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• Monday, December 4, 2006 08:09 AM

  But Le Castor how do explain why he was able to leave Russia at all?

  Litvinenko could easily have been murdered BEFORE his book was published, with far less visibility or repercussions for Putin politically.

  So why was Litvinenko even allowed to write this book?

  Why wasn't he gunned down or car bombed or poisoned while he was writing it?

  Putin had Litvinenko completely in his power during Litvinenko's prison term. Why didn't Litvinenko slip in the shower and burst his spleen? He could have died of food poisoning, or a sudden heart attack, or he could have accidentally electrocuted himself by accidentally jamming his own fungers into a live socket.

  I mean, you know, slopping a fat trail of Po210 all over Mayfair and Picadilly in full view of the international press with the embarassing book ranked in the top 1,000 at Amazon.com wasn't the most clever way for Putin to silence his opposition.

  Why would he choose the least clever, most poorly timed way, instead of the most clever, most well timed way, to get rid of him?

  I mean really -- right before his own party congress? Was that good timing for Putin? Not at all. It's cost him already.

  But the American press is so dumb, we don't even get to learn he has a political party or that they have a congress or that Putin doesn't control the party himself.

  No matter who is really guilty for this crime -- the reporting of it has completely sucked and made it look as if blaming Putin is a no-brainer.

  Putin's guilt is not a no-brainer. It's American journalism that lacks the brains.

  —Patricia Schwarz
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