Reply #5: Ex-KGB agent says he named spy suspect

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http://www.localnewsleader.com/kindred/stories/index.php?action=fullnews&id=31564

Staff and agencies
03 December, 2006




By DAVID STRINGER, Associated Press Writer 5 minutes ago

LONDON - Britain‘s senior law enforcement official said Sunday an inquiry into the death of a former KGB agent had expanded overseas, and a U.S.-based friend of the former agent said he told police the name of the person he believes orchestrated the poisoning.

"The truth is, we have an act of international terrorism on our hands. I happen to believe I know who is behind the death of my friend Sasha and the reason for his murder," Shvets said in an exclusive interview with The Associated Press by telephone from the United States, referring to Litvinenko by his Russian nickname.

"This is firsthand information, this is not gossip. I gave them the firsthand information that I have," Shvets told the AP.

Shvets said he was questioned by Scotland Yard officers and an FBI agent in Washington last week. A police official in London, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the case, confirmed officers had interviewed Shvets.

"Over the next few days I think all of these things I think will widen out a little from the circle just being here in Britain," Reid told Britain‘s Sky News television.