The Skripal Poisoning - A Very Deep British Affair

[Peter Lemkin]

It is [as far as I can tell from the three text books I have on biological warfare agents] true the Russians invented the Novichuk class of nerve agents - but all major countries know the chemical formula of them and thus could build them themselves [or have some that was from the original Russian stockpile when 'destroyed']. They are really NOT complex chemicals nor difficult to construct. What is difficult given their lethality is protection of those making it and then storing it until used. However, while it is stated that this was a Novichuk [of which there were many variants], there is a United Nations based entity that needs to test and verify that. Any nation might have reason to not tell the truth as to the agent. Once one has the agent, one still does not have proof of the nationality of the maker without standard police investigative techniques [chain of custody, et al.] - and HONEST police work at that. What little is known publicly of Novichuks is hard to square with the Skripal's still being alive and the policeman having been released. They were very lethal in very small amounts - with no known antidotes [or so the mythology goes]. If there is now a legal case, I hope the Judge will ask for proofs of all of these allegations..... One can make 'logical' assumptions based on initial partial evidence, but even that needs to be proven with fact and definitive evidence. One can also make political assumptions.