If the Egyptian government hoped that shutting down mobile phones, e-mail, text messages, Twitter and Facebook would close Egypt off from the world and choke the cries of protest, it was as naive as powerful people who sit in palaces surrounded by armies can be.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/01/29/133325987/egypts-stone-age-response-to-21st-century-media?ft=1&f=1057

Frank, Barney Franks, Trent Frelinghuysen, Rodney P. Fudge, Marcia L. Gallegly, Elton