There are people who fear the Egyptian electorate and want to discredit the protesters. Those people are hoping it gets as violent as possible so the televisio

There are people who fear the Egyptian electorate and want to discredit the protesters. Those people are hoping it gets as violent as possible so the television footage scares Americans and prejudices us against any government in Egypt that represents the people. I'm sure there are many individual CIA agents who share that bias. That said, I imagine the leadership of the CIA has better sense.