Ah, so we're going to go Noriega on Venezuela.....

The Bush administration has tried the coup against Chavez. They tried funding the media and opposition. Now they'll take a shot at the Noriega option.

Colombian drug kingpins in league with corrupt Venezuelan military officers are increasingly using this country as a way station for smuggling cocaine to the United States and Europe, according to Colombian and U.S. officials. The Bush administration's dismal relations with Venezuela's government have made matters worse, anti-drug agencies say, paralyzing counternarcotics cooperation.

Did you know that within US law there is a designation of "narco-terrorism" under which (technically) US terrorism statutes can be applied?

I don't think we're going there right now, but it does open a door.