Egypt Disbands Feared State Security Agency

Egypt's military leaders today dissolved the nation's reviled state security agency, which had long been accused of torturing dissenters during Hosni Mubarak's long rule, reports AP. The move had been a major demand of protesters, who stormed agency headquarters earlier this month. It comes as Hillary Clinton arrives in the country—the first visit of a high-ranking US official in post-Mubarak Egypt, notes Reuters.

A US official summed up the message Clinton is expected to deliver this way: "What happens next is as important as what came before. Transitions to democracy are difficult and they don't produce results overnight or end with the first successful election." She will be meeting with military chief Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, among others. Click for more on Tantawi. (More Egypt stories.)