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Ex-CIA Analyst Graham Fuller on Cairo Coup

Posted: 07/05/2013

Graham E. Fuller a former vice chairman of the National Intelligence Council at the CIA, is one of the most clear-minded and experienced analysts of political Islam. He is the author, most recently, of "A World Without Islam" and "Three Truths and a Lie," a memoir. Here is his take on the Cairo coup:

The Ambiguous Gift of Power
By Graham E. Fuller
As the government of the Muslim Brotherhood faced rioting, chaos and military intervention, Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi must have asked himself, "Do I really want this job?" In some senses, the presidency was the political golden apple sought by the Brotherhood for nearly a century. Indeed, Morsi had the distinction of being Egypt's first democratically elected president ever. Now that prize has turned to ashes.