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Submitted by Crosby Boyd, Dec 1, 2006 11:07

The hypothesis that Litvenenko died from ingesting Polonium 210 he smuggled out of Russia when defected 6 years ago defies the laws of physics. Polonium 210 has a half life of 138 days. In 2 years its radioactivity decays to about 1% of original level. After 6 years it drops to about 1/10,000 of original, essentially dead.

When all sorts of critics of Putin are dying from mysterious causes, you must look to the obvious. When I lived in the Detroit area, a Teamster official about to testify, died from two bullet wounds to the head. The police ruled it a suicide. With enough imagination and disregard for the facts, almost any scenario is possible.

Crosby Boyd

Sanibel FL

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I am happy that there are still intelligent people around like Epstein. After all the murder theory is just crazy... [MORE]	VvanRij	Jan 7, 2007 12:03
To clarify Mr Epstein's theory or add to it. The men came with the Po from Moscow on British Airways... [MORE]	Old Atlantic	Dec 2, 2006 10:25
This incident could be considered a shot over the bow to world leaders. These so-called spies would have to promised enormous... [MORE]	Jerry	Dec 1, 2006 20:11
Since he was in agony you'd think that he would have told the docs he might have been contaminated with... [MORE]	Svolich	Dec 1, 2006 17:56
The Polish are trying to send a message. [MORE]	aaron	Dec 1, 2006 12:19
The hypothesis that Litvenenko died from ingesting Polonium 210 he smuggled out of Russia when defected 6 years ago defies...	Crosby Boyd	Dec 1, 2006 11:07
What I have read about polonium-210 is that a person's skin or a sheet of paper protects you from the... [MORE]	BJ Thorn	Dec 1, 2006 10:40
and said he was misquoted or mistranslated about Litvinenko's involvement in nuclear smuggling. What Litvinenko told him was not that... [MORE]	dbett	Dec 1, 2006 10:30
From the start, Epstein's' argument that there two - and only two - possible explanations is fraught with logical errors... [MORE]	john	Dec 1, 2006 10:21
Since Litivenko had little name recognition in the press why would Sovet agents have choosen since a sensentional way to... [MORE]	Gerald L Ellingsworth	Dec 10, 2006 17:02
As if we didn't have enough to worry about! [MORE]	Steve	Dec 1, 2006 09:39
Cui Bono? I happen to believe the most obvious of reasons: Putin's critics are being killed, and the person who... [MORE]	nikster	Dec 4, 2006 13:22
There's also the fun possibility that he was smuggling polonium-210 and the FSB took him out using that same substance.... [MORE]	TM Lutas	Dec 1, 2006 07:32
Come on, a routine KGB cover-up operation is going on: at first, to spread multiple stories about the possible venom,... [MORE]	Ritvars	Dec 1, 2006 10:37
The point of my third possibility is to make any prospective FSB coverup more difficult. It is to say that... [MORE]	TM Lutas	Dec 1, 2006 11:33

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