Egypt's intelligence chief Omar Suleiman is being reported as the possible next president of Egypt.
It also looks like that he is respected by US officials for his cooperation with the Torture Program, as Jane Mayer explains in her book "The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How The War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals"
"Each rendition was authorized at the very top levels of both governments….The long-serving chief of the Egyptian central intelligence agency, Omar Suleiman, negotiated directly with top Agency officials. [Former U.S. Ambassador to Egypt] Walker described the Egyptian counterpart, Suleiman, as “very bright, very realistic,” adding that he was cognizant that there was a downside to “some of the negative things that the Egyptians engaged in, of torture and so on. But he was not squeamish, by the way” (pp. 113).
Aljazeera commentators described him as a distinguished and respected man and also reported that in October 1981, his brother Khalid Ahmed Showqi al-Islambouli arranged and carried out the assassination of president Mubarak's predecessor, Anwar Sadat, during a military parade.
http://english.aljazeera.net/Services/Search/?q=Omar%20Suleiman
No wonder "the dark cloud" persists.
A 2006 documentary: "American Inquisition"
"On September 11 terrorists tried to change America forever. Well, they succeeded."
