More Polonium 210 Poisoning

The Italian man that Alexander Litvinenko met with at a sushi bar has also tested positive for exposure to Polonium 210. The meeting occurred on the same day that Litvinenko first reported that he had been poisoned. This is getting downright scary at this point.

LONDON - An Italian security expert who met with a former KGB agent the day the ex-spy fell fatally ill with radiation poisoning has also tested positive for the substance, British media reported Friday.

Britain’s Health Protection Agency confirmed that one person has tested positive for the poison that killed Alexander Litvinenko, but declined to identify the person.

Sky Television and the British Broadcasting Corp. reported that the Italian, Mario Scaramella, tested positive for a significant amount of polonium-210, the rare radioactive isotope that was found in Litvinenko’s body.

Scaramella met with Litvinenko at a sushi bar in London on Nov. 1 — the day the former intelligence agent first reported the symptoms that ultimately led to his death at a central London hospital.

Both men on hit list?
Scaramella has said he showed Litvinenko e-mails from a confidential source listing potential targets for assassination, including himself and Litvinenko.

In a letter released Friday by human rights activists, a former Russian security officer — now jailed — offered similar allegations, saying he had warned Litvinenko about a government-sponsored death squad that intended to kill him and other Kremlin opponents.

Litvinenko, the former spy turned Kremlin critic who lived in Britain, died Nov. 23 at a London hospital. An autopsy began Friday and doctors carrying out the examination said the would take safety precautions to protect themselves against radiation.

If Russia (and Putin) are definitely tied to this, it could actually push Putin's administration hard enough to make it collapse. The key is whether they will be able to tie it to a Russian hit squad. There have already been attempts to call this the action of rogue agents, so the Russian government is very worried right now if they are already resorting to that smokescreen.