"The travel ban came to light on Thursday after the International Republican Institute, an American-backed democracy-building group, disclosed that the Egyptian authorities had stopped its Egypt director, Sam LaHood, at the Cairo airport on Saturday before he could board a flight to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.
"Mr. LaHood is the son of Ray LaHood, the secretary of transportation and a former Republican congressman from Illinois. He is one of six Americans working for the Republican Institute or its sister organization, the National Democratic Institute, whom Egypt has blocked from leaving as part of a politically charged criminal investigation into their activities."
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/27/world/middleeast/egypt-bars-son-of-ray-lahood-from-leaving.html
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The parent organization of the two groups whose members have been detained, The National Endowment for Democracy, is a fascinating hydra with four main heads... one affiliated with the Democratic Party chaired by Madeleine Albright; one affiliated with the Republican Party chaired by John McCain; one affiliated with the AFL-CIO chaired by Richard Trumka; and the fourth affiliated with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Endowment_for_Democracy