Los Angeles Times Egypt bars US official's son, other NGO staffers from leaving Los Angeles Times The travel bans and raids appear to be part of a strategy on the part of Egypt's generals to intimidate nongovernmental organizations, or NGOs . Military leaders have repeatedly blamed “foreign hands” for the nation's economic and political turmoil. American NGO workers prevented from leaving Egypt The Guardian Egypt Blocks Departure of US NGO Workers Voice of America NGO employees from US prevented from leaving Egypt Jewish Telegraphic Agency AFP