A thought came to my mind. The Others new about The Swan (Also Ben was in the swan, the ID of Henry Gale, knew the little trick of the 5 second countdown, shutting the doors which he had done to Locke, and locke n Desmond did to Eko. Probably Ben has been in The Swan b4) and wanted noone to get on the Island or know where it is etc. At the end of ''The Man From Tallahesse'' when Ben was giving Locke his little pet-talk to him, I think that comfirms my theorie (well I hope) So I think that they could of used the Swan if they wanted to have contact with the outer World. If they wanted I think they could of went *Bang Bang* to Kelvin (since he was DHARMA, or not DHARMA? well thats another debate) and possibly take hold of Desmond and take over the hatch to keep communications with the Outer-World. If you agree with my point, why does Ben want no communications with the outer-world?

P.S Sorry if I Didn't phrase it too well.

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