Egypt plans to charge 20 al-Jazeera journalists with ludicrous charges ranging from belonging to the Muslim Brotherhood to "harming the national interest" and illicit possession of broadcast equipment.

This is Putinesque contempt for freedom of the press.

Some of these journalists are being kept in brainwashing conditions similar to those Bradley Manning suffered.

This also reminds me of the Yemeni journalist imprisoned at Obama's request for interviewing terrorists.