The recent political scandal involving US Senator Bob Menendez, who was convicted on all charges this week by a New Jersey jury of operating as “a foreign agent for Egypt,” has so far been met by silence in Cairo. However, a high-level Egyptian official, on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the subject, told The New Arab that “Menendez had been cooperating with the Egyptian intelligence before being compromised and exposed.” Notably, the official said, Menendez facilitated military aid, despite the North African country’s poor human rights record and have been repeatedly condemn…