[spanalot]

"Well, I pretty much have it narrowed down to either Litvinenko was setup by Gordievsky (probably a phony defector) and co., or he died accidentally in a smuggling operation."

Pray tell by what leap of faith are you ignoring Putin's duplicity in liquidating his enemies.

[GodGunsGuts]

I'm not ignoring Putin's duplicity in liquidating his enemies. Either Litvinenko was genuine and thus set up by phony defector Gordievsky and co., or Litvinenko is himself a phony defector who was working with Gordievsky when he died in a smuggling operation gone bad (there have been plenty of documented cases where the very people smuggling radioactive materials die of radiation poisoning). As I said in my last reply to you, to my mind, both are still open possibilities. So I will be looking for evidence in both directions. BTW, the Soviets/Russians have a long history of sending phony defectors. Why should this time be any different (whether it be Gordievsky, or both of them)?