The American Embassy in Cairo helped a young dissident attend a US-sponsored summit for activists in New York, while working to keep his identity secr

Egypt protests: America's secret backing for rebel leaders behind uprising - Telegraph:

..... identity secret from Egyptian state police.

On his return to Cairo in December 2008, the activist told US diplomats that an alliance of opposition groups had drawn up a plan to overthrow Egypt President Hosni Mubarak and install a democratic government in 2011."

Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters took to the streets in open defiance of a curfew

Riots also took place in Suez, Alexandria and other major cities across the country.