Thousands of protesters have returned to the streets around Cairo's Tahrir Square over the past week, demanding political reforms and the prosecution of security officials blamed for killing demonstrators last year.
The UN expressed concern about "widespread evidence of torture" in state security premises, but prosecutions of state security officials were rare.
Mr. Ward is a partner in the firm's San Diego office and regularly participates in the prosecution of securities class action cases.
But he said they were "isolated incidents" that resulted in the prosecutions of 112 security officials.
WASHINGTON — Justice Department officials have told Congress that they face serious legal difficulties in pursuing criminal prosecutions of Blackwater security guards involved in a September shooting that left at least 17 Iraqis dead.
As journalists have pointed out, angrily, government officials have pursued six prosecutions of national security leaks to news organisations, an unprecedented number.
In the wake of President Barack Obama's prosecutions of national security leakers and the revelations of former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, journalists and attorneys have resorted to encrypted emails, face-to-face meetings and cash over credit to protect clients and sources.
He also works closely with the nation's 93 United States Attorneys in the investigation and prosecution of national security matters in their districts.
In addition, evidence obtained through wiretapping can be used only in the investigation and prosecution of national security crimes or certain other serious crimes.
That day could well be nigh, thanks to the U.S. government's prosecution of British security researcher Marcus Hutchins, aka MalwareTech, who was named a hero for stopping the WannaCry ransomware epidemic.
