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03 October 2010
COLOMBIA: On Senator Cordoba 's Removal For FARC Collaboration.
TIME/ JOHN OTIS : On Sept. 27, Senator Piedad Cordoba "... was stripped of her seat in the senate and banned from holding public office for 18 years. Alejandro Ordoñez, the government's inspector general who issued the disciplinary ruling, alleged that Córdoba went far beyond her role as a neutral mediator. Citing intercepted phone calls, e-mail messages, and testimony from a rebel infiltrator, Ordoñez charged that Córdoba had been playing both sides — pushing for the release of hostages one moment, "promoting and collaborating" with the FARC the next."