Interesting article removed from Washington Post

[Enrique]

it looks to be about the man Mubarak just made Vice President, but this snippet sounds like he's one of the possible replacements for Mubarak, according to Jeff Stein's CIA sources...

http://billionaires.forbes.com/article/08qA7ah34XgTl?q=billionaire+OR+billionaires+OR+billionaire's

The Washington Post 15 hours ago

Egypt’s spy chief stands in the wings

Who will it be, the diplomat or the spy chief? Mohamed ElBaradei , the former head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog and a Nobel Peace Prize winner, would be forgiven for dreaming of leading a peaceful transition to a post-Hosni Mubarak government. But... Full Article at The Washington Post

[Jackpine Radical]

1. You're seeing history--

changing right before your eyes. No need to wait a generation for the revisionists. Anything can be unhappened in minutes thanks to the technologies of the new century.

[social_critic]

5. Indeed

And the revisionists in the US media are revising their false version of reality

[aquart]

2. Veep is what Mubarak was. And Sadat.

It's the orderly transition post.

[dkf]

3. Is that why he didn't have one?

Interesting.

[aquart]

8. Sadat was assassinated.

I could see that being Mubarak's reason not to have an eager successor nearby.

[EFerrari]

7. The people have been chanting against him. n/t

[dipsydoodle]

4. Great find

:thumbsup:

[annabanana]

6. ElBaradei would be my fondest hope for Egypt.

Is he still under house arrest?

[aquart]

9. Whatever. He ain't included in the new deal.

Which looks so much like the old one.

[Solly Mack]

10. k/r

[Major Hogwash]

11. Hmmmm, that's tasty -- "Egypt’s spy chief stands in the wings" I'll bet not for long!!

As Dave would say,"I wouldn't give his problems . . to a monkey . . . on a rock"!

[Agony]

12. Wow! right before our eyes...

[myrna minx]

13. This whole thing is surreal. n/t

[NNN0LHI]

14. Its back up at the WaPo site with a correction

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/spy-talk/2011/01/egypts_spy_chief_stands_in_the.html?wprss=spy-talk

Correction: Apologies for an earlier version of this story misquoting Levinson calling Suleiman "a new face has emerged as a possible contender to follow Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak." He was referring to Ahmed Shafiq, the minister of civil aviation and a former commander of Egypt's air force. Mubarak appointed Shafiq prime minister on Saturday.

[Hissyspit]

15. Suleiman coordinated CIA torture/retention program

@WLLegal In "The Dark Side," Jane Mayer wrote that Omar Suleiman, #Egypt 's new VP, coordinated the CIA rendition/torture program http://bit.ly/hVZhST
3 mins ago from web

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