Litvinenko Revisionism, Revisited
Why pick up the latest John LeCarre novel, when the Litvinenko murder mystery is making headlines? A rare radioactive substance poisons a self-styled Russian “dissident”—was it murder? A smuggling operation gone wrong? And why would someone kill with such an exotic isotope—which could be used as a nuclear trigger for a “dirty" bomb?
The “mainstream” media is going for the “Putin-did-it” theory, which holds that, rather than shoot Litvinenko in the back of the head on a dark street, it was somehow necessary to knock him off using polonium-210, a radioactive substance that conveniently leaves a trail leading back to the killer. In my own columns for Antiwar.com, I’ve thrown plenty of doubt on the “official” theory, and now here is Edward Jay Epstein, with a ruthless debunking of the “new cold war” narrative being sold to us by the British tabloids, Her Majesty’s prosecutors, and Gordon Brown.
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I have long believed that there is something strange about this case that the mainstream media is not telling us. I am still working on figuring out the motive for trying to first paint Litvinenko as a dissident, and second to pin the murder on Putin. I am very interested in this topic and would love to hear more about your take on it.
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I’m not a medium or anything, but I keep seeing the name “ahmed Chalabi”
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I agree that the use of polonium cannot be explained away as simply a matter of clumsiness (or maybe just a random pick out of the arsenal that could on itself be regarded as irrelevant) as Larissa Alexandrovna (sort of) did in her polemic. That clearly won’t cut it. But I also think mr Raimondo on this particular subject carries his argument a little too far now and then. I’m rather insensitive to that myself, but I can understand why it pisses off others, like mrs Alexandrovna, who I’ve come to hold likewise in great esteem.
In any case, the list Edward Jay Epstein composed is extremely helpful. It is much appreciated.
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