"there are just a ton of juicy bits to ponder"
"Well . . . you are the most famous refugee from behind the Sombrero Curtain."
I don't know how it hit anyone else, but "Sombrero Curtain" made me want to snicker.
On the other hand, here's a line which I found bizarre. Near the end of the story, as the good guys are about to flee the country, our hero says to his evil counterpart: "You're lucky, Ricorta. I can't kill in cold blood, as you can. Maybe it's a mistake to leave you alive after what you've done, but I'll have to risk it!"
Wait a minute, Brain Boy -- you're the guy who has just finished causing the crews of several tanks to blow each other up. Most of them were probably fairly decent guys who just happened to be following orders from their nation's chief executive (and his right-hand man, Ricorta). But to save your own skin, you started reaching into their heads and turning them against each other until nearly an entire armored company was violently dead. That wasn't in cold blood?
I remember that bit, earlier in the story, when he used his powers to make the assassin Anka kill himself, and felt sick as a result -- but why does he then draw the line at killing an evil telepathic mastermind when he didn't hesitate to kill the rank-and-file flunkies in the tanks?
By the end of the story, I was wondering: "Whoa! Just how many telepaths are supposed to be running around in this world? Even a randomly encountered professor's daughter turns out to secretly be one?"
"I've never been in England before, but I know this room. A painting is missing for the wall there."
"That's right it is being reconditioned. But how ..."
"If you are discovered your mind won't be able to stop their bullets."
Now remember I am a Brit, so my U.S. history is a bit sketchy. I get the Cold war paranoia, but this is in South America. Was this area a cause for concern? I thought that came much later in 1980's with Reagan v Sandinistas.
We finish with the excellent mind tank battle!