[DB]

In fact it may have been bad luck that Litvinenko was eating when he was contaminated giving him a much larger dose than they had intended. A slow death would have likely let the trail go cold before anyone could follow it. In addition a slow death and no detectable radiation by normal means could have well gone unnoticed. Instead he got a massive dose and it killed him quickly. That quick death made everyone very suspicious in trying to figure out what it was. It is also likely that most places in the world would not have been able to determine the cause of his death. The other people may have gotten the dose the assassin(s) intended for a slow quiet death.

[the Real fifi]

I think the doc may have been the source of Scaramella's polonium but not Litvinenko's..there's a big debate going on here..where the blogger has a different view which I disagree with, but the debate with cites is lively. http://www.strata-sphere.com/blog/