Recall that the arrests of Victor Bout and Monzer al-Kassar, two of the biggest arms dealers in the world, were in connection with FARC. FARC has become an interesting nexus. It is where Chavez, Ahmedinajad, Hezbollah and unnamed American sympathizers all come together.

What this operation tells us is that a lot of information warfare resources have been have been at work for a long time. The operation which captured of the laptop was itself probably guided by signals intelligence. Certainly the takedowns of Bout and Monzer involved those elements too. My guess is that they already know where the US end connects. Just think of how thoroughly they must have owned the FARC command net to pull of this stunt. But I don’t think there’s any direct link between FARC and any major American political figure. But there’s a good chance that persons one or two degrees separated from them are sweating bullets. If there’s any indirect connection it will be used to illustrate the “bad judgement” and “unreadiness” of whoever it taints more than anything else.