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“You said it Maggie, the question is what will happen to all the Brotherhood members in the Justice Dept, Homeland Security, and the CIA? Oh wait I mean advisor’s. it will be funny when the the Egyptian regime ask for them to return home.”
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“If Egypt can remove its Muslim Brothers, so must we. An urgent investigation is needed on their penetration of our govt and influence on it.”

Frank Gaffney, Facebook page (Not certain this link gets you to the quote. I don’t do FaceBook)

https://www.facebook.com/frankgaffneyjr/posts/3039249196671#!/frankgaffneyjr

http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/
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Back to EGYPT.....

Jennifer Griffin (Fox, The Five):

“The president was in the Oval Office when General Cesi (?) made the announcement that the coup had taken place and that Pres Morsi was no longer president. He was there. He was watching.

“We understand there are reports that the Director of the CIA and the Joint Chiefs are meeting over there with the President.

“Because the President, President Obama, is now in an awkward position. What does he say in the wake of this militarily-engineered coup? What does the WH say at this point?....

“I think the most significant thing that we have seen in the last few hours is that the first opposition leader to stand up and speak-—the hand-picked opposition leader to speak after Gen Sisi (?) made the announcement was ElBaradei.

“He of course used to be the head of the IAEA. He is generally accepted by the West as the most secular and Western-oriented leader. He is somebody who the West would be comfortable dealing with.

“And really, If you look at the root of the reason that these 30+ mil people are in the streets in Egypt, it is not only about Pres Morsi and the MB and their concern about sharia law, but it’s about the economy. It’s the economy stupid, and that is the bottom line in Egypt, as it is in most countries.

“And the fact that the Egyptian military chose ElBaradei first to speak suggests that they do want to put a foot forward and get the economy back on track.

“It is so very important that the Army itself did not put a General in charge, though it is really arguable that this was not a milirary coup.
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BTW: From her subsequent remarks, it sounds like Jennifer had been speaking with Pentagon sources.

FOX Five Live commentator asks Griffin about next elections and points out:

“Isn’t the MB just going to rise again. They control the mosques; they control the unions; some are even in the Egyptian military. What do you think?

Griffin: “Certainly the MB is the most organized political party in Egypt. Unless they are BANNED from participating, and at this point they have not been, then they will participate in upcoming elections. The question is when will those elections be held....

“It is significant that they chose the head of the Constitutional Court and a group of technocrats to run the country in the interim.

“Clearly they are going to have to most likely rewrite the Constitution because the Constitution under Morsi and the MB was looking like it was keeping the MB in power-—so they are going to have to do some institution-building before they call those elections.
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THOUGHTS???