U.S. and Egypt in Talks to End Prosecution of Americans

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Tuesday that the United States and Egypt were engaged in “very intensive discussions” to end the criminal prosecution of staff members at four American-financed nonprofit organizations, a case that has strained relations between the countries.

The politically charged trial of the Americans opened on Sunday in Cairo, and then was adjourned for two months.

Mrs. Clinton declined to discuss the details of the negotiations, but she suggested that a resolution could be found before the State Department is faced with a decision to withhold military assistance from Egypt.

“We’ve had a lot of very tough conversations,” Mrs. Clinton said at a Senate hearing on her department’s proposed budget, “and I think we’re moving toward a resolution.”

full: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/29/world/middleeast/united-states-and-egypt-in-talks-to-end-prosecution-of-americans.html

GOOD. I don't want the Egyptian prosecution of Americans to be this year's version of the Iran hostage crisis (or is this a flawed analogy?) And if it's revealed that Romney (or how about someone actually in government like Boehner) struck a backdoor deal with Egypt...I won't be too surprised.