Comments on: man, this russian spy hit story is crazy, isn’t it?

By: j.d.

j.d. — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 14:47:20 +0000

Bob: It could be kept in something like a Tupperware container or a stoppered test tube without being harmful to anyone. Alpha rays are blocked by something as flimsy as a piece of paper. But, I’ll admit: The problem I have with the scenario is that at the time of application to the sushi, the assassin would have to take care not to breathe the motes in or get them on his skin. And that would be difficult.

The application could, I suppose, been carried out in any number of ways by a professional assassin.

By: Bob

Bob — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 14:35:49 +0000

I don’t buy the story.

Massively toxic in ultra small amounts and requires special handling:- so it get sprinkled on his sushi??

Then lots of it left around in places where he’d been but nobody else gets poisoned, not even the perpetrator??

And, massively expensive with a half life of 138 days?? By the time you’ve produced it, distributed it and “done the deed” half of it (and your money) is gone.

Nup. Not buying this at all.

And only an average film plot. Casino Royale makes more sense.

By: j.d.

j.d. — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 00:36:42 +0000

No, but I had just been reading that Times of London piece I linked, and I thought, “Can this get any crazier than it is now?” I think it’s crazier than any Fleming book.

By: dominique

dominique — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 06:22:55 +0000

Did you just watch Casino Royale, or what?