Abdel Rahman said that he commands over 40,000 police
officers and told Stork he could count on one hand the number
who had committed abuses. Abdel Rahman objected to Stork's
use of the word torture, saying it implied something
"systemic" and said Egypt's security services were "badly
maligned." Stork asked about the monitoring and harassment
of NGOs, which Abdel Rahman said was necessary because such
organizations are run by "anarchists" and people with prior
arrests who need "monitoring."