ABSTRACT
During Egypt's transitional period, vetting has been the subject of sustained and substantial attention. Initially, vetting was eschewed during the tenure of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF). The course of transitional justice in Egypt has been tightly linked to the disappointing political progress of the post-Mubarak era. In short, transitional justice to date has been truncated and compromised, and these haphazard efforts have undermined the possibilities for genuine and much-needed national reconciliation. Each of the modalities of transitional justice prosecutions, security sector reform, vetting, preservation of historical memory and truth-telling, and victims' compensation demonstrates the critical political flaws that have hampered transitional justice, specifically, and democratization more broadly. In Egypt, the revered role of the 'martyrs' of the 18-day uprising continues to be sacrosanct for the protest movement and a rallying cry for continued mobilization.
