Fine reporting by Josh Rogin on a resolution in the Senate to bring greater democracy to Egypt last year. Of course Rogin does not connect the dots and talk about Israel, let alone Jewish identity. You’re not allowed to connect the dots. The reference to lobbyists is Sen. Wicker’s friend, a lobbyist for Egypt.
Last fall, a bipartisan group of senators led a months-long drive to pass a resolution calling for greater freedom and democracy in Egypt. The resolution died last December due to a fatal mix of divided loyalties, lobbying influence, and secret Senate holds…
According to three senior Senate aides who worked on the issue, the two senators who were most active behind the scenes to prevent the resolution from moving forward were Sens. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Roger Wicker(R-MS). Feinstein, as head of the Senate Intelligence Committee, had concerns about the resolution’s effect on the U.S. relationship with the Mubarak regime and worried that it would jeopardize U.S.-Egyptian cooperation on a range of sensitive national security issues.
