British Police Identify Killer in Radiation Case

reporter writes "According to a front-page story by The Guardian, British authorities have identified Andrei Lugovoi to be the murderer who used radioactive pollonium-210 to kill Andrei Litvinenko. The British government will ask Moscow to extradite Lugovoi. The Guardian states: 'Associates of the dead man have repeatedly accused President Vladimir Putin's government of being behind his murder, a claim the Kremlin rejects. While it is known that detectives believe they have uncovered evidence pointing to Mr Lugovoi's involvement, it is not clear whether they have established a motive for the murder'"

We should be defending the Plutonium killer

[WillAffleckUW]

because not only is he interested in high tech assassination, he's also in favor of Open Sores.

Re:ya right

[91degrees]

The British don't do that sort of thing. Well, they probably do, but officially they don't, so they have to make sure they're incredibly subtle. He may well be killed through some completely unrelated but completely plausible reason, in a manner that that only the craziest conspiracy theorist would ever link to MI5.

Re:Tracked by his radioactive trail

[Walt Dismal]

Could we trade Darl McBride to the Russians in exchange for... well ...let's give him to them for free.

Andrei's reply

[Dunbal]

You arrest me, and I will irradiate you all! Muhahahaha... enjoy your sushi, judge!(disappears in a cloud of green phosphorescent smoke)

Re:Tracked by his radioactive trail

[jd]

I was thinking we should ask the US to parachute Darl McBride into the borderlands between Afghanistan and Pakistan. The worst that can happen is that he'll use up all of the Taliban's money suing half the middle east for infringing on spice-based intellectual property.

The motive

[kerohazel]

Apparently Lugovoi had been fed up one too many times with airlines constantly mixing up his luggage, which had been meticulously labeled "Andrei L."

Re:Tracked by his radioactive trail

[Dunbal]

Also, we could send them the Novell traitors as a bonus.

      In fact, perhaps Microsoft could be persuaded to supply their government with "n" copies of Vista, in exchange for dropping the EEC fine. That way Russia will have the most hackab^H^H^H^H^H secure government computers in the world...

We need a mod here, stat!

[Anonymous Coward]

(Score:-1, Seen Way Too Much X-Files)

Re:We should be defending the Plutonium killer

[Anonymous Coward]

You no fool me. You just want some of that kind bud they're growing up there. Truth be told, if the South had been allowed to secede(should've been kicked out), the North would have been much more advanced and progressive than they are now having to drag those slugs along. And the south would have degenerated into just another third world dictatorship.

Re:Tracked by his radioactive trail

[Anonymous Coward]

Can I have a pony?

Re:Implications for British Power

[iminplaya]

To the people with the power on display here, the terms "British" and "Russian", you name it, don't exist. They don't see it that way. They have a target, location, and a date and time and that's the only thing that matters. They are not distracted by such ubsurdities as "sovereignty" and "identity". And we shouldn't be either when going after them. Bah, What am I talking about? The CIA and other allied intelligence agencies already operate that way. As a matter of fact, isn't this a case of the pot calling...? You know...like are there no British agents operating outside their borders in a clandestine manner? Taking part in "targeted" assasinations?

Re:YRO?

[martin-boundary]

What the hey does this have to do with Your Rights Online?

Online is a code word for electricity, and electricity is produced by nuclear power plants, and where there's nuclear power plants, there's plutonium, and plutonium was used to poison the Russian guy, and killing Russians is not allowed in Britain, and things that aren't allowed are written down in the Law, and the Law sets out your Rights, for values of your which are compatible with whichever Law applies, so that's why Your is capitalized.

But Britain is an industrialized society, so I don't think it's got anything to do with hay or hey as it's sometimes written.

Re:YRO?

[LiquidCoooled]

Actually, knowing some of the laws of this country, its probably legal to kill a russian, however he didn't fill in all the correct forms or even apply for a license.

Re:We should be defending the Plutonium killer

[Anonymous Coward]

/me puts on my magic hat to read your mind...

You're American...

You voted for Bush...

You still believe there's WMD in Iraq....

How many did I get right?!

Re:YRO?

[flyingsquid]

Actually, knowing some of the laws of this country, its probably legal to kill a russian, however he didn't fill in all the correct forms or even apply for a license.

Even if you *did* have a license, it's only legal to kill Russians during Russki season, which is March-April.

Re:wtf is pollonium?

[Dr. Cody]

Gentryfication.