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(SPOILER)Widmore is an Other ??
(SPOILER)My guess is that Charles and Ben had some power struggle over who should be the next leader of the Others and when Ben killed off the Dharma Initiative, including his father, he proved he was the next leader, just like Locke was supposed to kill his father. Richard said that they have a very special selection process for their leaders, and either Charles didn't have his father available to kill or he couldn't go through with it, so Ben became the leader and Charles was kicked off of the island, vowing to find it and return one day.