US 'planned radioactive murders' like Litvinenko's

The US Army once considered using radioactive poison to assassinate enemy leaders, newly-released documents show.

US 'planned radioactive murders' like Litvinenko's

The US Army once considered using radioactive poison to assassinate enemy leaders, newly-released documents show.

Decades before Alexander Litvinenko was killed, apparently by Russian agents by a dose of polonium 210 in London, military chiefs in Washington were considering similar methods.

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