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As we learn more about the Colombian military's daring hostage rescue last week, one detail stands out. !--break-- In tricking FARC rebels into putting the hostages aboard a helicopter, undercover special forces simply told the comandantes that the aircraft was being loaned to them by a fictitious nongovernmental organization sympathetic to their cause called the International Humanitarian Mission.

It may have taken years for army intelligence to infiltrate the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, and it may have been tough to convincingly impersonate rebels. But what seems to have been a walk in the park was getting the FARC to believe that an NGO was providing resources to help it in the dirty work of ferrying captives to a new location.

PS: If you're really concerned about human rights and human liberty, visit http://www.thehrf.org/, run by friend and fellow libertarian Thor Halvorssen.

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