White House planned to allow Egypt to arrest New York Times journalist

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White House officials were prepared to “sit on the information” that Egyptian authorities were preparing to arrest Times reporter Declan Walsh. Walsh tells host Carol Hills how Irish diplomats came to his rescue.

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