Reply #24: Informal TRANSCRIPT from a friend's notes. I rearranged. U can read top down

[Catherina]

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Wael @Ghonim is speaking to Dream TV in Egypt


Wael @Ghonim on Dream TV now via @Phat8m

See picture of Wael @Ghonim on TV right now http://yfrog.com/h5ea8fjfbj



Wael @Ghonim to Dream TV: I tricked my employer so I can attend the protests in Egypt. I am not a traitor. I don't need anything from any1

My God he is crying. This is so emotional

Wael @Ghonim to Dream TV: I am not a hero. I was only used the keyboard, the real heroes are the ones on the ground. Those I can't name.

Wael @Ghonim to Dream TV: This is the season where people use the word traitor against each other. I wasn't abused, I was jailed, kidnapped

Wael @Ghonim to Dream TV: I met some really intellectual people in jail, they actually thought that we were traitors, working for others

Wael @Ghonim to Dream TV: If I was a traitor I would have stayed by the swimming pool in my house in the UAE

Wael @Ghonim to Dream TV: What are called the "facebook youth" went out in their tens of thousands on January 25th, talk to them.

Wael @Ghonim to Dream TV: This is the era where people who have good intentions are considered traitors.

Wael @Ghonim to Dream TV: My wife was going to divorce me because I didn't spend time with her, and now they call me a traitor

Wael @Ghonim to Dream TV: I spent all my time on computer working for my country. I wasn't optimistic on the 25th but now I can't believe it

Wael @Ghonim to Dream TV: Thanks to everyone who tried to get me out of jail. (my God this is so emotional)

Wael @Ghonim: It's Haram (sinful, not right) for my father to lose his sight in one eye and now is at risk of losing it in the other

Wael @Ghonim: I kept thinking "are people thinking of me?" I was wondering if my family knew where I was, my wife, dad, mother.

Wael @Ghonim: I am proud of what I did. This is not the time to settle scores. Although I have people I want to settle scores with myself.

Wael @Ghonim: This is not the time to split the pie & enforce ideologies. The secret to the success of the facebook page was use of surveys

Wael @Ghonim: I met with the Minister of Interior today. He was sat like any other citizen. He spoke to me like an equal. I respected that

Wael @Ghonim: The youth on the streets made Dr Hossam Badrawi (General Secretary of NDP) drive me to my house today

It's on a commercial break now. This is the most emotional interview I've watched in a long time. The translation doesn't do it justice.

Wael @Ghonim: They transfered me to state security, it's a kidnapping. On Thursday night, at 1am I was with a friend, a colleague from work

Wael @Ghonim: I was taking a taxi, suddenly four people surrounded the car, I yelled "Help me, Help me" I was blindfolded then taken away

Wael @Ghonim: I will say this as it is: nothing justifies kidnapping, you can arrest me by the law, I am not a drug dealer or terrorist

Wael @Ghonim: Inside I met people who loved Egypt (State Security people) but their methods & mine are not the same

Wael @Ghonim: I pay these guys salaries from my taxes, I have the right to ask the ministers where my money is going, this is our country

Wael @Ghonim: I believe that if things get better those (good state security people he met) will serve Egypt well.

Wael @Ghonim: Don't stand in our way, we are going to serve Egypt. I saw a film director get slapped, they told him "You will die here" Why?

Wael @Ghonim: Now they want to have an agreement with me when they are in a position of weakness. I am not a hero, I am a normal person

Wael @Ghonim: I was the admin of the page but others paid for it. We are dreamers (says it in English).

Wael @Ghonim: There were 300 fake registrations on my facebook page, all negative comments, about how we were allegedly being paid

Wael @Ghonim: The NDP is got this country to where it is. You can create a new party. It looks like I might be kidnapped again after this

Wael @Ghonim: Badrawi told me we took all the bad people out from the NDP. I told him I don't want to see the logo of the NDP ever again

Wael @Ghonim: What happened to me was a crime but I still thank those who tried to got me out, I am an educated person, I have a family

Wael @Ghonim: I was chatting with Ahmad Maher of 6th of April Youth Movement about the Jan 25 protests but he didn't know who I was.

Wael @Ghonim: I cried when I heard that there are people who died, officers and protesters, this is my country.

Wael @Ghonim: I told them we don't want any NDP logo on the streets.

Wael @Ghonim: I told the Interior Minister - I was upset - I told him I will go in the car with Hossam Badrawi but without an NDP logo

Wael @Ghonim: Please everyone, enough rumours. Enough.

Wael @Ghonim: Even when the Muslim Brotherhood decided to take part it was their choice to do so. This belongs to Egyptian youth

Wael @Ghonim: There was no Muslim Brotherhood presence in organising these protests, it was all spontaneous, voluntary.

Wael @Ghonim: My wife is an American, I can apply for US citizenship but I didn't, not even the lottery. Many people want to leave though.

Wael @Ghonim: They wanted details, information. "Are the people who planned this outsiders?" We didn't do anything wrong, this was an appeal

Wael @Ghonim: The treatment was very good, they knew I was a good Egyptian. I was blindfolded for 12 days, I didn't see their faces.

Wael @Ghonim: The interrogators wanted to know if outsiders were involved. I convinced them this was a purely Egyptian movement.

Wael @Ghonim: I can't claim I know what happened when I was inside. I didn't know anything until one day before I left.

Wael @Ghonim: We are a beautiful people. Please everybody, this is not a time to settle scores, this is a time to build our country.

Wael @Ghonim: We have to restore dignity to all Egyptians. We have to end corruption. No more theft. Egyptians are good people.

Wael @Ghonim: I wrote an appeal to the president Egypt on Jan 25. I told the Minister of Interior we have two problems 1- We don't talk.

Wael @Ghonim: Everyone asked me "How did you do this?" The Interior Minister told me he was only a minister for 8 days.

Wael @Ghonim: There were several men in the room with me & the Minister of Interior. I asked him if I can speak about this he said as u wish

Wael @Ghonim: The Egyptian State TV channels didn't portray the truth, that is why people watch the private channels now

Wael @Ghonim: I told the Interior Minister if I stripped naked & told people that I was beaten even without marks they would believe me.

Wael @Ghonim: I told the Interior Minister we have two problems 1- we don't talk to each other, this must be solved, 2- There is no trust.

Wael @Ghonim: I was told that people died, one day before I was released.

Wael Ghonim breaks down on TV. http://yfrog.com/h3wm1ouj



Wael @Ghonim's last words: I want to tell families who lost their sons this is not our fault. This is the fault of those clinging to power.

God I think I am going to cry. They are showing pictures of young people who died during the protests. Wael breaks down crying.

He just walked off the screen

God now I am crying

Damn it this is the first time I cry in a while. I won't tweet again tonight.