[J Aguilar]

The collaboration between the Socialists and their ETA allies continue. This is known in Spain as the Faisan case (being El Faisan the name of the bar in Irun where ETA's extortion was paid), already blamed on vicepresident Rubalcaba in this news.

[tanuki]

I hadn’t heard about the botched operation against ETA during the first Socialist government. This brings up interesting questions about how long and extensive were Sr. Rubalcava’s ties to ETA. I can see a scenario where cowardly Socialist politicians, after trying to deal with the Devil the hard way, find a dealmaker to bring him onto their side. After the moral shortfall that would take, what would the dealmaker and his partners be capable of doing to advance themselves further?