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...kill him." But he admits that where he and his comrades would once have heard immediately of news like Marulanda's demise through FARC communications channels, this time they had to rely on news radio. It's the kind of structural breakdown that allowed the army to plant a mole inside the FARC and dupe its leaders into delivering Betancourt and the other hostages to the army. Even more damaging than the loss of Marulanda and other leaders is the number of guerrillas giving up the struggle. The desertions come after a sustained government radio and television campaign telling rebels...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Among the FARC's True Believers | 7/3/2008 | See Source »

...rescue operation was dubbed Jaque - which means "check," as in checkmate, in Spanish - and was indicative of how deeply Colombia's military intelligence has been able to infiltrate the FARC's top hierarchy, the secretariat, in recent months. A government mole had been able to convince those bosses to transfer Betancourt and the 14 other hostages to the encampment of the FARC's new No. 1 leader, Alfonso Cano. Under the yoke of a FARC unit led by Comandante Cesar, the group made its way to a smaller camp belonging to a friendly NGO. "They tied our hands and feet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Colombia's Stunning Hostage Rescue | 7/2/2008 | See Source »

...retire the pseudo-presidential seal it had trotted out a few days earlier. The seal - complete with a Latin phrase for "Yes, we can" replacing "E Pluribus Unum" - was such a head-slapping example of gratuitous hubris that you had to wonder whether the opposition hadn't activated a mole inside the Obama campaign. It was an invitation to ridicule that Republicans happily accepted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Week in Politics | 6/28/2008 | See Source »

...They wanted a second VCR to review evidence more closely. "I've seen the video too many times - the first time was too many," said the lone female juror who agreed to be interviewed after the trial. One key piece of evidence prosecutors tried to use was an identifying mole they said appeared on the lower back of the man in the video which they said identified him as R. Kelly - evidence disputed by the defense.. One witness dismissed the mole as "video noise." And one juror said: "The mole played more of a role for the press...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Acquittal of R. Kelly | 6/13/2008 | See Source »

...Siri Mole, Rua Francisco Otaviano 50 (021-2267-0894), is one of the best Bahian restaurants in town?and it has a very down-to-earth atmosphere. They serve mostly seafood, which is prepared in a traditional Bahian way and is some of the best I have tasted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rio de Janeiro | 3/19/2008 | See Source »

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