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• Alex3917 16y ago
  "11:01 a.m. ET: CIA Director Leon Panetta says there is a "strong likelihood" that President Mubarak will step down today." http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2011/02/egypts-supreme-council-of-armed-forces-meeting-on-crisis/1?csp=hf http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2011...
  • eli 16y ago
    ...which is after it was already on the news. Not exactly proof that he started the rumor.
    • Alex3917 16y ago
      Certainly it's not proof, but I'd be surprised if the CIA wasn't involved. Their main goal is to minimize the uncertainty of the situation, so if they saw a play to both end the uncertainty and also have the situation resolve on US-friendly terms then it would be surprising if they didn't intervene. At the very least they are strongly encouraging the situation.