The first hearing of Saad Eddin

Ibrahim’s

trial was postponed to January. In a statement to al-Hayat, he said that he was not summoned to

be investigated for any new

accusations. al-Arabi published the text of the State Security Prosecutor about

Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim’s communication with

America. He was asked about his relation with the Institute

for Public Strategic Studies which is related to the American

Ministry of Defense. His answer was that

there is no institutional relationship. However, he was one of the members of the

Egyptian delegation that

was invited to attend one of the conferences of the American Faculty of Defense. This delegation

included a

number of Egyptian ambassadors and army generals.