In a statement by Gary Aitkenhead, the chief executive of the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) at Porton Down, said that British scientists at Porton Down had not been able to definitively prove that the Novichok nerve agent which was allegedly used to poison Sergei and Yulia Skripal was made in Russia.
Aitkenhead also stated that the substance required “extremely sophisticated methods to create, something only in the capabilities of a state actor.”
He added that Porton Down was “able to identify it as Novichok, to identify that it was military-grade nerve agent.”
“We have not identified the precise source, but we have provided the scientific info to government who have then used a number of other sources.”
He further stated that establishing its origin required “other inputs”, some of them intelligence-based, that the government has access to.
Aitkenhead added: “It is our job to provide the scientific evidence of what this particular nerve agent is. We identified that it is from this particular family and that it is a military grade, but it is not our job to say where it was manufactured.”
He went on to say that there is no known antidote to Novichok, and that none was given to either of the Skripals.
Aitkenhead would not comment on whether the laboratory had developed or kept stocks of Novichok, but dismissed the suggestion from Russia that the agent used to poison the Skripals could have come from Porton Down.
“There is no way anything like that could have come from us or left the four walls of our facility,” said Aitkenhead.
We refer you to our recent article and particularly question 7.
https://www.thesiriusreport.com/analysis-opinion/russia-demands-answers-uk-skripal/
The above statement by Aitkenhead is interesting for a number of reasons
- Porton Down had not been able to definitively prove that the Novichok nerve agent was made in Russia. So what intelligence does the UK government therefore possess to implicate Russia?
- If there is no known antidote for Novichok then how exactly has Yulia Skripal made a recovery from a nerve agent that can be up to 8 times more potent than VX?
- Why would Aitkenhead not comment on whether Porton Down had developed or kept stocks of Novichok?
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"in modern Tory Britain, it should be NO surprise to anybody that, to be the Chief Executive of Britain’s chemical weapons establishment, (PORTON DOWNS), they recruited a RADIO SALESMAN."... !!!
https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2018/04/johnson-and-may-hide-as-their-lies-dissolve/
CRAIG MURRAY VIDEO
'Foreign Office sources told me 2 weeks ago that Porton Down couldn't say it was Russia'
https://youtu.be/ZnEQxnYFLnw
Russia Claims Skripal Poisoning Was Staged By UK Intelligence
ZeroHedge.com
http://themillenniumreport.com/2018/04/russia-claims-skripal-poisoning-was-staged-by-uk-intelligence/
US expulsion of Russian diplomats is ‘declaration of war’ – George Galloway to RT
http://themillenniumreport.com/2018/03/us-expulsion-of-russian-diplomats-is-declaration-of-war-george-galloway-to-rt/
- NO MSM WILL TELL YOU THIS. - Highly recommended -
- 'Four Days To Declare A Cold War'
by Thierry Meyssan - 20 MARCH 2018 -
"The week that has just ended was exceptionally rich in events. But no media were able to report it, because they had all deliberately masked certain of their number in order to protect the story that was being woven by their government.
The British government and certain of its allies, including US Secretary of State *Rex Tillerson*, have attempted to launch a Cold War against Russia.
Although it has the fourth largest army in the world, the United Kindom is unable to defy Russia without the support of allies.
It therefore has to INVENT a 'casus belli' to make its partners react and lead them to stand beside it.
http://www.voltairenet.org/article200232.html
Julian Assange Drops a Bomb: Implicates British Government in Dirty Anti-Trump Dossier
http://thegatewaypundit.com/2018/03/julian-assange-drops-a-bomb-implicates-british-government-in-dirty-anti-trump-dossier/