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James Lewis, director of the CSIS Technology and Public Policy Program, was quoted by the Miami Herald, "Documents Show FARC Ties to Venezuela, Ecuador."
March 4, 2008

Author:

Tyler Bridges and Jenny Carolina

Associated Programs:

Technology and Public Policy

Related Research Focus:

Technology Policy

Experts :

James Andrew Lewis

Excerpt:

A mysterious ''Belisario'' who offers FARC rebels radioactive uranium that terrorists can use for a ''dirty bomb.'' A spat between Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez and Cuba. An odd Chávez proposal to move FARC hostages to Venezuela — and hold them there.

Those are just some of the items in 15 documents released Tuesday by Colombian police, who said they had been found in the captured laptop of slain FARC leader Raúl Reyes. [...]

''In a lot of cases involving uranium deals, somebody's usually getting snookered,'' said James Lewis, a former State Department expert on arms smuggling now with the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington.

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