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Elliott Abrams: There are a lot of disturbing trends as several of you have mentioned. More charges have been filed for the crime of…

On the recordFebruary 25, 2013
There are a lot of disturbing trends as several of you have mentioned. More charges have been filed for the crime of insulting the President in the less than 1 year of Mohammad Morsi's rule than since 1892.
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Elliott Abrams

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Highlights the increase in charges against dissent under Morsi's government.

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