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ARRESTED.
HE'S JOINING US BY PHONE.
WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENED, MIKE?
>> I WAS AT THE MAIN SIT-IN WHEN
THE CRACKDOWN COMMENCED.
AND I WAS ABLE TO REPORT ON IT.
FROM FRONT OF THE POLICE LINE TO
ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF.
AND EVENTUALLY THEY JUST DECIDED
THEY DIDN'T WANT JOURNALISTS
THERE ANY MORE AND THEY ROUNDED
ME UP WITH A COUPLE OTHER
JOURNALISTS, AND THEY TOOK US
AWAY.
>> WHAT DID THEY DO?
>> FIRST THEY FOUND OUT THAT I
WAS AN AMERICAN, SECOND, THEY
FOUND OUT I WAS A JOURNALIST AND
BOTH OF THOSE SEEMED TO BE
COUNTING AGAINST ME.
THEY DEMANDED MY LAPTOP.
WHEN I WOULDN'T GIVE THEM THE
PASSWORD TO OPEN IT, THEY
STARTED BEATING ME.
AND YOU KNOW, I SAW THEM BEAT
THE OTHER JOURNALIST WITH ME AS
WELL.
THEY TOOK US INTO A PADDY WAGON
WITH ABOUT 30 OTHER PEOPLE WHO
HAD BEEN ARRESTED FROM THE
PROTEST AND BROUGHT US TO AN
ARENA NEARBY.
WHERE THEY WERE HOUSING
DETAINEES.
>> DID YOU EVENTUALLY GIVE THEM
YOUR PASSWORD?
>> YES.
>> DID THEY EVER RETURN YOUR
LAPTOP OR DO THEY STILL HAVE IT?
>> THEY'VE GOT THAT THEY'VE GOT
MY WALLET AND THEY'VE GOT MY
CELL PHONE.
>> WHAT ABOUT PHYSICALLY, DID
THEY BEAT YOU HARD OR WHAT
HAPPENED?
>> THEY BUNCHED ME IN THE FACE,
THEY PUNCHED HEE IN THE HEAD.
I'M FINE, I DIDN'T GET IT TOO
BAD AND I THINK THERE WERE A LOT
OF JOURNALISTS FACING WORSE THAN
I WAS TODAY, DODGING BULLETS,
GETTING SHOT, GETTING KILLED.
THERE'S SUCH AN ATMOSPHERE OF
HATRED AND ANGER OF WESTERN
JOURNALISTS RIGHT NOW THAT I
THINK IT'S INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS
TO COVER THIS RIGHT NOW.
>> YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE
EGYPTIAN MILITARY, THE SECURITY
FORCES.
>> BECAUSE WE'RE NOT ALWAYS
SUPPORTING THE NARRATIVE THAT
THE GOVERNMENT WANTS, TO BE OUT
THERE RIGHT NOW AND THE
NARRATIVE IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT
TO THE GOVERNMENT.
AND THE GOVERNMENT POLITICIANS
IN EGYPT, ANTI-MORSI ACTIVISTS,
WHETHER THEY'RE GIVING
INTERVIEWS OR EVEN TWEETING
ONLINE, AND THE STATE MEDIA AND
LOCAL MEDIA ALL TRYING TO
REINFORCE THE SAME MESSAGE.
WHEN THEY SEE THE FOREIGN MEDIA
GOING AGAINST IT, THEY REALLY
ATTACK AND THEY'RE SPREADING THE
IDEA THAT FOREIGN MEDIA IS
WORKING AGAINST EGYPT, CAN'T BE
TRUSTED.
ESPECIALLY AMERICAN MEDIA.
>> YOU POINT OUT IT COULD BE
WORSE FOR YOU TWO TWO
JOURNALISTS WERE KILLED,
INCLUDING MIKE DEAN, A FORMER
CNN PHOTOGRAPHER.
HE'S BEEN WORKING FOR SKY NEWS
FOR THE PAST 15 YEARS.
ARE YOU FAMILIAR WHAT HAPPENED
TO THE OTHER JOURNALISTS WHO
WERE ACTUALLY KILLED?
>> YEAH, I'VE HEARD THE REPORTS
AND MOST THAT HAPPENED WHILE I
WAS DETAINED.
I GUESS IT'S NOT CLEAR WHETHER
THEY WERE TARGETED DIRECTLY AND
I GUESS IT'S NOT CLEAR WHETHER I
WAS, EITHER.
IN MY CASE IT WAS WELL
ESTABLISHED I WAS A JOURNALIST
BEFORE ANY OF THIS HAPPENED.
SO THEY KNEW IT WAS A JOURNALIST
THEY WERE BEATEN.