Gary Aitkenhead, chief executive of the Defense Science and Technology Laboratory at Porton Down in England, told Sky News that while the scientists managed to identify the chemical used in the Skripal poisoning case as a "military-grade nerve agent," they were unable to determine its "precise source."
About two weeks earlier, however, British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson insisted during an interview with Deutsche Welle that Porton Down scientists were "absolutely categorical: when they allegedly assured him that "there's no doubt" that the chemical came from Russia.
Many social media users were nonplussed by this development, voicing their concerns via Twitter and calling on Johnson to be held accountable.
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From the Daily Mail [Link] "Boris Johnson accuses Corbyn of 'playing Russia's game' after Labour leader claims he has 'egg on his face' for appearing to exaggerate evidence found by Porton Down on Novichok poison
Abbott has accused Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson of misleading the public
Johnson said on TV that scientists had told him the nerve agent was from Russia
Porton Down said last night it was not able to say where the substance was made
Putin seized on the apparent confusion to call for an outbreak of 'common sense'
By Tim Sculthorpe, Deputy Political Editor For Mailonline"
The Guadian , is more concerned about the behaviour of Boris Johnson.
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"Boris Johnson accuses Corbyn of 'playing Russia's game' as Foreign Office untruth row escalates A standard ruse for a politician facing criticism is to launch a diversionary counter-attack. That’s what Boris Johnson, the foreign secretary, has done in three tweets he has just posted. Johnson did not even try to explain the discrepancy between what the head of Porton Down said yesterday and what he told German TV. (See 11.23am.) Instead he accused Jeremy Corbyn of “playing Russia’s game” and siding with the Russian spin machine. "
And the paper where Johnson was first fired for a fraud [Link] in the eighties, The Times has this [Link]
"Boris Johnson is facing more questions on whether he misled the public about the evidence in the Salisbury poisoning after the Foreign Office deleted a tweet blaming Moscow for the attack. Russia’s embassy in London leapt on the deleted message which was removed from the Foreign Office’s Twitter...[Link] The Times have picked up on the fault of Boris Johnson more clearly than most others.
What a farce. And what a clown.
Unfortunately none of it worked for him, probably because he has half a brain, of which 90% manages physiological functions leaving only 10% for thinking and speech management.
Such division of brain cell capacity would explain his verbal diarrhoea and crappy ideas.
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Where did it take place ? yep Salisbury
How 'strange' and 'coincidental' that there always seems to be 'excercises' going on in the same places when these things occur.
All those hazmat guys running around cemeteries, the town centre and adjoining counties have all been part of this excercise
What a total *ing scam
One of the reasons for the exercise is given as: So intelligence experts are finally admitting it is the jihadis, i.e. not Assad's troops, that have easy access to chemical weapons