FBI joins investigation of poisoned spy

[Blue_Roses]

By JENNIFER QUINN, Associated Press Writer
42 minutes ago



LONDON - The FBI is joining the British probe into the poisoning death of a Kremlin critic, the agency announced Thursday as investigators found traces of radiation at a dozen sites in Britain and a former Russian prime minister reported symptoms consistent with poisoning.


British authorities requested the involvement of the FBI, agency spokesman Richard Kolko said. FBI experts in weapons of mass destruction will assist with some of the scientific analysis, he said.

There is no suspected link to the U.S. in an investigation that extends to five airliners and locations from London to Moscow. Russian officials said radiation levels were normal on two suspect Russian jets and appealed to British officials for information on how to test Russians who traveled aboard the two British Airways planes on which radiation has so far been detected.

Yegor Gaidar, who served briefly as prime minister in the 1990s under Russian President Boris Yeltsin, vomited and then fainted during a conference in Ireland on Nov. 24, a day after ex-KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko died of radiation poisoning. Doctors treating Gaidar in Moscow believe he was also poisoned, said his spokesman, Valery Natarov.


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[IndianaGreen]

1. If they can get polonium 210 into UK undetected, they can do same in US

Who knows what else is getting through our borders while the bozos at Homeland Security are harassing law-abiding Muslims and making life miserable for air travelers?

[MGKrebs]

2. What are the possible outcomes to this?

I mean, hopefully a trial and conviction of somebody. But if it's just some low level spies or "contractors", will we be satisfied? Who would have paid them? How did they obtain the material? Could the big shots who might have arranged something like this ever be prosecuted? What if it leads right to Putin? Could an investigation ever really indict him?

I seriously doubt this will end up with any arrests, let alone convictions.