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Somehow the media tries to avoid the principle question: was Litvinenko really poisoned? And if the answer is no, many things become quite simple. There was no need to administer the isotope, to calculate the dose, to find a trustable contact, etc. Nothing.
If Litvinenko's death is an accident, we have to ask the next quesion: where did he get the stuff? Was he working on a Chechen dirty bomb? THIS is really scary. As we know there already was a Chechen connection in the London Ricin Cell case. Litvinenko converted to Islam before his death, he was in close contact with Zakaev, Chechen separatist, and he was writing for the Chechen separatist site.
Why is the public so scared of KGB, but not of the terrorists that might be making their dirty bombs right next door?