{"id":645186,"date":"2017-07-13T04:17:10","date_gmt":"2017-07-13T04:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/07\/13\/whats-up-with-john-casson\/"},"modified":"2017-07-13T04:17:10","modified_gmt":"2017-07-13T04:17:10","slug":"whats-up-with-john-casson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/07\/13\/whats-up-with-john-casson\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s up with John Casson?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>British Ambassador to Egypt John Casson\u2019s latest remarks on Egypt\u2019s airport security are both infuriating and odd<\/strong>, Youssef Alomi says bluntly in his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.almasryalyoum.com\/news\/details\/1161260\">Al Masry Al Youm column<\/a>. 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