Sushi bar man is nuclear waste expert (last man to meet Litvienko)

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23375897-details/Exclusive:%20Sushi%20bar%20man%20is%20nuclear%20waste%20expert/article.do ^

[Blogger]

Was Romano Prodi the Top KGB Man in Italy? Poisoned Russian allegedly fingered Italy's prime minister as spy

[the invisib1e hand]

and Berlusconi mysteriously falls ill not so long thereafter.

No wonder there are conspiracy theories.

[cricket]

This is one of those threads that shows me just how little time people spend reading anything past the headline.

I mean with a headline like 'Sushi bar man is nuclear waste expert. . .it was bound to be 'funny-bumped'.

That said, some seriously interesting stuff here beyond sushi. . .

[cricket]

His name is Italian, but he is decidedly not mafia. Read the article and you will see that he has tipped off the Italian police to crimes being committed in the smuggling of nuclear materials.

It would appear that he is KGB and more than likely, double agent. ..

Liittle has been said of 'Vladimir'and 'the bodyguard', Andrei Lugovoy. . .who left London (returned to Russia?) before Litvienko was 'diagnosed and done'. . .

that said; check 'spanalot's link/post 26'. .

.[ . .LONDON: A mystery Russian who met former KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko at a London hotel on the day he was poisoned has emerged as the prime suspect in the hunt for the assassin. Mr Litvinenko, who yesterday suffered a "major deterioriation" in his condition, told Scotland Yard detectives he had arranged a rendezvous with an old friend, but was surprised to find another man present who introduced himself only as "Vladimir". (more). . .]

This whole thing is painfully wierd; but fascinating, nonetheless. Probably story; interspersed with bogus fill as well.

One thing for sure. . .WE will never know all the details of this 'whodunnit'/spy drama. . .but certainly different with info 'flying' on the internet; than the response to these crimes in the 'old days'.

[spanalot]

The poison definitely came from Moscow
..............

British Airways said they had been advised the risk to public health is low.

Passengers from the following flights are being asked to come forward:
• BA875 Moscow-Heathrow on October 25 - aircraft number GBNWX
• BA872 Heathrow-Moscow on October 28 - aircraft number GBNWX
• BA873 Moscow-Heathrow on October 31 - aircraft number GBNWB
• BA874 Heathrow-Moscow on November 3 - aircraft number GBZHA

The flights would have each been carrying up to 200 passengers.

[Minutemen]

Papa always said "Don't eat raw fish"

[Minutemen]

This is one of those threads that shows me just how little time people spend reading anything past the headline.

With a headline of:"Sushi bar man is nuclear waste expert..." Can you blame anyone?

[JellyJam]

Fugu me!

[cricket]

It would appear 'it' went back to Moscow as well. Interesting that it is on 'three' planes. . .

Following headline from Drudge via Daily Mail/London:

Passengers called forward as radiation traces found on planes in spy death probe. . .

Wonder who won't show up. . .

[evets]

Nuclear sushi

[Kozak]

Never eat sushi from this breed of fish....

[paltz]

this aint the ol days of the KGB. We would have never heard of this type of thing happening 25 yrs ago or more. The internet has changed the spy v. spy game so much.

[anymouse]

FR Thead: ABC News Exclusive: Murder in a Teapot British officials say police have cracked the murder-by-poison case of former spy Alexander Litvinenko, including the discovery of a "hot" teapot at London's Millennium Hotel with an off-the-charts reading for Polonium-210, the radioactive material used in the killing.