Google employee Wael Ghonim is being hailed a hero. Ghonim, who tweets at Ghonim, broke down on Egyptian TV. He was released yesterday after being detained. He was blindfolded the entire time --12 days -- but he said he was not tortured. I would argue blindfolding is a form of torture. He said his interrogators treated him with respect.
From what I can gather on Twitter and Arab news sources, Hezbollah's leader Nasrallah is exploiting the protest in Egypt, taking the opportunity to rail against Israel and the U. S. (listen to the speech translated in English). I don't like to talk about Glenn Beck much, but it strikes me that Beck and Nasrallah have a lot in common. Nasrallah is telling Egyptians that America hates you and Beck is telling Americans that Egyptians hate you.
Today, Ghonim rejoined the protests:
