I was reading an English-language news site from Jordan (I believe it was Jordan) in regard to this. Their take is that "moderate" means very different things to a Saudi audience than to a western audience.
A western audience might assume they're talking about adopting western-style reforms. But in Saudi Arabia, threats to the established political power structure are "extremists" and this is probably primarily aimed at cracking down on the royal family's political enemies.
-k
The story I linked mentioned the youth of the current ruler, Prince what's'name, so I wondered if this is more about the image Saudi has around the world. I certainly don't think its about bettering the lives of the women.
But he did seem to be criticing the extreme fundamentalism of Wahhabism in Saudi and its spread outside of Saudi borders.
(On my phone so please excuse any typos.)
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