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Originally Posted by BabyYo
I wouldn't give Locke that much credit. I think he has selfish intentions and he's so stuck on feeling special and a part of something important on the island. I think that Ben can manipulate Locke, more than the other way around. Ben actually reminds me of Locke's father in a way, he won't be able to overcome him and he will continue to obsess over his need for control.
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But that tactic has been used before. Ana Lucia pretended to be a captive to find out who Sawyer, Jin, and Michael really were. Ben pretended to be Henry Gale. Same with Ethan.
I was just putting forth the idea of: If Locke is playing this like a war game, then one side sending in a fake "defector" is one form of scouting out the enemy's defenses (and a dangerous one, too). Plus, it would fit because the Others know that Locke has a tendancy to act as a rogue agent (Ben, at least, thinks that Locke can be turned).
And if I were Locke, every time Ben talked to me, I would think, "Once burned, twice shy."
Remember that Locke was devious enough to hide all that money from his father's lockbox in a different bag in case the drug guys followed him--which they did.