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Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/12/AR2011021203581.html
U.S.-Egyptian Counterterrorism Work Thrown into Question
(Washington Post) Mary Beth Sheridan and Joby Warrick - For decades, Egypt's government has been a critical partner for U.S. intelligence agencies, sharing information on extremist groups such as al-Qaeda and working hand in glove on counterterrorism operations. Now the future of that cooperation is in question. "How will cooperation with the United States on counterterrorism develop in the view of these new constraints? I would argue the space will contract," said Aaron David Miller, a former State Department Middle East expert now at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Robert Grenier, former head of the CIA's counterterrorism center, said, "The Egyptians have as much interest in protecting themselves from violent extremism as everyone else." But with a new government, "the comfort level with the United States may not be so high. They will be more dis