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Man arrested in New York for allegedly spying on opponents of Egypt’s Sissi
Not sure WoT is the right place for this. Additional information should clarify.
[IsraelTimes] 39-year-old Pierre Girgis, a dual US-Egyptian citizen, charged with illegally acting as unregistered agent of Egyptian government

US authorities arrested a New York man who allegedly spied on political opponents of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi, the Justice Department said.

Pierre Girgis, 39, was charged in New York with acting illegally as an unregistered agent of the Egyptian government.

The department said in a statement that, acting at the direction of Egyptian officials, Girgis "tracked and obtained information regarding political opponents of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi."

Girgis, a dual US-Egyptian citizen, also made arrangements for visiting Egyptian officials, including meetings with US law enforcement, the statement said.

Encrypted messages between Girgis and Egyptian officials showed he was in contact with more than one Cairo government agency for information collection between 2014 and
2019, according to the indictment.
Could be Muslim Brotherhooders, could be ISIS contacts, could just be Egyptian politics — very likely was all of the above...
In 2017, it said, he sent information on an anti-Sissi activist and other individuals that he had obtained from the Egyptian government to US law enforcement officers.
Somebody on our side clearly knew he was connected…
He was charged under a law that makes it illegal to act as a representative of a foreign government without first registering with the Justice Department.

The department "will continue to strictly enforce foreign agent registration laws, which remain critically important to ensuring that our government is not secretly influenced by foreign governments," said US Attorney Damian Williams in a statement."
Posted by: trailing wife 2022-01-08
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