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Friday, December 1, 2006 12:00 AM

Who poisoned the KGB agent?

Only a state with a highly sophisticated nuclear program could kill a person with a radioactive toxin.
By Alex Koppelman

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  • Friday, December 1, 2006 12:54 AM

    If I were DCI Jane Tennyson

    I would wonder whether the motive for the crime could be to extort something out of Putin or get revenge on him for something.

    Because -- how many people knew what Litvinenko looked like before he was poisoned?

    But who could forget his face now? It's unforgettable.

    Maybe this is a message to Putin rather than from him.

    Maybe the message is: let Khodorkovsky out of prison now.

    That would be one thing to put on the list if one were making a list of things people might want to extort out of Putin.

    —Patricia Schwarz

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