bin Abdulaziz in 1982, by Royal Decree M-5, dated 19 December 1982, which set out its responsibilities, duties, and the limits of its activities.

In 1979, a group of civilians seized the Grand Mosque of Mecca and sought but failed to kidnap Khalid.

Prince Sultan appointed Turki bin Faisal Al Saud, head of the Al Mukhabaraat Al 'Aammah (Saudi Intelligence), to take over the forward command post several hundred meters from the mosque, where Prince Turki would remain for the next several weeks.

Kamal Adham served as the president of Al Mukhabarat Al A'amah or the general intelligence directorate until 19 January 1979 which he had held since 1965.