over the weekend, egyptian protestors sacked the state police offices in alexandria, giza and nasr city after word leaked out that the police were shredding and otherwise destroying documents pertaining to their activities, presumably to avoid prosecution (though the motive is not clear exactly).
here's an account:
Egyptian Chronicles: The night the capital of Hell fell down !!
tunisia abolished their secret police altogether:
It’s Official: Tunisia Now Freer than the U.S. | Informed Comment
prompting this commentator to say the obvious: tunisia is now more free than is the united states and will remain more free until the national security state is dismantled here.
these are not economic issues.