RE: Completely OOT... But what a plot!

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Guy,

 

This "plot" topic may be related to photography.  Didn't those irradiated dust brushes for film and vinyl records have polonium in them?  Are they still available? 

 

Getting more on topic given Andy's irradiated state (is sushi on the menu there?)  - a friend of mine had a dose of radiation for a blood test and several days later was stopped at the US/Canada border when he set of the rad monitors.  He spent a good while explaining himself to security.

 

AZ

 

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-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Completely OOT... But what a plot!
From: Guy Glorieux <guy.glorieux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, December 09, 2006 8:51 pm
To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students
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This is completely off topic.
It has nothing to do with photography.
And Andrew may want to put an end to this immediately if he so desires.

But...  SWhat an incredible plot!

The Alexander Litvinenko affair is turning into such a complex spy-vs-spy
story that even the best of John LeCarré pales in comparison.

What?  In these days and age where the easiest thing to do is to get a gun
and kill people, why would someone with an incredibly complicated mind
decide to murder a former KGB spy with the most complicated method of all: a
totally obscur e radioactive substance that his normally fairly harmless
unless absorbed internally.  In which case death is inevitable after several
weeks of highly visible collateral damages...

Here are a few unanswered questions which linger in my mind:
-- Why would someone in their right mind want to use such an incredibly /
repeat incredibly / difficult substance to acquire and such an incredibly
complex method to kill?

-- Why did Litvinenko not dictate all / repeat all / its covert knowledge to
a public writer in order to make good for his murder?

-- Why did it take so long before Litvinenko's russian contacts Kovtun and
Lugovoi begin to also show radioactive poisonning?

-- Why is it that italian contact Scaramella claimsd that he received his
dose and has so far shown little evidence of radiation poisonning?

So long folks...  Good night and good luck (as someone might have said...)

Guy