i watched as mohammad abbas took him aside and told him to put it away. >> sennott: abbas then explained what was going on. >> sennott: the more i got to know abbas, the more i realized how different he was than older, more conservative brothers i had encountered in the past. still, there were many on the square who feared the muslim brotherhood was hijacking the revolution. i spoke to a young law student who had been here from the beginning. so you were here on the 25th, and you saw a change here. tell me about that. >> i'm afraid. >> sennott: what are you afraid of? >> the brothers, the islamic brothers. >> sennott: you're afraid of the muslim brotherhood? >> yeah. >> sennott: why? >> sennott: at that time, it wasn't at all clear what direction the country would take or even if mubarak would fall. but you couldn't help but notice that the most powerful player in egypt, the military, was watching and waiting, contemplating their next move. for revolutionaries, the military was a kind of unholy ally. >> the military are not our friends. but i think what the military began to realize when