in the tumult of post morsi egypt, could they have simply been claped in to jail, detained out chargeperiod of time ? why go through the process of putting on a case. not that the prosecution in fact put on much of a case, but the defense was allowed to speak in court and then see these men sentence today very long jail sentences . >> this was a very high profile case and it was about more than just what these journalists allegedly did, which clearly the evidence shows they didn't do enough. but this is really about egypt sending a strong message to qatar and a strong message to the international community for anyone who challenged the july 3 (bd, 2014 coup. and it was flexing their muscle and chilling civil society actors to show them that the stakes are very, very high. i think what the military learned in its 18 months of brief power under the supreme council of armed forces, was that egypts had broken the wall of fear and were willing to criticize, criticize and protest. what sisi did under the guys of. [ inaudible ] think sisi was effectively running the show even before he was f