WEEKLY GROSS-OUT: Bringing back Mubarak

Longtime Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak, who was ousted by an Arab Spring-inspired popular uprising in 2011, was acquitted yesterday (local time) of corruption charges by a Cairo court, and his lawyer told CBS News he expected him to be freed "within 48 hours." Lawyer Fareed El-Deeb confirmed that Mubarak was acquitted on the corruption charges, which stem from allegations that he and his sons embezzled funds for work on presidential palaces. That is not good for Egypt. Mubarak was put behind bars for a reason, and his acquittal comes at an already challenging time for Egypt, which is currently governed by an interim administration put in place by the nation's powerful army after a second popular uprising brought an end to the brief reign of Mubarak's democratically-elected successor, Islamist President Mohammed Morsi. But then again, Morsi wasn't necessarily the best substitute for Mubarak. Morsi, backed by the powerful Muslim Brotherhood, was elected following the Arab Spring uprising, but he quickly became unpopular by granting senior positions to fellow Islamist politicians, pushing through a constitution which enshrined elements of Islamic Sharia law in the nation's charter, and by the perceived mismanagement of Egypt's economy and institutions.