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Big embarrassment for Britain: lab findings spark social media uproar The revelation of Porton Down
The Duran ^ | April 4, 2018 | Frank Sellers

Posted on 04/04/2018 6:39:46 PM PDT by NorseViking

The revelation of Porton Down’s CEO shows that someone has been lying about the Skripal case, and that someone is Boris Johnson.

The Chief of the Defense Science and Tech lab at Porton Down, the lab examining the chemical agent that the Skripals were poisoned with, came out with the news, in an interview with SkyNews, that they have no idea where the poison originated:

“We were able to identify it as Novichok, to identify that it was military-grade nerve agent.”

“We have not identified the precise source, but we have provided the scientific info to government who have then used a number of other sources to piece together the conclusions you have come to.”

Meanwhile, top UK officials seem to have already confirmed its origin, as Boris Johnson apparently did in this interview:

The fact that it appears that Boris Johnson lied here and has misled both the British people and the world about the origins of the sample that was used in the attack in Salisbury is downright malignant. The allegations that Johnson has made, and the “assessment” that Prime Minister Theresa May presented to the British Parliament are something that the UK government, and others around the world, has decided to run with, as diplomacy with the Russian government deteriorates, to further advance accusations against the Kremlin for the attack itself and to enact “reprisals” in retaliation for the attack.

(Excerpt) Read more at theduran.com ...


TOPICS: Science; Society
KEYWORDS: borisjohnson; limeyliesmatter; nerveagent; novichok; portondown; russia; russiaspy; uk
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1 posted on 04/04/2018 6:39:46 PM PDT by NorseViking
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To: NorseViking

I find it odd that the Leftists in The West are so publicly biased against the Rooskies.


2 posted on 04/04/2018 6:46:44 PM PDT by Paladin2
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Like most religious extremists, the Western Left sees the Russkies as “heretics” The Rooskies ain't commies any more. The Left in the West feel betrayed their their spiritual homeland Russia turn it back on their religion
3 posted on 04/04/2018 6:52:55 PM PDT by MNJohnnie ("The political class is a bureaucracy designed to perpetuate itself" Rush Limbaugh)
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To: NorseViking

It never did make any sense that Russia would do this.

I found it impossible to see how it was in their interest.

However, it’s not hard to find it in the interest of several other countries to do it.


4 posted on 04/04/2018 6:53:56 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: MNJohnnie

Good Enough.

Who funds the CPUSA (a non-disavowed H->! suppporter) then?


5 posted on 04/04/2018 6:56:02 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: NorseViking

roflmao they should have had the FBI test it we know we can trust them/s


6 posted on 04/04/2018 6:59:00 PM PDT by rolling_stone
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They did not even affirm that it was novichok.
The Dr at Salisbury hospital reported that they did not treat anyone for organophosphate poisoning.


7 posted on 04/04/2018 7:01:46 PM PDT by silverleaf (A man who kneels for the national anthem doesn't stand for much of anything)
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To: Paladin2

I find it amusing that leftists switch between joos and rooskies as monster under the bed


8 posted on 04/04/2018 7:07:20 PM PDT by Nailbiter
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To: NorseViking

Never heard of the source. Never heard of the author


9 posted on 04/04/2018 7:08:49 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: silverleaf

“” “” The Dr at Salisbury hospital reported that they did not treat anyone for organophosphate poisoning.”” “”

https://www.google.ru/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/mar/05/salisbury-hospital-police-fire-crews-attend-major-incident
‘Major incident’ after two people exposed to substance in Wiltshire
Pair in critical condition at Salisbury hospital, with FENTANTYL suspected to be involved.

That was the story until the government took over the narrative.


10 posted on 04/04/2018 7:10:38 PM PDT by NorseViking
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To: NorseViking

Every study posted in the past weeks ( there have been many) indicate that the novichoks have no antidote - death is assured
Yet Yulia Skripal was treated st scene by a doctor “passerby” for 30 minutes while trained medics and ambulances stood by and though the hospital was less than 10 minutes away neither patient arrived until almost an hour after medics were called
None of the doctor or medics were contaminated
One medic interviewed said they assumed and treated for OD
The “ police officer” who took himself to the hospital 24- 48 hours later is another anomaly


11 posted on 04/04/2018 7:30:14 PM PDT by silverleaf (A man who kneels for the national anthem doesn't stand for much of anything)
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To: silverleaf

Johnson and May likely made up the story to distract from Brexit and the Muslim rape gang she covered up as a Minister of Interior.


12 posted on 04/04/2018 7:33:51 PM PDT by NorseViking
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To: NorseViking

Time to have a ‘no confidence vote’ for this gaggle of Tory incompetents.


13 posted on 04/04/2018 7:35:41 PM PDT by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
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To: silverleaf

So the evidence/data continues to deteriorate.

Maybe we should ask them about Las Vegas....


14 posted on 04/04/2018 7:53:27 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: silverleaf
They did not even affirm that it was novichok.

Yes they did. The head of Porton Down, Gary Aitkenhead, says it was definitely novichok, but that his lab was unable to identify the origin of the stuff, that positively identifying the agent is only part of establishing its origin, and that it's up to the government to fill in the rest of the puzzle:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKyUbk6S-VQ

15 posted on 04/04/2018 8:38:22 PM PDT by cynwoody
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To: NorseViking; ransomnote; Whenifhow; null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; kalee; Kale; ...

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16 posted on 04/04/2018 10:50:03 PM PDT by bitt (The first to squeal gets the best deal.)
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To: Paladin2
Labour in the UK, the Socialist Democrats in Germany and the Socialists in France and the left in Italy are all heavily pro-Russia

In France even the nationalist Le Pen and in Italy the Five Star Movement are pro-Russia while the CDU ("Christian" Democrats) of Merkel are weakly pro-Russia

Western Europe doesn't see Russia as their problem

it's different here in Central Europe.

17 posted on 04/04/2018 11:34:37 PM PDT by Cronos (Obama's dislike of Assad is not based on his brutality but that he isn't a jihadi Moslem)
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To: cynwoody

Weasel words
“ or of a type”
Based on what was early reported the symptomology and the survival of everyone supposedly contaminated ( or not contaminated despite handling the victims) rules out “ military grade novichok”


18 posted on 04/05/2018 2:19:18 AM PDT by silverleaf (A man who kneels for the national anthem doesn't stand for much of anything)
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To: silverleaf
Weasel words
“ or of a type”

Uttered by whom?

Based on what was early reported the symptomology and the survival of everyone supposedly contaminated ( or not contaminated despite handling the victims) rules out “ military grade novichok”

Novichok is not ten feet tall.

The fact that the victims (and first responders) failed to croak instantly does not rule out the agent being novichok.

Of course, it's possible, if you are sufficiently insane, to believe that the actual agent was, say, fentanyl, but that Porton Down was provided with an unrelated sample of novichok, because MI6/CIA/FBI/GCHQ/whatever.

But of course, a real bad actor with access to novichok would have skipped the fentanyl and used the real deal, lest the custody chain leading to Porton Down be compromised.

Normal people will realize that novichok and polonium 210 have a similarity. They are both substances pretty much limited to state actors. And they have both been used to assassinate (or attempt to) Rooskies residing in the UK. May traitors to Mother Russia die in interesting ways! That the victims are arguably traitors only bolsters the motive.

19 posted on 04/05/2018 4:21:15 AM PDT by cynwoody
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To: NorseViking

Or perhaps to steer the news away from looking at possible UK involvement in the dirty dossier....


20 posted on 04/05/2018 4:23:45 AM PDT by mewzilla (Has the FBI been spying on members of Congress?)
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