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Following Arab world & Turkey, human rights & democracy, politics here and there. Former @POMED @StateDept @ACMideast @carnegieendow @hollingscenter.
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Sep 23, 2023 12 tweets 3 min read
Earlier today a smart friend found an interesting detail in the Menendez et al. indictment, so I re-read the doc...& putting together the pieces, it does seem "Egyptian Official-5" introduced on p. 17 as a "senior Egyptian intelligence official" is Intel Director Abbas Kamel
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The indictment says that on/a June 21, 2021, Nadine Menendez and a "Eg Official-4" organized a private meeting btwn "Eg Official-5" and Sen. Menendez at a Washington, DC hotel, prior to a meeting the next day (6/22/21) btwn "Eg Official-5" and other US senators.
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