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GCHQ boss calls out Russia for 'industrial scale disinformation'

Jellied Eel Silver badge

Re: Bude

..where some suicidal womble made his or her way down to Salisbury and applied it liberally breaks so many international laws its hard to know where to start.

That's what the police will be trying to do, despite a suspect having already been named and found guilty. Which isn't normal police procedure. Laws were most certainly broken, but for a womble hunt, a good place to start would be hospitals in and around Salisbury. No sick womble, not suicidal. Again part of the investigation, ie who was exposed, when, and tracking that back to initial exposure. Currently goop on a door handle, which seems a tad crude. Or an extreme version of 'knock down Ginger'. But a complex investigation that should take time to make a solid case.

It's also a story that's unlikely to have any happy endings. So Russia did it. More sanctions? More diplomats expelled? Sanctions post-Crimea don't seem to have brought about regime change. Or, it wasn't Russia. In which case some other state actor's framed a nuclear power and made the West look foolish. Apparently the OPCW's reference strutures were provided by Iran.. Who seem to be getting along nicely with Russia at the moment. If Iran can synthesise it, how many other states could? That's one aspect of the 'industrial scale disinformation' surrounding this case. Then of course there's Syria. Assad rounding up one of the last pockets of resistance and decides to use chemical weapons when he's winning..

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