Skripal poisoning: was it perpetrated by rogue elements in Russian security agencies.

Most Western governments are acting on the assumption that Sergei Skripal was poisoned by Russian agents acting with Putin's approval.  However, on NPR the other day, a plausible and more disturbing scenario was presented in which one of Russia's secret police forces (FBI or CIA equivalents) acted on their own initiative.  If this is true, the Russians wouldn't really want to admit this any more than they would admit an officially sanctioned action.

While it is plausible that Putin wanted to inflame relations with the West on the eve of the Russian elections, he didn't really need to do this to win and he is and was perfectly capable of whipping up nationalist feelings even without an actual incident.


If rogue agents have access to chemical weapons, it's scarier than previous suspicion of Russian gov't.



GL2 said:

If rogue agents have access to chemical weapons, it's scarier than previous suspicion of Russian gov't.

You don't exactly need a lot of nerve agent for a targeted killing.


I have it on good authority that no Russians were involved. It's another Deep State lie about WMD's. 

https://twitter.com/paulsurovell/status/981391671526154241?s=12


I was just about to suggest there’s a Twitter account that gets into this a little bit.



DaveSchmidt said:

I was just about to suggest there’s a Twitter account that gets into this a little bit.

Don't go down that rabbit hole.



tjohn said:

GL2 said:

If rogue agents have access to chemical weapons, it's scarier than previous suspicion of Russian gov't.
You don't exactly need a lot of nerve agent for a targeted killing.

OK, I'll stop worrying that rogue agents may have access. 



GL2 said:



tjohn said:

GL2 said:

If rogue agents have access to chemical weapons, it's scarier than previous suspicion of Russian gov't.
You don't exactly need a lot of nerve agent for a targeted killing.

OK, I'll stop worrying that rogue agents may have access. 

What I am saying is that it wouldn't surprise me if they could bribe a chemist to smuggle a small amount of poison out of a lab.  Maybe I have watched one to many episodes of NCIS.


Oh, I thought you meant to downplay the seriousness. Sorry. I’m guessing no one does this  stuff w/o Putin’s direction. Many talking heads see the poisonings as warning to other potential Russian expatriates.  Not like this is the first attack. 



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