Secret Recordings Reveal Mubarak’s Frank Views on a Range of Subjects --- CAIRO — Hosni Mubarak looked like a stalwart American ally but worried for years that Washington was trying to oust him as president of Egypt, he confided to a doctor recently in surreptitiously recorded conversations that came to light here last week. --- “How did the revolution start?” Mr. Mubarak mused about his ouster, in early 2011. “The Americans worked on it since 2005, and I had a feeling then.” ---- He said “the Americans” were “liars.” He accused them of spreading false rumors that Mr. Mubarak might try to hand the presidency to his son Gamal, who had taken up a senior position in the ruling party and begun shaping Egyptian policy. “And people believed them!” Mr. Mubarak complained. “I told them, ‘People, we are a democratic regime!’ but to no avail. The media is stronger than us.” --- “I broke my back for 30 years, building it and bringing in money,” he said. “And now they tell you: the president has $70 billion.” - More, nytimes