- Favourite quotes from The History Book by Humphrey Hawksley.
- Poll 'win' for Litvinenko suspect. Andrei Lugovoi wins a seat in the Russian Duma while the Russian government refuses to extradite him to the UK to stand trial for the London murder of Alexander Litvinenko.
1. Quotes from The History Book. Here are some quotes I like from Humphrey Hawksley's The History Book (Warner Books, New York, August 2007):
". . . they claim to defend us by creating tyrannies." p 19
"Don't you just love England? When it comes to being watched, there's no place like it." p 102
"The flash card emits a radio signal that jams triangulations of the cell phone's signal. It also throws out an electronic decoy screen, which deceives remote surveillance on the computer." p 122
"A lot of people think it's a disease, but it's a condition like having a broken leg." p 130
"This is British territory. You can't do this." p 162
"The biggest loss a psychopath can suffer is control, whether physical or psychological." p 284
2. Poll 'win' for Litvinenko suspect. Everyone is innocent until proven guilty, but Russia will not allow Andrei Lugovoi's extradition to the UK to stand trial. Instead, he achieves election to the Russian Duma as part of the United Russia party led by Vladimir Putin.
In my situation legal proceedings in March 2001 have been wiped out by those using the surveillance technology who operate with a presumption of quilt to carry out imprisonment, torture interrogation, surveillance technology R&D and medical experimentation on a nonconsenting human guinea pig. All of this is accomplished outside the democratic rule of law by multiple departments of government with deep offense to anyone who values human rights.
Both situations are wrong, but the latter involving me as an innocent target presumed guilty is subjected to extreme punishment with the lethal use of surveillance technology which will eventually kill me. This is knowingly carried out and constitutes assassination of the worst kind. The question is why does the UK government allow this to occur in London by US government agents/contractors while it trumpets and bellows with respect to the assassination of Alexander Litvinenko whom the the prime suspect is the Russian Andrei Lugovoi who is now a legislator there?
BBC News Monday, 3 December 2007, 11:31 GMT
Poll 'win' for Litvinenko suspect
 Andrei Lugovoi has denied poisoning Alexander Litvinenko |
Andrei Lugovoi, the main suspect in the radiation poisoning murder of Kremlin critic Alexander Litvinenko, is set to be elected to the Russian parliament.
Entering the Duma would bring immunity from prosecution in Russia.
The Crown Prosecution Service has said it has enough evidence to charge him with the murder of the ex-KGB agent, but he has protested his innocence.
With nearly 98% of ballots counted, Vladimir Putin's United Russia had 64.1% of Sunday's vote.
However, foreign observers have said that the parliamentary election was "not fair".
Poll 'win' for Litvinenko suspect
3. Monitors denounce Russia election.
BBC News Monday, 3 December 2007, 17:32 GMT
Monitors denounce Russia election
 More than 60% of the voters cast their ballots, officials say |
Foreign observers have said that Russia's parliamentary election, won by President Vladimir Putin's party, was "not fair".
The statement was made by a joint observer team of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and the Council of Europe.
With nearly all ballots counted, Mr Putin's United Russia had 64.1% of the vote, the electoral commission said.
Mr Putin said the poll was "legitimate" and a vote of public trust in him.
The election "was not fair and failed to meet many OSCE and Council of Europe commitments and standards for democratic elections," the observers from the OSCE's Parliamentary Assembly and the Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly told a news conference in Moscow.