The New York Times conspiracy theory about the Egyptian and Tunisian Uprising

OK.  Of course, the movements in both countries were organized.  But to claim that there is some plot and well-organized conspiracy behind the movements as if the people in both countries knew what would follow is as silly as Mubarak regime when it claimed that a conspiracy involving US, Israel, Hizbullah, Iran, and Hamas was behind the Egyptian uprising.  Look at this sentence in this very long article:  "they relied on tactics of nonviolent resistance channeled from an American scholar through a Serbian youth brigade — but also on marketing tactics borrowed from Silicon Valley."  If you find 4 random Egyptians who know of the American scholar, Sharp, i would donate all my potatoes to the New York Times.  And look how silly: the fact that Wael Ghonim worked in Google becomes a "Silicon Valley" connection of the whole Egyptian uprising.  How silly really.