More Litvinenko:
The Litvinenko story just get's wierder and weirder. Today, the BBC reports:
"Italian Mario Scaramella, a contact of dead ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko, has tested positive for polonium-210. . .Mr Scaramella is involved in an Italian parliamentary inquiry into KGB activity and was sufficiently worried by the contents of an e-mail to ask for advice from Mr Litvinenko. The e-mail said that he, Mr Litvinenko and an Italian senator, Paolo Guzzanti, were possible targets for assassination. Mr Scaramella and Mr Litvinenko met at Itsu on 1 November, although in the aftermath the Italian academic suggested he had not eaten anything. An HPA spokesman refused to confirm that the positive test related to Mr Scaramella, but said the amount found was "likely to be of concern for their immediate health. . . It has also been revealed that a family member of Mr Litvinenko has tested positive for traces of polonium-210."
OK, could these assassins be any more careless? I mean, it's only polonium 210, no need to worry about spreading it around.
In a further developement the Guardian reports:
"Detectives investigating the death of the 43-year-old, who died last Thursday, are investigating letters smuggled out of Russia. The letters purportedly show the existence of a secret squad set up to target him and others, it was claimed today.
Scotland Yard has been passed copies of two letters apparently written in jail by the former Russian intelligence officer Mikhail Trepashkin. In one, Mr Litvinenko is warned that he and his family are at risk. Scotland Yard has been passed copies of two letters apparently written in jail by the former Russian intelligence officer Mikhail Trepashkin. Mr Trepashkin - who worked for the KGB's successor, the FSB, until 1997 - was tried in 2004 on accusations of being a British spy and passing secret information to Mr Litvinenko and his close friend Boris Berezovsky, the tycoon in exile in the capital."
The pplot thickens!
It has also been revealed that a family member of Mr Litvinenko has tested positive for traces of polonium-210.
"Italian Mario Scaramella, a contact of dead ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko, has tested positive for polonium-210. . .Mr Scaramella is involved in an Italian parliamentary inquiry into KGB activity and was sufficiently worried by the contents of an e-mail to ask for advice from Mr Litvinenko. The e-mail said that he, Mr Litvinenko and an Italian senator, Paolo Guzzanti, were possible targets for assassination. Mr Scaramella and Mr Litvinenko met at Itsu on 1 November, although in the aftermath the Italian academic suggested he had not eaten anything. An HPA spokesman refused to confirm that the positive test related to Mr Scaramella, but said the amount found was "likely to be of concern for their immediate health. . . It has also been revealed that a family member of Mr Litvinenko has tested positive for traces of polonium-210."
OK, could these assassins be any more careless? I mean, it's only polonium 210, no need to worry about spreading it around.
In a further developement the Guardian reports:
"Detectives investigating the death of the 43-year-old, who died last Thursday, are investigating letters smuggled out of Russia. The letters purportedly show the existence of a secret squad set up to target him and others, it was claimed today.
Scotland Yard has been passed copies of two letters apparently written in jail by the former Russian intelligence officer Mikhail Trepashkin. In one, Mr Litvinenko is warned that he and his family are at risk. Scotland Yard has been passed copies of two letters apparently written in jail by the former Russian intelligence officer Mikhail Trepashkin. Mr Trepashkin - who worked for the KGB's successor, the FSB, until 1997 - was tried in 2004 on accusations of being a British spy and passing secret information to Mr Litvinenko and his close friend Boris Berezovsky, the tycoon in exile in the capital."
The pplot thickens!
It has also been revealed that a family member of Mr Litvinenko has tested positive for traces of polonium-210.
posted by William Duane at 2:43 PM
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